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thought I would give sort of a State of the Union update on
how the association is doing for this issue’s article.
We got off to good start in October with testifying at the
Senate hearing on coastal issues at Suffolk Community College’s
Brentwood campus. Your association gave excellent testimony
as to the coastal insurance crisis in Suffolk County. Tom
Crowley, Chair of our Coastal Committee, participated in a
round table discussion involving various industry groups hosted
by the Insurance Advocate in New York City. They discussed
the capacity crunch for homeowners insurance effecting Long
Island. At L-Day we made good progress which hopefully will
turn out to be a fruitful meeting in March about coastal issues
here in Suffolk.
Our Programs Committee has been very active with some different
ideas and luncheon formats for our general membership meetings,
with some terrific turn outs by the membership at each meeting.
We have an upcoming March 06th joint meeting with Tri County
with special guest speaker Bob Hartwig PhD, CPCU president
of the Insurance Information Institute. We have been trying
to have him speak at one of our meetings for about a year.
It should be a great topical meeting and we are anticipating
another fantastic turnout by our members. Our April 16th meeting
will be another great meeting with Virginia Bates, who has
traveled around the country for the past 20 years consulting
agencies. Their will be CE credit seminars before and after
the general membership luncheon meeting. Of course don’t
forget to go tour website
www.Suffolkagents.com sign up for our Golf and Installation
meeting in May and June.
Our other committees have also been busy and are starting
to get the ball rolling. Our Nominating Committee is looking
for a few good men and women that want to give back to the
industry as board members of the Suffolk Association. Each
year as board members go through their terms we have positions
that open up. So, if you or you know of someone that would
like to get involved, let me know and I will pass the name
onto our Nominating Committee. Don’t forget, you do
not have to be a principal of an agency to join our board.
On a sadder note, Don Archdeacon passed away February 15th
at his home. Don, besides being a past president of this association
and involved in many different organizations, such as CPCU
and teaching CPCU, was instrumental in helping me outline
my Boces insurance class curriculum. On behalf of myself and
the Suffolk Agents Association, I wish Don’s wife Mary
and his children our deepest sympathy.
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