It is a good day for PIANY members! On Monday, the New York state Assembly unanimously passed A.4688, which would restrict the adverse “bait-and-switch’ practice in personal auto insurance. Bait and switch is the colloquial term used to describe when an insurance...
Two of PIANY’s top legislative priorities were on the agenda of the New York state Assembly Insurance Committee and both were reported out of committee today. Here is a little more about the bills that passed and what comes next: Photo inspections PIANY’s top...
PIA-supported legislation (A.2811) that would repeal the antiquated anti-arson application in New York City, successfully passed the state Assembly on March 9, by a vote of 138-0. What this bill would do If this bill was to become law the anti-arson application would...
According to data collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Census Bureau, and analyzed by MoneyGeek, road conditions and the money spent on overall maintenance varies tremendously from state to state. What this seems to mean is that regardless...
PIA-supported legislation (A.2811) that would repeal the antiquated anti-arson application in New York City, successfully passed the state Assembly Insurance Committee on March 1, without opposition (23-0). The current anti-arson law In the late 1970s, insurance fraud...
Those individuals who hold a New York state insurance license (covered entities), including nonresident licensees, have until Saturday, April 15, 2023, to certify their compliance with the requirements of New York state’s cyber security regulation (23 NYCRR 500) for...
New York State Insurance Law Section 5904 requires producers placing New York state business with risk retention groups not chartered in the state to report this business by March 15, 2023. To comply with New York State Insurance Law Section 5904(c), if a business has...
Another day, another PIANY legislative priority has been introduced. Assemblyman David Weprin, D-24, the new chair of the Assembly Insurance Committee, introduced A.4668, which would restrict the harmful “bait and switch” practice in personal auto insurance, on Feb....
William Shakespeare once wrote “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet …”. I can only assume that when Shakespeare wrote those words in the 1590s that he was thinking about the future, and specifically about a measure...
New York City is unique. More than eight million people live in New York City and it is home to over 800 different languages. It is also the only city in New York state that still requires certain property owners to complete an anti-arson application to purchase...
