Senate Bill S3636

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3636 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1169
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2108, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6954, A10998
2021-2022: S3579, A5617
2023-2024: S1468, A907

2019-S3636 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters by waiving requirements regarding character references and a written examination if the applicant holds a claim certification from a national or state-based claims association.

2019-S3636 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3636
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BRESLIN, SEWARD -- 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 licensing of independ-
   ent adjusters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subsection (d) of section 2108 of the insur-
 ance law is amended to read as follows:
   (5)  Such application shall be approved, as to each person or individ-
 ual so signing the same, by not less than five reputable citizens of the
 community in which such applicant resides or transacts business, each of
 whom shall certify that he has personally known the person or individual
 for a period of at least five years prior to the filing of such applica-
 tion, that he has read such application and believes each of the  state-
 ments made therein to be true, that such person is honest, of good char-
 acter  and  competent,  and  not  related  or connected to the person so
 certifying by blood or marriage. The certificate of  approval  shall  be
 subscribed by such reputable citizens and affirmed by them as true under
 the penalties of perjury.  THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL BE WAIVED FOR INDIVID-
 UALS  HOLDING A CLAIMS CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY A NATIONAL OR STATE-BASED
 CLAIMS ASSOCIATION WITH A CERTIFICATION  PROGRAM  THAT  CONSISTS  OF  AT
 LEAST  FORTY  HOURS  OF  PRE-EXAM COURSEWORK, A PROCTORED EXAMINATION OF
 SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO ADEQUATELY DETERMINE THE COMPETENCY OF THE INDIVID-
 UAL, AND TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR  CERTIF-
 ICATION RENEWALS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
   §  2.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (f) of section 2108 of the insurance
 law is amended to read as follows:
   (1) The superintendent shall, in order to determine  the  trustworthi-
 ness and competency to act as an independent adjuster of each individual
 applicant for such license, and of each proposed sub-licensee, except in
 the case of a renewal license, require every such individual to take and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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