Brown & Brown Insurance Hudson Valley

03/31/2022

12/31/2020

Congratulations to our client, John Santaroni, for winning our refer a friend iPad giveaway! Congratulations and thank you for the referrals!

10/07/2020

Hi Friends! We are having a contest giving away an iPad (6th generation). Refer a friend/family/neighbor to our personal lines department and be entered to win an iPad. Contact our personal lines team leader - Gina Racioppo at [email protected] or 845.743.7012

05/13/2020

To our clients, friends, family and neighbors:

We invite you to join in a live stream hosted by Brown & Brown Insurance on the topic of Economic Considerations Concerning COVID-19 plus Medical Response & Return to the Workplace. This live stream will take place on Friday, May 15th at 2pm EST. You can click on the link below to register and get additional content. https://covid19.bbinsurance.com/

04/20/2020

Dear Policyholder,

A recent Executive Order issued by Governor Cuomo, together with recent amendments to the insurance and banking regulations (the “regulations”) issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (“Department”), extend grace periods and give you other rights under certain health insurance policies if you are an individual, small group or student blanket comprehensive health insurance policyholder or contract holder and can demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the novel coronavirus (“COVID 19”) pandemic (“affected policyholder”). Note that any policyholder or contract holder of a child health insurance plan where the policyholder or contract holder pays the entire premium shall also be deemed and affected policyholder.

These grace periods and rights are currently in effect but are temporary, though they may be extended further. Please check the Department’s website at https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumers/coronavirus for updates.

A copy of the Executive Order and regulations can be found at https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20213-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency and https://www.dfs.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/re62_a59_text.pdf, respectively.

Insurance Payments - Grace Period and Moratorium on Retroactive Termination
If you can demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, your insurer must extend to later of the applicable contractual grace period or June 1, 2020, for the payment of premiums and fees under your individual, small group or student blanket comprehensive health insurance policy. If you do not make a timely premium payment and can demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, your insurer may not retroactively terminate your policy for non-payment of premium during that period, impose any late fees relating to the premium payment or report you to a credit reporting agency or a debt collection agency regarding such premium payment.

How to Demonstrate Financial Hardship
If you, as an affected policyholder, are unable to make a timely premium payment due to financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may submit to your insurer a statement that you swear or affirm in writing under penalty of perjury that you are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which the insurer shall accept as satisfactory proof. Such statement is not required to be notarized.

If you have any questions regarding your rights under the Executive Order or regulations, please feel free to contact us. We’re proud to continue helping you protect what matters most.

Stay Safe,
Brian Miles
Executive Vice President

04/08/2020

Hello Valued Clients, Neighbors, Friends and Family. Please see below notice that NYS has opened enrollment if you or anyone you know who lost their job & subsequently their health benefits. Please feel free to share this information. Feel free to like our page if you wish to stay current with information.

04/06/2020

The last several weeks have brought a whirlwind of change upon all of us. As the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis lingers, we began to ask ourselves what Brown & Brown could do to help you. We have a long-standing history of dedication to the people and local communities in which we live, work, play and we felt it was critical to step up and offer help during this unprecedented situation.

We are excited to announce that the Brown & Brown Relief Center is now available. The Relief Center provides access to products and services at a discount, including:
 Health and behavioral health services
 Family care child learning
 Pet care
 Home and home office discounts
 Food and food delivery services
 General household and office
The attached document provides additional information on the Brown & Brown Relief Center. Please feel free to pass along to your family members and friends of the community.

We hope you are staying safe & healthy.

03/20/2020

If you are stuck at home … consider taking a NY DMV defensive driving prevention course online to lower your auto premiums. Any person in your house that is a “primary” driver should take this course to receive a discount on auto premium. Discount is good for 3 years and is per driver/per car. Call your agent and ask them to quote your specific savings! 845.628.4500

New York Defensive Driving Course Online - 100% Online, NYS DMV-approved defensive driving course for a mandatory 10% car insurance discount and point reduction.

02/14/2020

CONGRATULATIONS to our Personal Lines Department!!

Brown & Brown of Hudson Valley awarded Eastern Regional Personal Lines Agency of the Year by Hanover Insurance

The Hudson Valley Office was selected as Hanover’s Eastern Regional Personal Lines Agency of the Year based upon the agency’s outstanding 2019 performance and overall true partnership commitment to Hanover. Members of the Hudson Valley’s personal lines team Ella Simone, Gina Racioppo, Jill Kaufmann and Susan McCormack celebrated with PCL Brian Miles and Hanover Marketing Rep John Dross at an awards luncheon held at Primavera in Croton Falls on January 10, 2020.