NU Online News Service, Jan. 8, 3:42 p.m. EST

The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York said the top issues on their legislative agenda this year are opposition to proposed producer disclosure regulations and changes to the state's workers' compensation system.

The agent association has been waging a heated battle against the state insurance department's proposed compensation regulation, which was developed in response to a 2005 New York Attorney General's investigation revealing that some commercial insurance brokers took hidden payments to steer clients to insurers involved in a bid-rigging scheme.

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