MetroRAP
Build Your Insurance Knowledge at MetroRAP 2025
Wednesday, Jan. 29 | Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
From construction insurance insights to E&O risk reduction, MetroRAP 2025 is packed with valuable content for insurance professionals like you. Come ready to learn, connect, and explore new opportunities!
Don't miss out on this incredible day of collaboration. With a range of networking opportunities, a buzzing trade show, exceptional education, and even a pre-event reception with NY-YIP, MetroRAP 2025 has something for everyone in the insurance industry.
Reasons to attend:
Powerful Education
Gain insights into NYC’s unique insurance needs (hello, construction and scaffolding) and E&O pitfalls.
Networking Advantage
Connect face-to-face with industry experts, agents, and vendors.
Energized Trade Show
Meet vendors ready to elevate your business and help you stand out.
Schedule
Tuesday, Jan. 28
6-9 p.m.
MetroRAP Welcome Reception
Hosted by NY-YIP
Connolly’s Times Square
Get tickets here!
Separate registration required.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Registration desk open
8-10 a.m.
Education session:
Measure Twice, Insure Once? Insuring NYC
Contractors, Property Owners & Tenants
Jon Lipton, CIC, CRIS,
Castle Rock Capacity LLC
10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Continental breakfast
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Trade show
—Cash door prize drawings
—Exhibitor & grand door prize drawings
—Best overall booth experience winner
12:30-2 p.m.
Buffet lunch in trade show
2-5 p.m.
Education session:
E&O Pitfalls When Insuring Construction/Renovation Projects
Christopher Weldon, Esq.,
Winget, Spadafora & Schwartzberg LLP
Education
Jon Lipton, CIC, CRIS
With over 28 years of hands-on experience in the property/casualty sector, Jon Lipton is a broker, manager, and operations leader specializing in construction, product liability, hospitality, and real estate. He is the managing director and NYC construction practice leader at Risk Strategies Co., a p/c, employee benefits, and private-client services brokerage.
Lipton is an insurance industry expert witness. He consults on construction access agreements across New York City’s five boroughs, representing developers and general contractors. He has negotiated coverage terms and limits in access agreements, subcontractor agreements, and lease agreements. He is a former member and deputy chair of the NYC advisors board for PIA, and a board member for PIANY.
8-10 a.m.
Measure Twice, Insure Once? Insuring NYC Contractors, Property Owners & Tenants
Submitted for NY & NJ CE credits.
Sponsored by: Excess Line Association of NY
In New York City’s dynamic insurance market, keeping your clients fully protected is no easy task—especially for contractors, property owners, and tenants.
Course Highlights:
- Navigate complex clauses, endorsements, and exclusions commonly found in NYC’s construction insurance.
- Learn essential techniques to balance coverage inclusions and exclusions, helping clients minimize exposure.
- Get actionable knowledge on how to protect your contractor, property owner, and tenant clients in an ever-evolving landscape.
Christopher Weldon, Esq.
Christopher Weldon started his legal career as a Westchester County, New York assistant district attorney. Then, he continued his career in litigation, handling professional malpractice lawsuits and complex contract and corporate disputes. In 1999, Weldon joined a multistate law firm, at which he focused his practice on professional liability—defending a wide array of professionals, including insurance agents and brokers.
In 2008, he co-founded a law firm and focused his practice in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Weldon headed up the Corporate and Business Practice, focusing on corporate start-ups, compliance issues, M&A, drafting business agreements, employment disputes, noncompete litigation, and other general business litigation.
2-5 p.m.
E&O Pitfalls When Insuring Construction/Renovation Projects^FF ^UN
Submitted for NY & NJ CE credits.
As the insurance landscape grows increasingly complex, avoiding E&O pitfalls when insuring construction and renovation projects in NYC requires specialized knowledge.
Course Highlights:
- Avoid E&O risks: Learn how contractor classifications, certificates, and contracts impact E&O exposure.
- Understand NYC regulations: Examine recent court cases and review essential insurance regulations affecting your clients.
- Claims & documentation: Gain practical guidance on claims handling and documentation best practices, as well as basics of flood insurance for construction projects.
^FF^UN- This course has been approved for E&O loss prevention credit by Fireman's Fund and Utica National. Call the PIA E&O Department for details: (800) 424-4244.
Trade Show
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Meet vendors and discover markets that will help your business.
Our trade-show floor is brimming with opportunities waiting to be seized. Browse for the newest innovations and products for your business. With a diverse range of exhibitors representing the best of the industry, it's a dynamic marketplace of ideas, products, and services.
Back this year: "Best in (Trade) Show" contest—a chance for you to be the judge and crown the most outstanding booth on the floor. Attendees will vote for their favorite booth based on overall experience, creativity, and innovation.
