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Assembly Bill A7856

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discriminating based on education or occupation

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2017-A7856 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2450
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2616, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9935
2015-2016: A6834, S7372
2019-2020: A6631

2017-A7856 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discriminating based on education or occupation.

2017-A7856 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7856
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Insurance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to prohibiting motor
   vehicle insurers from discriminating based on education or occupation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2616
 to read as follows:
   § 2616. DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF EDUCATION OR OCCUPATION. NO INDIVID-
 UAL OR ENTITY DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE AS  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSURER
 THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE SUPERVISION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL, BASED ON
 EDUCATION OR OCCUPATION:
   (A)  MAKE  ANY DISTINCTION OR DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PERSONS AS TO THE
 PREMIUMS OR RATES CHARGED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE POLICIES OR IN ANY
 OTHER MANNER WHATSOEVER;
   (B) DEMAND OR REQUIRE A GREATER PREMIUM  FROM  ANY  PERSON  THAN  SUCH
 INSURER  REQUIRES  AT  THAT  TIME  FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES IN
 SIMILAR CASES; OR
   (C) REFUSE TO ISSUE, RENEW, OR SELL A POLICY AFTER APPROPRIATE  APPLI-
 CATION THEREFOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00678-01-7

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