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Updates Archive - 2011 - Insurance - prior to October 3, 2011

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The following table presents the Insurance updates to our Web site from 2011 and prior to October 3, 2011. The first column contains a description of the updated item; the second column contains the date and the third column has a link to the updated page.

DescriptionDate PostedLocation

Updated! Medical Indemnity Fund

  • Introduction
  • Application Forms
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Notice
  • NYS Department of Health information
09/30/2011

Medical Indemnity Fund

New! Submit your questions about insurance claims for the recent storms NOW for Saturday morning's CitizenConnects live online chat with Superintendent Lawsky!

09/30/2011

Live online chat

 

Updated! Information for Insurers: Certified Reinsurers

09/30/2011

Certified Reinsurers

2011 Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints

09/30/2011

Auto Ranking

Updated! Medicare Supplement Insurance Information & Premium Rates for October 2011

09/30/2011

Medicare Rates

Updated! Rates for HMO Standard Individual Health Plans by County (October 2011)

09/30/2011

HMO Premium Rates

News Release: Event to mark launch of Department of Financial Services

09/30/2011

News Index

Emergency Adoption of Regulation 198 (11 NYCRR 381) Life Settlements

09/29/2011

Emergency Regulations

Updated! Regulation 60 Contact Information Database Lookup.

09/29/2011

Reg 60 Contacts

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Requested Rate Changes
09/28/2011

Prior Approval

New! Notice to Site Visitors

09/27/2011

HOME

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval: Additional Rate Change Details

09/23/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Insurance Filings Modernization Initiative Implementations

09/21/2011

Modernization Initiative

New! Emergency Regulation: NYS Medical Indemnity Fund

09/16/2011

Medical Indemnity Fund

Selected Opinions of the Office of General Counsel: 4 Opinions for August 2011

09/16/2011

OGC Opinions

General Guidance for Making Property Casualty Rates and Forms Filings (September 14, 2011)

09/16/2011

Property Casualty Rates and Forms Filings

Filed Examination Reports (1 Property Report)

09/14/2011

Index

Health Reports

Life Reports

Property Reports

Insurance Fraud Arrest and Conviction Statistics: Second Half Statistics - 2009-2011

09/13/2011

Frauds Statistics

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Requested Rate Changes
09/13/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Additional Rate Change Details
  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Requested Rate Changes
09/12/2011

Prior Approval

Insurance Frauds Recent Arrests (August, 2011)

09/09/2011

Frauds Arrests

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval: Additional Rate Change Details

09/07/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Requested Rate Changes
09/06/2011

Prior Approval

New! 2011 New York Consumer Guide to Health Insurers

08/31/2011

Consumer Guide to Health Insurance

Updated! Rates for HMO Standard Individual Health Plans by County (September 2011)

08/31/2011

HMO Premium Rates

Homeowners Insurance Information: Updated Windstorm Deductibles

08/26/2011

Homeowners Information for Consumers

Updated! How To File A Complaint

08/26/2011

File a Complaint

Updated! Premium Increases for Long Term Care Insurance

08/25/2011

Long Term Care

New! Important Notice to Property Casualty Industry Policy Rate and Form Filers

 

08/22/2011

Property/Casualty Insurance Information For Insurers

Updated! Suitability in Annuity Transactions

08/17/2011

Suitability in Annuity Transactions

New! Supplement No. 1 to Circular Letter No. 10 (2010): Holding Company System Annual Registration Statements Filed with other States and Reporting of Planned Transactions

08/12/2011

2011 Circular Letters

Agents & Brokers Continuing Education Renewal Information & Applications

08/12/2011

Continuing Education Renewal

Updated! Workers Compensation Loss Costs Multipliers and Expense Constants Currently In Use (Approved as of August 8, 2011)

08/11/2011

Workers' Compensation Reform

New! Producer (Agents & Brokers) Electronic Letter of Certification

08/11/2011

Electronic Letter of Certification

New! Agents and Brokers Licensing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

