Bill Text: NY A10998 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters by waiving requirements regarding character references and a written examination if the applicant holds a claim certification from a nationally or state-based claims association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - print number 10998a [A10998 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10998
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 29, 2018
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        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to licensing of independ-
          ent adjusters
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subsection (d) of section 2108 of the insur-
     2  ance law is amended to read as follows:
     3    (5) Such application shall be approved, as to each person or  individ-
     4  ual so signing the same, by not less than five reputable citizens of the
     5  community in which such applicant resides or transacts business, each of
     6  whom shall certify that he has personally known the person or individual
     7  for a period of at least five years prior to the filing of such applica-
     8  tion,  that he has read such application and believes each of the state-
     9  ments made therein to be true, that such person is honest, of good char-
    10  acter and competent, and not related  or  connected  to  the  person  so
    11  certifying  by  blood  or marriage. The certificate of approval shall be
    12  subscribed by such reputable citizens and affirmed by them as true under
    13  the penalties of perjury.    This  requirement  shall  be  automatically
    14  waived  for  individuals  holding  a  claims  certification  issued by a
    15  nationally recognized claims association with at least  twenty  thousand
    16  members.
    17    §  2.  Paragraph  1 of subsection (f) of section 2108 of the insurance
    18  law is amended to read as follows:
    19    (1) The superintendent shall, in order to determine  the  trustworthi-
    20  ness and competency to act as an independent adjuster of each individual
    21  applicant for such license, and of each proposed sub-licensee, except in
    22  the case of a renewal license, require every such individual to take and
    23  pass,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the superintendent, a personal written
    24  examination. The superintendent may prescribe the types of written exam-
    25  inations according to the kind or kinds of insurance claims [which] that
    26  the applicant is to be licensed to investigate and  adjust.    The  exam
    27  requirement  shall  be  automatically  waived  for individuals holding a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  current claims certification issued by a  nationally  recognized  claims
     2  association with at least twenty thousand members.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.