Bill Text: NY A02744 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-22 - advanced to third reading cal.418 [A02744 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A02744-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2744
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
HOOPER, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurer
from cancelling or refusing to renew or condition its renewal of auto-
mobile insurance policies in certain cases
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 3425 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
2 new subsection (s) to read as follows:
3 (S) NO INSURER SHALL CANCEL OR REFUSE TO RENEW A COVERED POLICY, OR TO
4 CONDITION ITS RENEWAL UPON CHANGE OF LIMITS OR ELIMINATION OF ANY COVER-
5 AGES SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT A DISPUTE AS TO A PENDING CLAIM FILED BY
6 THE INSURED WITH THE INSURER IS PENDING OR THAT A DISPUTE AS TO A CLAIM
7 FILED WITH THE INSURER IS PENDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02517-01-1
