Extends period during which health maintenance organization enrollees may continue to receive services from a health care provider who disaffiliates from 60 or 90 days to 1 year, or in case of terminal illness, until the time of such insured's death; bars incentives which induce a provider to provide health care to an enrollee in a manner inconsistent with law.
Permits a waiver of the diligent effort requirement in limited circumstances for certain insurance coverage to be placed by licensed excess line brokers with unauthorized insurers where a retail producing insurance broker seeks to procure or place commercial lines insurance through an unaffiliated wholesale excess line insurance broker.
Requires persons having claims under a life insurance policy to provide reasonable assistance to the insurer in obtaining information relating to misrepresentations made by the insured.
Requires the terms and conditions of any individual life insurance policy loan to be in writing, be signed by the insured and the agent and contain a signed statement that the agent has explained the terms to the policyholder.
Relates to flood insurance notice in communities bordering Lake Ontario; requires the department of financial services to publish an annual notice with the department's contact information and a statement about flood insurance and how it relates to standard homeowners insurance policies in local newspapers that serve the communities bordering Lake Ontario.
Requires insurers offering renewal of certain Medicare supplemental insurance policies or providing notification of a change in premiums of such policies to notify policyholders of the availability of policies offered by such insurer with similar benefits at a comparable premium or the ability of such policyholder to purchase a different policy without the pre-existing condition waiting period; applies to policies for which such insurers no longer accept new contracts but continue to renew for existing policyholders.
Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting eight to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms.
Limits third party verification of an applicant's driving history when used as a rating or underwriting factor for private passenger motor vehicle insurance to such applicant's New York State driving history; limits application to policies issued on and after the effective date.
Requires written notice of an adverse determination made by a utilization review agent in relation to a step therapy protocol override determination which includes the clinical review criteria relied upon to make such determination and any applicable alternative prescription drugs subject to the step therapy protocol of the utilization review agent.
Authorizes certain policies issued by a risk retention group not chartered in this state; requires reporting by certain risk retention groups of other state's examinations, audits, or other investigations and their findings; amends the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the insurance law and the vehicle and traffic law relating to owner's policies of liability insurance issued by a risk retention group not chartered within this state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5959-B and A.5718-B, to March 1, 2024.
Relates to supplementary uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for police agencies; removes provisions of law relating to self-insurance; amends the effective date to remove contracts.
Directs the department of financial services to conduct a study examining the increasing costs of insurance premiums, the lack of availability of insurance coverage for losses from flooding, and the possibility of supporting a private flood insurance market in the state.