Senate Bill S3736

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the exemption from filing requirements only with respect to rates and policy forms to out of state businesses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3736 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4654
2021-2022: S3563
2023-2024: S1469

2019-S3736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to extending the exemption from filing requirements only with respect to rates and policy forms to businesses underwritten and transacted from an office outside this state.

2019-S3736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3736
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BRESLIN, SEWARD -- 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 exemption from  filing
   requirements only with respect to rates and policy forms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 6303 of  the  insurance  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  490 of the laws of 2011, paragraph 3 as amended by
 chapter 75 of the laws of 2013 and the opening paragraph of paragraph  3
 as  amended  by  chapter  438 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) The exemption that may be granted pursuant to this  article  shall
 apply  only  if  [the  business  is  underwritten and transacted from an
 office within this state; and]:
   (1) the risk, as defined in regulations of the superintendent, produc-
 es a minimum annual premium in excess of one hundred thousand dollars or
 such higher amount as the superintendent may prescribe by regulation;
   (2) the coverage is for a risk or class of risks which is of an unusu-
 al nature, a high loss hazard, or difficult to place, pursuant to a list
 promulgated or amended by the superintendent; or
   (3) until June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three, the policy, other
 than a medical malpractice  insurance  policy,  is  issued  to  a  large
 commercial  insured  that  employs  or retains a special risk manager to
 assist in the negotiation and purchase of a policy exempted  under  this
 article, provided, however, that:
   (A)(i) the special risk manager is not employed by the insurer issuing
 the policy or any person in the insurer's holding company system; and
   (ii)  the special risk manager is licensed as an insurance producer in
 this state pursuant  to  article  twenty-one  of  this  chapter,  unless
 exempted from licensing therein; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09808-01-9
              

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