Assembly Bill A6801

                             
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                                   6801
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, the vehicle and traffic law  and  the
   workers'  compensation  law, in relation to requiring insurers to send
   notices of renewal of certain policies to the insured  no  later  than
   thirty days prior to the expiration of the policy
 
   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  3463
 to read as follows:
   §  3463.  NOTICE  OF RENEWAL REQUIRED. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY
 PROVISION OF LAW, NO INSURANCE POLICY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  ISSUED  AND  DELIVERED  ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE RENEWED OR EXTENDED BEYOND ITS POLICY  PERIOD  OR  TERM
 UNLESS  THE INSURER PROVIDES A WRITTEN NOTICE OF RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF
 THE POLICY TO THE INSURED NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRA-
 TION OF SUCH POLICY PERIOD OR TERM.
   2. EVERY NOTICE OF RENEWAL REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE INSURED IN SUCH FORM AND IN SUCH
 MANNER AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   § 2. Section 3102 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (g) to read as follows:
   (G) NOTICE OF RENEWAL REQUIRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY PROVISION
 OF LAW, NO RENEWAL OR EXTENSION CERTIFICATE IN CONNECTION WITH AN INSUR-
 ANCE  POLICY  SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE,
 ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THIS STATE UNLESS THE INSURER PROVIDES A  WRITTEN
 NOTICE  OF SUCH RENEWAL OR EXTENSION TO THE INSURED NO LATER THAN THIRTY
 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE POLICY PERIOD OR TERM IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 313-a to read as follows:
   §  313-A.  NOTICE  OF  RENEWAL.  NO  CONTRACT OF INSURANCE FOR WHICH A
 CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN WHICH A
 NATURAL PERSON IS THE NAMED  INSURED  AND  THE  MOTOR  VEHICLE  IS  USED
 PREDOMINANTLY  FOR  NON-BUSINESS PURPOSES AND NO SUCH CONTRACT  IN WHICH
 THE NAMED INSURED IS NOT A NATURAL PERSON OR THE MOTOR VEHICLE  IS  USED
 PREDOMINANTLY  FOR  BUSINESS  PURPOSES  SHALL  BE  RENEWED BY AN INSURER
 UNLESS AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE RENEWAL DATE  THE  INSURER
 MAILS OR DELIVERS TO THE NAMED INSURED AT THE ADDRESS SHOWN ON THE POLI-
 CY  A  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF RENEWAL. ALL SUCH NOTICES OF RENEWAL SHALL BE
 SENT BY REGULAR MAIL WITH A CERTIFICATE OF MAILING, PROPERLY ENDORSED BY
 THE POSTAL SERVICE TO BE OBTAINED IN A FORM PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
   §  4. Section 54 of the workers' compensation law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
   5-B. NOTICE OF RENEWAL. NO CONTRACT OF INSURANCE ISSUED BY  AN  INSUR-
 ANCE  CARRIER  AGAINST  LIABILITY  ARISING  UNDER  THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE
 RENEWED UNLESS THE INSURANCE CARRIER PROVIDES  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF  SUCH
 RENEWAL  TO  THE EMPLOYER NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRA-
 TION DATE OF THE POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE INSURANCE LAW.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such date.