Provides for the use of telematics or usage-based insurance for private passenger or commercial automobile insurance or policies in certain circumstances.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5342
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 the use of telematics
systems by insurers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2354
2 to read as follows:
3 § 2354. Use of telematics. (a) As used in this section, "telematics"
4 or "usage-based insurance" means utilizing data collected relating to
5 any of the following regarding a vehicle or driver using vehicle
6 systems, recording sensors, or a telecommunications device for insurance
7 operations including pricing, underwriting, claims, and customer
8 service:
9 (1) Vehicle speed, location, mileage, and operating hours;
10 (2) Driver acceleration, braking, and cornering habits;
11 (3) Telephone screen touch-engagement, including but not limited to,
12 handheld phone call and text usage during vehicle operation;
13 (4) Road and weather conditions;
14 (5) Engine diagnostics;
15 (6) Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), including motorized
16 seat belts; and
17 (7) Any other data point related to the use and operation of the
18 insured vehicle that has been filed with and approved by the superinten-
19 dent.
20 (b) An insurer that issues, sells, or delivers private passenger or
21 commercial automobile insurance or policies in the state may, with the
22 consent of the participating driver, or the named insured if the partic-
23 ipating driver is a minor, collect telematics data:
24 (1) For establishing an insurance premium for the policy that insures
25 that vehicle and/or operator;
26 (2) For claims settlement purposes, including investigation of fraud;
27 (3) For rate filing purposes using aggregated telematics data; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (4) For other customer service purposes, including but not limited to:
2 safety, including crash detection; risk mitigation, including severe
3 weather warnings; additional insurance protection; and convenience.
4 (c) With respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance an
5 insurer shall not require an applicant or a policyholder to participate
6 in a program that measures the operation of an insured vehicle as a
7 condition for pricing or underwriting a private passenger motor vehicle
8 insurance risk unless the insurer:
9 (1) only offers private passenger motor vehicle insurance products
10 that require insureds to participate in a program that measures the
11 operation of an insured vehicle, and discloses such requirement to:
12 (i) an applicant at the time of application; and
13 (ii) a policyholder at the time of renewal; and
14 (2) includes the information required to be disclosed in paragraph one
15 of this subsection in any advertising materials for the insurance
16 products offered by the insurer.
17 (d) (1) This section shall not apply to a premium increase for a driv-
18 er or vehicle due to a telematics program that measures driving behavior
19 during the current policy period.
20 (2) Notice to a participating driver, or named insured if the partic-
21 ipating driver is a minor, of a premium increase resulting from the use
22 of telematics data shall be made pursuant to regulations promulgated by
23 the superintendent in accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 1681m.
24 (e) Any premium increase established pursuant to subsection (d) of
25 this section shall be made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b)
26 of section two thousand three hundred five of this chapter.
27 (f) An insurer may share data obtained through telematics:
28 (1) With the named insured;
29 (2) With a person, natural or legal, other than the named insured only
30 if the named insured provides consent; or
31 (3) In accordance with a court order or subpoena.
32 (g) Any insurer that offers the use of telematics or usage-based
33 insurance, or any such program that measures the operation of an insured
34 vehicle during the current policy period, shall do so in accordance with
35 the provisions of article twenty-six of this chapter applicable to
36 private passenger auto insurance.
37 (h) The superintendent shall have the power to promulgate, from time
38 to time, such regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
39 chapter, as may be appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
40 section and, insofar as applicable to this section, other provisions of
41 this chapter.
42 § 2. Section 2324 of the insurance law is amended by adding a new
43 subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
44 (c-1) This section shall not prohibit any insurer from offering
45 participation in a loss prevention program that promotes and incentiv-
46 izes safe driving behavior, with rewards, including through the use of
47 telematics as defined under section two thousand three hundred fifty-
48 four of this article, so long as participation in such program is
49 offered both to members of the general public and to the insurer's poli-
50 cyholders.
51 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
52 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
53 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
54 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
55 on or before such effective date.
