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Assembly Bill A10442

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Grants the superintendent of financial services additional powers to take action against insurers which are in a hazardous financial condition

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2015-A10442 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1104, Ins L

2015-A10442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants the superintendent of financial services additional powers to take action against insurers which are in a hazardous financial condition.

2015-A10442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10442

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- (at request of the Department of Finan-
  cial Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN  ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurers deemed to be
  in a hazardous financial condition

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 1104 of the insurance law, the section heading as
amended and subsections (c) and (d) as added by chapter 235 of the  laws
of 1989, and the opening paragraph of subsection (c) as amended by chap-
ter 598 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1104.  Revocation  or suspension of license; restriction of license
authority or limitation on premiums written.  (a) The superintendent may
revoke any license, CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY, OR REGISTRATION issued  to
any  foreign  or alien insurer to do an insurance business in this state
if, after notice to and hearing, [he] THE SUPERINTENDENT finds that such
insurer has failed to comply with any requirement imposed upon it by the
provisions of this chapter and if in [his] THE SUPERINTENDENT'S judgment
such revocation is reasonably necessary to protect the interests of  the
people  of this state. The superintendent may, in his OR HER discretion,
reinstate any such license, CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY, OR REGISTRATION if
[he] THE SUPERINTENDENT finds that a ground for such revocation no long-
er exists.
  (b) The superintendent shall revoke the certificate  of  authority  of
any corporation or agent convicted of violating section two thousand six
hundred three of this chapter.
  (c) [The] (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, THE
superintendent may [suspend the license, restrict the license authority,
or  limit  the  amount of premiums written in this state of any accident
and  health  insurance  company,  property/casualty  insurance  company,
co-operative property/casualty insurance company, title insurance compa-
ny,  mortgage  guaranty  insurance  company,  reciprocal insurer, Lloyds
underwriters or nonprofit property/casualty insurance company] TAKE  ONE
OR  MORE  OF THE ACTIONS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF PARAGRAPH FOUR
OF THIS SUBSECTION AGAINST AN INSURER, except those insurers subject  to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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