A bill has been introduced in the New York Senate that would provide protection to insurance agents from abusive practices involving certificates of insurance.

A bill that would create a “one-stop shop” for agents with licenses in multiple states should be filed in the U.S. House of Representatives this week, insurance officials say.

The Professional Insurance Agents of New York says its ongoing negotiations with state regulators over the new broker compensation disclosure rule, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2010, have enabled the organization to create a guide explaining how to follow the new rule.

The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals will host its 26th annual Fun Run to benefit Special Olympics of New Jersey (SONJ) Tuesday, June 15, at 7 a.m. at the boardwalk at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.

New York Insurance Department Superintendent James J. Wrynn is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the New York Insurance Association’s 2010 annual conference.

The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey and New York have planned a series of events as part of their 2010 annual conference, scheduled for June 13-15.

Insurance professionals can now earn Fireman’s Fund or Utica Mutual errors and omissions loss prevention credits from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State without leaving their offices through the organization’s PIA E&O Webinar Series.

While it plans legal action to stop a proposed producer compensation disclosure rule, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York is still offering its suggestions to state regulators to aid its members.

Choosing to help craft a new compensation disclosure rule in New York with regulators versus fighting it in a courtroom, a state agents’ group said it had a “highly productive” meeting on the matter recently.

The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State have begun their annual Company Performance Surveys, gauging insurance producers’ views of the companies they represent.