Prohibits cancellation, non-renewal or conditioning renewal of automobile insurance upon a change or elimination of certain coverage for when dispute as to pending claim exists.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3348--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
HOOPER, JOHN, ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, TOWNS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Insurance -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurer
from cancelling or refusing to renew or condition its renewal of auto-
mobile insurance policies in certain cases
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3425 of the insurance law is amended by adding a
2 new subsection (s) to read as follows:
3 (s) No insurer shall cancel or refuse to renew a covered policy, or to
4 condition its renewal upon change of limits or elimination of any cover-
5 ages solely on the basis that a dispute as to a pending claim filed by
6 the insured with the insurer is pending or that a dispute as to a claim
7 filed with the insurer is pending with the department.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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