08/11/2011

Producer Licensing FAQs

Updated! Special Reports Pursuant To Section 308 Of The New York Insurance Law Relating To Investigating Claims And Locating Beneficiaries With Respect To Death Benefits Under Life Insurance Policies, Annuity Contracts And Retained Asset Accounts

08/11/2011

Section 308

Updated! Maximum Reserve Valuation and Maximum Life Policy Nonforfeiture Interest Rate

08/09/2011

Maximum Reserve

Updated! Entities That May Currently Operate As Life Settlement Providers in New York

08/04/2011

Life Settlement

New! Electronic Address Change Request

08/03/2011

Agents and Brokers

Licensing Index

Services for Existing Licensees

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Requested Rate Changes
08/02/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Portal Applications: Healthy New York eForm/eBulk application

08/02/2011

Portal Applications

New! Proposed Circular Letter: Enterprise Risk Management

07/29/2011

Proposed Circular Letters

Updated! Listing of Authorized Insurers Writing Medical Malpractice Insurance in New York.

07/29/2011

Authorized Insurers

Updated layout! Entities That May Currently Operate As Life Settlement Providers in New York

07/28/2011

Life Settlement Providers

 

Updated! Electronic License Request Application: Initial License Printing - printing period increased

07/18/2011

Electronic License Request

Updated! Life Settlement Provider's Stationary Escrow Agreement

07/18/2011

Escrow Agreement

Hearing Transcript, Comments, Webcast, Press Release: Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2011

07/13/2011

Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2011 Index

Updated! Companies with Approval to use ISO (Insurance Services Office)

07/11/2011

ISO Livery

Life Settlements: Guidance for the Filing of Life Settlement Provider Renewal License Applications

07/08/2011

Life Settlement Provider License Renewal

Updated! Medical Indemnity Fund

  • New! Bill: New York State Medical Indemnity Fund (PDF format)
  • New! PowerPoint Presentation: "Medical Malpractice Reform - Enacted State Budget 2011 - 2012"
07/07/2011

Medical Indemnity Fund

New! Medical Indemnity Fund - Frequently Asked Questions

07/07/2011

Medical Indemnity Fund

Updated! Insurers Admission Application - including Accreditation information updates

07/06/2011

Information for Insurers

News Release: New York Life Insurers Directed To Identify Deceased Policyholders And Pay Unpaid Death Benefits

07/05/2011

News Index

Updated! Article 43 Corporations Licensing application

07/05/2011

Insurer Admission Application

Disciplinary Actions Against Companies, Agents, Brokers & Adjusters

07/01/2011

Disciplinary Actions

Updated! DMV Insurance Codes & Company Contacts

06/30/2011

DMV Index

Updated! Suitability in Annuity Transactions

06/27/2011

Agents & Brokers

New! Employment Opportunities Listing: Chief Information Officer (CIO)

06/27/2011

Chief Information Officer Vacancy Announcement

New! Filing requirements to qualify as Certified Reinsurer

06/27/2011

Information for Life Insurers

Updated! Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Rates by County

06/24/2011

HCTC Rates

Updated! Healthy New York rates

06/24/2011

HNY rates

Updated! Retaliatory Information: Company Fees, Taxes, Charges and Deposits

06/24/2011

Information for Insurers

New! Supplement No. 4 to Circular Letter No. 22 (2005)

06/23/2011

2011 Circular Letters

Draft Regulation: First Amendment to Regulation 110 - " Indemnification of Directors and Officers"

06/21/2011

Draft Regulation Outreach

Updated! Insurance Filings Modernization Initiative Interim Report (June 20, 2011)

06/20/2011

Modernization Initiative

Updated! External Appeal

06/20/2011

External Appeal

Updated! Electronic License Request

06/20/2011

Agents and Brokers

Licensing Index

Services for Existing Licensees

Updated! Prior Approval Rate Filings

06/17/2011

Checklist

Updated! Accident & Health SERFF Filing Instructions

06/16/2011

Instruction

Updated! Health Insurers Prior Approval Rate Filings - Rate Adjustment Filings Checklist & Standard Exhibits 1-7

