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Who we are

Our website address is: https://nics.group/

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Cindy Payne

Cindy, founding partner of NorthStar Insurance Consulting Services (NICS) is thrilled to help companies and sales representatives achieve their highest potential. Her decades of experience as a top producer running a very successful agency and mentoring/coaching reps led her and one of her best friends and colleagues to form NICS. Helping others is her WHY in life.

Cindy is a Graduate of Newhouse at Syracuse University and still bleeds orange. She resides in Skaneateles NY with her husband Garry and has two children Matthew and Chloe. Giving back is also a priority of hers and some of her favorite charities are Elmcrest Children’s Center and Make a Wish of Central NY where she currently sits on the board.

Her interests outside of work include spending time with family, working on her golf game, traveling, and having fun on Skaneateles Lake when it’s not so cold.

Anita Carlevale

Anita, founding partner of NorthStar Insurance Consulting Services (NICS LLC) began a sales career in 1988 with a top 5 global insurance carrier. Her decades of experience and success as an Executive Sales Agent led Anita to form NICS LLC with one of her closest colleagues and long time friend.

Getting to know her clients on a personal level, helping them to achieve their professional goals and discovering what really motivates them to do so is what she finds most enjoyable and rewarding. She resides in Harrisburg, PA with her husband Rick.

They have 5 children and 5 grandchildren. She enjoys spending time on her pet farm with her rescue animals, trips to lake home with family, fishing, volunteering for animal rescue and antiquing. The true value of coaching success is measured in the ability to discover a client’s untapped talent from skills they didn’t see in themselves and taking them levels of success they didn’t know existed.