Relates to boating liability insurance rates; allows for a schedule of rates or rating plan for boat liability insurance submitted to the superintendent to provide for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium charges for any insured who completed a boat safety course approved by the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation. /
Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: INSURANCE

Prohibits cancellation, non-renewal or conditioning renewal of automobile insurance of a policyholder solely as a result of a dispute or a complaint pending against the insurer. /
Sponsor: ALESI Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to admitted assets for annuity risk where a single premium annuity contract has been purchased. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance; permits insured to refuse supplementary insurance; requires certain disclaimer. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Requires six months notice when cancelling the insurance policy of any small business. /
Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: INSURANCE

Requires that any schedule of rates or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance coverage submitted to the superintendent of financial services shall provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for any insured participating in an official police department program or other program designed to prevent or reduce motor vehicle theft. /
Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: INSURANCE

Requires the use of identical measurement of group size when reviewing premium rate increases or decreases and when determining whether the insurer needs to issue a dividend or credit against future premiums for all policy holders. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes the superintendent of financial services to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; provides for compensation to law enforcement agencies for the prosecution of insurance fraud; directs the superintendent of state police to establish an insurance fraud reward program to those who report insurance fraud; directs the division of criminal justice services to collect and analyze information on insurance fraud; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; provides for the civil forfeiture of the proceeds of a fraudulent insurance act; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence; establishes a temporary task force on motor vehicle insurance fraud. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to limits on certain supplementary insurance; permits insured to refuse supplementary insurance; requires certain disclaimer. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for corporate and business entities, volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance services. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Permits an insurer to rescind or retroactively cancel a policy in circumstance involving an accident staged to defraud an insurer. /
Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: INSURANCE

Reduces a retired or disabled owner's no fault insurance premium by providing appropriate automobile insurance rates to reflect a reduced exposure to loss due to situations where drivers either have no wages to lose or are covered for lost wages by another first payer insurance policy; defines "retired" and "disabled". /
Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to derivative transactions and over the counter derivative instruments. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for corporate and business entities, volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance services. /
Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Requires all accident and health insurance policies to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy; defines medical nutrition therapy to mean the nutritional diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services for the purpose of disease management which are furnished by a dietician or nutrition professional. /
Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: INSURANCE

Directs the superintendent of insurance to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a liability reform plan to protect private landowners who permit public recreational uses of their land. /
Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: INSURANCE

Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to include supplemental spousal liability coverage unless the insured declines such coverage in writing. /
Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee: INSURANCE

Provides coverage for biologically-based mental illness, psychiatric or psychological services or diagnosis or treatment of mental, nervous or emotional disorders or ailments under the Healthy New York program. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: INSURANCE

Provides written notice of premium rate changes not less than sixty days prior to the effective date of such rate changes. /
Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to the conversion of domestic reciprocal medical malpractice insurers and the premium rates and surcharges for medical malpractice insurance. /
Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee: INSURANCE