06/15/2011

Health - Filing Resources

12th Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature on the New York State Certified Capital Company Program - June 1, 2011

06/10/2011

Publications

Recent Reports

Updated! IIES Application - Applying for a private key application

06/10/2011

IIES

Updated! Department Events - Upcoming Events

06/09/2011

Upcoming Events

New! Proposed Circular Letter: "Amendments to the New York Insurance Law to Conform to the Federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010"

06/02/2011

Proposed Circular Letters

Career Opportunities for Insurance Frauds Investigator 1, 2 & 3

06/01/2011

Career Opportunities for Investigators

2010 Annual Report of Superintendent of Insurance to the New York State Legislature

06/01/2011

Annual Report

Updated! Medicare Supplement Insurance Information & Premium Rates for June 2011

05/31/2011

Medicare Rates

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval: Frequently Asked Questions

05/27/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Healthy New York rates

05/27/2011

HNY rates

Health Insurers & HMOs: File and Use Loss Ratio Report Submissions for Experience Year 2010

05/20/2011

Loss Ratio Submissions

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Main page and Frequently Asked Questions
05/19/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! NYS Continuation Assistance Demonstration Program for Entertainment Industry Employees

05/19/2011

NYS Continuation Assistance Demonstration Program

Updated! Suitability in Annuity Transactions

05/16/2011

Agents and Brokers

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • New! Main Prior Approval page
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Updated layout for Additional Rate Change Details and Requested Rate Changes
05/13/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Property/Casualty Insurance Security Fund

05/13/2011

Security Fund

Updated! Rate, Form, Territory, Classification and Rule Filing Instructions and Checklists for Property/Casualty Filers

05/12/2011

Filers

Updated! Rate, Form, Territory, Classification and Rule Filing Instructions for Property/Casualty Filers: Review Standards Checklists

05/06/2011

Property/Casualty Insurers - Filing Instructions

Updated! Suitability in Annuity Transactions

05/05/2011

Agents and Brokers

New! Merger message involving Banking Department and Insurance Department

05/05/2011

HOME

New! Electronic Duplicate License Request

05/03/2011

Agents and Brokers

Licensing Index

Services for Existing Licensees

Updated! Excess Line Broker Entity (Corporations/Partnerships/LLCs) - Original/Relicensing Application and Instructions

05/02/2011

Excess Line Broker

New! Suitability in Annuity Transactions

04/29/2011

Agents and Brokers

Final Adoptions: Final Adoption of the First Amendment to Regulation 68-A (11 NYCRR 65-1) Prescribed Policy Endorsements
Final Adoption of the First Amendment to Regulation 68-B (11 NYCRR 65-2) Rights and Liabilities of Self-Insurers

04/26/2011

Final Adoptions

Updated! Department Events - Upcoming Events

04/19/2011

Upcoming Events

Updated! Health Insurance Premiums - Prior Approval:

  • Approved Rate Changes
  • Additional Rate Change Details
  • Requested Rate Changes
04/18/2011

Prior Approval

Updated! Accident and Health Product Checklists:

  1. Disability Income (Business Overhead Expense)
  2. Medicare Supplement Insurance (Group)
  3. Medicare Supplement Insurance (Individual)
  4. Statutory Conversion (Major Medical Coverage)
04/18/2011

Accident & Health Product Checklists and Outlines

Artricle 15 Filings - Determination of Non-Control of a Domestic Insurer:

  • New! Special Commitment Template
04/14/2011

Artricle 15 Filings

Updated! Healthy New York rates

04/14/2011

HNY rates

Updated! Premium Increases for Long Term Care Insurance

04/14/2011

Long Term Care

New! Draft Regulation: Proposed Thirteenth Amendment TO Regulation 41 (11 NYCRR 27) - Excess Line Placements Governing Standards (PDF Format)

