Bill Text: NY S01211 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits insurer from increasing auto insurance premiums upon renewal for persons 60 years of age or over based solely on the ground of the insured's age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO INSURANCE [S01211 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01211-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1211
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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  prohibiting  the
         increase of premiums or failure to renew automobile insurance policies
         for persons 60 years of age or over
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3425  of  the  insurance  law  is
    2  amended to read as follows:
    3    (i)  (1)  No  insurer  shall refuse to issue or renew a covered policy
    4  solely on the ground of the advanced age of the applicant or insured.
    5    (2) WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICIES,  NO  INSURER  SHALL
    6  INCREASE  THE  PREMIUM BILLED TO AN INSURED WHO IS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR
    7  OVER FOR THE RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING POLICY SOLELY ON THE GROUND  OF  THE
    8  AGE OF THE INSURED.
    9    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
   11  renewals of policies issued on and after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04824-01-1
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