Assembly Bill A6963

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the automobile insurance consumer information act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A6963 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1614
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6 §§601 - 606, §§2354 & 346, amd §§2321, 2305, 3231 & 4308, Ins L; add Art 44-A §§945 - 947, amd §149, Exec L; amd §202, St Ad Proc Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1746
2011-2012: A3744
2013-2014: A1937
2015-2016: A5064
2017-2018: A2596, S4469
2019-2020: A2887, S3109
2021-2022: A6892, S2858

2023-A6963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "automobile insurance consumer information act"; provides for automobile insurance consumer information and complaint ranking; creates office of public insurance consumer advocate and powers and duties therefor; makes related provisions.

2023-A6963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6963
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  improving  disclosure
   to automobile insurance consumers; and to amend the executive law, the
   insurance  law and the state administrative procedure act, in relation
   to establishing an independent office  of  public  insurance  consumer
   advocate and establishing its powers and duties
 
   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 article 6  to
 read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 6
                 AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CONSUMER INFORMATION
 SECTION 601. TITLE; LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION AND PURPOSE.
         602.  AUTOMOBILE  INSURANCE  CONSUMER  INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT
                RANKINGS.
         603. CONSUMER RATING FACTORS.
         604. DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES.
         605. NONINTERFERENCE WITH OBTAINING COVERAGE.
         606. PUBLIC OUTREACH.
   § 601. TITLE; LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION AND PURPOSE. THIS ARTICLE  SHALL
 BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CONSUMER INFORMA-
 TION ACT".
   THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  AND  DECLARES  THAT  AUTOMOBILE  INSURANCE IS
 REQUIRED BY LAW FOR ALL RESIDENTS WHO DRIVE AND THAT THE COST OF AUTOMO-
 BILE INSURANCE REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL EXPENSE FOR MANY CONSUMERS.  THE
 LEGISLATURE  FURTHER FINDS THAT THE PREMIUM COSTS FOR ANY GIVEN INDIVID-
 UAL FOR IDENTICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM  DIFFERENT  LICENSED  INSURERS
 CAN  VARY  WIDELY  AND THAT WIDE VARIATIONS ALSO EXIST IN THE QUALITY OF
 SERVICE PROVIDED BY INSURERS AS  MEASURED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  ANNUAL
 COMPLAINT HANDLING RANKINGS. IN ADDITION, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT FEW
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04202-01-3
              

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