04/12/2011

Excess Line Placements Governing Standards

Insurance Fraud: Updates to Frequently Asked Questions and Instructions for Completing Rate Evasion Form

04/12/2011

Fraud Information for Insurers

Updated! Property/Casualty Insurance Information For Insurers - Filing via OPTins

04/12/2011

Filing via OPTins

New! Regulation 194 - Producer Compensation Transparency

04/11/2011

Regulation 194 - Frequently Asked Questions

New! Guidance for Filing Insurance Policy Forms in Accordance with Insurance Law 1113(a)(1)(E) Authorizing the Acceleration of Death Benefits When an Insured Resides in a Nursing Home

04/08/2011

Guidance

New! Proposed Circular Letters - Premium Rate Adjustment Notices

04/06/2011

Proposed Circular Letter

Insurance Frauds Recent Arrests (March, 2011)

04/05/2011

Frauds Arrests

Updated! Basics of Long Term Care

04/04/2011

Basics Index

New! Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey - Survey Responses

03/31/2011

Survey

New! 2010 Annual Report on the Healthy NY Program

03/31/2011

Healthy NY Reports

Updated! Comment period for Regulation 68 Extended

03/31/2011

Extended Reg 68 Comment Period

2011 Updates - About the Insurance Fraud Bureau

03/31/2011

Insurance Fraud Information for Agents and Brokers

Updated! Health Insurers - Filing Guidances: Priority of Review and Filing Types

03/30/2011

Filing Guidances

New! Article 15 Filing Instructions and Requirements

03/29/2011

Article 15 Filings

Updated! DMV Insurance Codes & Company Contacts

03/24/2011

DMV Index

Updated! Fraud Bureau Section for Consumers - Welcome

03/21/2011

Insurance Fraud Information for Consumers

Updated! Disability Benefits Law (DBL) Reporting Blank for Calendar Year 2010

03/21/2011

DBL

Updated! Prior Approval - Health Insurance Premiums

  • New! Requested Rate Changes
  • Updated layout
03/17/2011

Requested Rate Changes

Updated! A Consumer Guide to Long Term Care Insurance in New York

03/17/2011

Publications - Long Term Care

Updated! Medicare Open Enrollment Imformation

03/17/2011

Medicare Information

Selected Opinions of the Office of General Counsel: 1 Opinion for February 2011

03/17/2011

OGC Opinions

2010 The Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York on the Operations of the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

03/15/2011

Fraud Reports

Updated! Flood Insurance Training Requirements for Property and Casualty Insurance Producers

03/14/2011

Flood Insurance

New! Proposed Circular Letter: "Use of Extrapolation in Recovery of Alleged Overpayments"

03/14/2011

Proposed Circular Letters

Updated! Life Settlement Broker - Original/Relicensing Application Forms and Instructions

03/14/2011

Life Settlement Broker

Updated! Insurance Filings Modernization Initiative

03/04/2011

Modernization Initiative

Updated! Entities That May Currently Operate As Life Settlement Providers in New York

03/04/2011

Life Settlement

Updated! Life Bureau Reserve Section

03/04/2011

Liquidity and Severe Mortality Inquiry

Proposed Changes To No-Fault Automobile Regulation

03/03/2011

Working Draft of Revisions To No-Fault Regulation 68

Updated! Financial Property Company 2011 Pre-audit Questionnaire

03/02/2011

Pre-audit Questionnaire

Updated! Online Renewal License Application

03/02/2011

Online Renewal

Updated! Health Insurers - Selected Health Regulations

02/28/2011

Health - Filing Resources

New application! Producer / Licensee Search

02/28/2011

HOME

Agents and Brokers

Consumers

New! February 16, 2011 Property/Casualty "Me Too" Webinar

02/24/2011

Property/Casualty Insurers - Filing Instruction Documents

Updated! Life Insurers Outreach - Items for Public Comment

02/24/2011

Insurers - Life

Updated! Prior Approval - Health Rate Changes - Public Comments - Recent Rate Increases

