Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to insurance |
Jun 03, 2013 |
reported and committed to rules |
Jan 10, 2013 |
referred to insurance |
Senate Bill S2091
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2013-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2305, Ins L
2013-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2091 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to rate filings PURPOSE: This bill will reduce the cost of title insurance in New York by no longer requiring the Superintendent of Financial Services to approve rates, rating plans and rules manuals before title insurance can be sold. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 removes title insurance from the list of insurances that require prior approval of rates, rating plans and rules manuals by the Superintendent of Financial Services. Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Title insurance is included among the types of insurance that require prior approval of rates, rating plans and rules manuals by the Superintendent of Financial Services. This requirement reduces competition among title insurance companies and yet there is no reason for title insurance to be so rigorously regulated. In New York, only a fraction of one percent of title insurance policies ever have to pay against a claim, and only about five percent of premiums are paid out to meet claims. This is far less than other insurance
2013-S2091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2091 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to rate filings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 2305 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 11 of the laws of 2008, paragraph 13 as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (b) rate filings for: (1) workers' compensation insurance; (2) motor vehicle insurance, or surety bonds, required by section three hundred seventy of the vehicle and traffic law; (3) joint underwriting; (4) motor vehicle assigned risk insurance; (5) insurance issued by the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association; (6) risk sharing plans authorized by section two thousand three hundred eighteen of this article; (7) [title insurance; (8)] medical malpractice liability insurance; [(9)] (8) insurance issued by the Medical Malpractice Insurance Asso- ciation; [(10)] (9) mortgage guaranty insurance; [(11)] (10) credit property insurance, as defined in section two thou- sand three hundred forty of this article; and [(12)] (11) gap insurance [(13)] (12) Private passenger automobile insurance, except as provided in section two thousand three hundred fifty of this article. shall be filed with the superintendent and shall not become effective unless either the filing has been approved or thirty days, which the superintendent may with cause extend an additional thirty days and with EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02101-01-3
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