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Apr 10, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A6917
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
THIELE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
2015-A6917 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A6917 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits discrimination in the issuance of homeowner's insurance policies based upon the subject property's location; makes various provisions clarifying prohibition on refusal to issue or renew certain policies including homeowner's fire and extended coverage based solely on geographical location.
2015-A6917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6917 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi- nation in the issuance or renewal of homeowner's insurance policies and to the geographical location of risk of certain policies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3429 of the insurance law is amended to read as follows: S 3429. Geographical location of risks; HOMEOWNERS'; fire, fire and extended coverage policies; private passenger automobile insurance poli- cies. (a) No insurer shall REJECT ANY APPLICATION FOR, refuse to issue or renew, LIMIT THE TYPE OR AMOUNT OF COVERAGE OFFERED or shall cancel a policy of: (1) HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE, fire insurance or fire and extended cover- age insurance, or (2) automobile insurance subject to section three thousand four hundred twenty-five of this article based solely on the geographical location of the risk OR PROPERTY within this state. Such prohibition shall not preclude an insurer from REJECT- ING AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH COVERAGE BASED ON THE UNREASONABLE DISTANCE OF THE RISK OR PROPERTY FROM THE INSURER'S ORDINARY SERVICE AREA, OR FROM refusing to issue or renew, LIMITING THE TYPE OR AMOUNT OF COVERAGE OFFERED or from cancelling such policies [based on sound underwriting and actuarial principles] reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience subject to the applicable provisions of section three thousand four hundred twenty-five of this article. (b) The superintendent shall by regulation establish procedures with respect to notification to insureds of the insurer's specific reason or reasons for refusal to issue or renew or for cancellation of such poli- cy. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02333-01-5
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