The NY First Governing Committee met on February 25 to discuss the property and casualty insurance reforms included in Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget. NY First brings together property-casualty insurance company…
Big I New York members from across the state gathered in Albany last week for the Group of 100 (G100) Day on the Hill, meeting directly with legislators to advocate…
Governor Kathy Hochul has released the FY27 Executive Budget, officially launching the sprint toward the April 1 deadline for a State Budget agreement. As anticipated, affordability took center stage, with…
New York is once again proving that when it comes to advocacy, we don’t just show up — we lead. In the recently closed 2025 Big “I” InsurPac fundraising campaign,…
A slew of costly litigation-increasing legislation was vetoed by Governor Hochul in her final acts of 2025. Big I New York was part of a mighty coalition of business and…
Persuasive advocacy by Big I New York paid off with Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature on legislation strengthening consumer protections for third-party litigation financing (TPLF) agreements.
This fall, Travis Wattie, Big I NY AVP of Government Relations, spoke at five legislative breakfast events across the state.
Big I New York Regional Director Eileen Frank and Assistant Vice President of Government Relations, Travis Wattie, recently participated in a series of Affordability Roundtables hosted by the New York…
For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed the “Grieving Families Act,” also known as the “Wrongful Death” bill.
The causes of rising Homeowners’ insurance premiums in New York are mostly self-inflicted, Big I New York told a state Senate panel Tuesday.
