Tee times will be available for individuals interested in golfing prior to the evening's activities. Details forthcoming.

Registration will be held in the hotel lobby where guests will receive a wristband to enjoy cocktails and football in the Brew Pub. Cabanas will be open weather permitting.

6:30 - 9:30 pm | Opening Night Reception
Sponsored by Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
Coming in on Sunday night? Make sure to join us for cocktails and conversation on the beautiful Veranda. There's no better way to reconnect with friends and colleagues then by toasting the start of our 2022 in-person event!

Presented by Kym Martell, AAI, CIC, CRIS, CRM, MLIS
Where do you work?  Are you a remote worker, a hybrid worker or do you own your own in-home business?  Personal and commercial clients are faced with the task of providing coverage for this changing landscape. Remote workers and in-home businesses create challenges and opportunities for insurance professionals to provide insurance and risk management solutions for this growing marketplace.

This discussion will include identifying the unique loss exposures associated with remote workers and in-home businesses through a review of some of the personal lines coverage forms, the exclusions, gaps, and limitations, and offer possible insurance solutions, including endorsements, in-home business products, and commercial insurance coverage forms.
Submitted for 2 CE credits

Business Meeting
Chairman Hal Soden, Jr. will lead the 2022 business meeting where he will provide an overview of the state of the association, introduce recommended bylaw amendments for vote,  announce the Chairman citations, and present our 2022 award winners (see below for nomination information). 

The New Face of Hiring - How the Pandemic Shaped Employee Recruitment
Before the pandemic, business leaders preoccupied themselves with finding and inspiring the right talent needed to build their corporate brand and success. Fast forward to today, and those same leaders face those same challenges with the added complication of a tight labor market, skyrocketing compensation demands, and pressure to offer hybrid or remote work options. Things are rough.

In this session, Claudia St. John, president of Affinity HR Group, will discuss the most current labor trends, present strategies for hiring exceptional talent in a virtual environment and highlight ways to ensure attendees don't fall victim to the Big Quit and its nefarious cousin, the Bored-Out. 

Joining Claudia are Big I NJ member agents who have experienced various challenge with recent hiring from  in-office staff to remote employees.

Catalyit
Steve Anderson, the industry's leading tech guru and CEO of Catalyit will take the stage to share his take on the industry's biggest tech revolution - Catalyit - and what it means for the independent agency system.

State of the State
Hear from Bob Fee,  IIABA Chairman, as he presents the annual state of the state.

1:15 - 2:15 pm | Break-Out Session
Transforming THE WORLD OF WORK - Preparing for the NEW NORMAL
Presented by Claudia St. John, president of Affinity HR Group
Historically low unemployment rates vexing you? The Great Resignation got you down? Demands for hybrid work creating frustrations? Baby-Boomers heading off on retirement while Gen Z and Millennials force you to reevaluate how you attract and engage employees? Welcome to the new World of Work. It's not going away anytime soon.

In this session, Join Claudia St. John in re-imagining your human capital strategies to help agencies find and keep talent, maintain profitability and grow.