NYIA's mission is to influence the legislative and regulatory environment to promote an insurance market that is viable and strong in order to better serve the insuring public. NYIA is the oldest state property/casualty insurance trade association in the nation, tracing its roots back to 1882. The new NYIA was formed in 1997 by the unification of the New York Insurance Alliance and the New York State Insurance Association. As the industry changed, stocks, mutuals and cooperatives had far more issues in common than they did differences. It became apparent the property and casualty insurance industry would be best served by a single voice in New York. That voice is now NYIA. NYIA's membership includes both national and regional carriers, domestic and non domestic, collectively writing in excess of $13 billion annually in New York premiums. The association represents stock, mutual and cooperative insurers writing in virtually every county of New York State.