Bill Text: NY A00907 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 907

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - enacting clause stricken [A00907 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00907-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           907

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        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 1 of subsection (f) of section 2108 of the insur-
     2  ance law is amended to read as follows:
     3    (1) The superintendent shall, in order to determine  the  trustworthi-
     4  ness and competency to act as an independent adjuster of each individual
     5  applicant for such license, and of each proposed sub-licensee, except in
     6  the case of a renewal license, require every such individual to take and
     7  pass,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the superintendent, a personal written
     8  examination. The superintendent may prescribe the types of written exam-
     9  inations according to the kind or kinds of insurance claims [which] that
    10  the applicant is to be licensed to investigate and  adjust.    The  exam
    11  requirement  shall  be  waived  for individuals holding a claims certif-
    12  ication issued by a national or  state-based claims association  with  a
    13  certification program that consists of at least  forty hours of pre-exam
    14  coursework,  a  proctored exam of sufficient length to adequately deter-
    15  mine the competency of the individual, and twenty-four hours of continu-
    16  ing education required for  certification renewals on a biennial  basis,
    17  subject to the approval of the superintendent.
    18    § 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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