Relates to summaries of readable and understandable insurance policies which shall include the limits of insurance, the term of the policy, the amount of premium and the amount of deductibles and a statement.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3241--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. COONEY, MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to summaries of readable
and understandable insurance policies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3102 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
2 new subsection (g) to read as follows:
3 (g) Policy summary. (1) Every policy described in paragraph three or
4 four of subsection (a) of this section shall be accompanied, when deliv-
5 ered to a policyholder in this state, by a document printed in red font
6 and in typeface of no less than sixteen point type which sets forth: (A)
7 the limits of insurance; (B) the term of the policy; (C) the amount of
8 premium to be paid for the policy; (D) the amount of any deductible or
9 deductibles applicable before the policy will provide coverage; (E) the
10 principal exclusions from coverage under the policy; and (F) the follow-
11 ing statement: "THIS IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF YOUR POLICY. ALL TERMS AND
12 CONDITIONS OF THE POLICY WILL GOVERN AS TO THE SCOPE AND AMOUNT OF
13 COVERAGE UNDER THE POLICY. CONTACT YOUR AGENT, BROKER OR INSURER IF YOU
14 HAVE QUESTIONS". An insurer may use the declarations page of a policy to
15 provide the information required by this subsection.
16 (2) The information required to be delivered to a policyholder under
17 paragraph one of this subsection may be provided by an agent or broker
18 so authorized by an insurer, and may be sent electronically to the poli-
19 cyholder in accordance with section three thousand four hundred fifty-
20 eight of this chapter.
21 (3) The superintendent shall issue a regulation specifying the word-
22 ing, filing and approval requirements for the document described in
23 paragraph one of this subsection within one hundred eighty days of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 advisory committee making their recommendations in accordance with para-
2 graph four of this subsection.
3 (4) Before issuing such regulation the superintendent shall appoint an
4 advisory committee on the summary of key personal lines property and
5 casualty policy provisions to be comprised of equal number of represen-
6 tatives from insurers or insurer associations, producers or producer
7 associations, consumers or consumer associations, and academic experts
8 on insurance regulation. Such advisory committee shall solicit and
9 review comments from the public on the content of such regulation and,
10 within two hundred ten days of the enactment of this subsection make
11 recommendations in writing to the superintendent as to the content of
12 such regulation.
13 (5) No insurer or producer complying with this subsection shall be
14 required by the superintendent, in any regulation, order, decision,
15 determination or other communication, to provide any additional summary
16 of the terms and conditions of the policy to a policyholder.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all
19 policies and contracts issued, renewed, modified, altered or amended on
20 or after such date.