02/18/2011

Prior Approval

New! Circular Letter No. 1 (2011), Circular Letter No. 2 (2011) and Circular Letter No. 3 (2011) - Disaster Planning, Preparedness and Response

02/17/2011

2011 Circular Letters

Updated! Healthy New York - Eligibility Criteria: Income Guidelines

02/17/2011

Eligibility Criteria

Updated! Prior Approval - Health Rate Changes - Public Comments

  • New notices and narratives
  • Rate Notice Index - new layout
  • Updated main page
02/17/2011

Prior Approval

Continuing Care Retirement Community - 2010 Annual Statement Filing Instructions and Forms Download

02/16/2011

CCRC Annual Statement Instructions & Forms

Updated! How to Contact Us

02/15/2011

Contact Us

Excess Line Broker Tax Filing - 2010 Premium Tax Statement Section 2118 Fill-in Form & Instructions

02/14/2011

Agents and Brokers

Property Bureau Data Call: New York Medical Malpractice Insurance Plan ("Plan")

02/09/2011

Property Bureau Data Calls

New! Property/Casualty "Me Too" Webinar Presentation

02/08/2011

Property/Casualty Insurers - Filing Instruction Documents

New! Circular Letter No. 5 (2011): Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits and Excess Withdrawals Under Annuity Contracts

02/07/2011

2011 Circular Letters

Draft Regulation: Proposed Regulation 34-B

02/03/2011

Draft Regulation Outreach

Biographies - Joy Feigenbaum, Deputy Superintendent for Frauds and Consumer Services

02/01/2011

Bios

2011 Fire Tax Information: Fair Plan Letter

01/31/2011

Fire Tax Information

Updated! Free Trade Zone List 2010 (Companies’ Representatives)

01/28/2011

Free Trade Zone Update

Updated! NYS COBRA Eligibility Requirements

01/28/2011

COBRA

Health - Filing Guidance

  • New! Company Address/Name Changes for Policy Forms
  • New! Merger/Name Change for Policy Forms
01/27/2011

Health - Filing Guidance

Proposed Regulation: First Amendment of Regulations 68-A and 68-B (11 NYCRR Part 65-1 and 65-2) Regulations Implementing The Comprehensive Motot Vehicle Insurance Reparations Act

01/26/2011

Proposed Regulations

New section! Insurance Filings Modernization Initiative

01/20/2011

Modernization Initiative

2010 Annual Statement and New York Supplement Filing Instructions and Forms Download

01/19/2011

Annual Statement & NY Supplement

New! Annual SIU Report for Life Settlement Providers

01/18/2011

Insurance Information for Insurers

New! Captive Insurance Solutions:2010 Annual Statement

01/14/2011

Captives

Updated! Filing Guidance - Priority of Review and Filing Types

01/14/2011

Filing Guidance

New! Career Opportunities: Insurance Frauds Investigator 1

01/13/2011

Career Opportunities

Updated! Electronic Fingerprinting for Officers and Directors

01/12/2011

Notice

New! Circular Letter No. 4 (2011): No-Fault Intoxication Coverage; Chapter 303 of the Laws of 2010

01/12/2011

2011 Circular Letters

Updated! Independent Adjuster - Original/Relicensing Application Forms and Instructions

01/10/2011

Independent Adjusters

Updated! Health Insurance Information For New York Consumers - Other Individual Policy Options

01/10/2011

Policy

Updated! Online Renewal License Application; Licensing Index - Agents and Brokers;

01/10/2011

Online Renewal

Licensing Index

Updated! Rates for HMO Standard Individual Health Plans by County (January 2011)

01/07/2011

HMO Premium Rates

Updated! Fire Tax: Letters & Direct Deposit Form (2011)

01/05/2011

Fire Tax Information

New! Property Insurers:Important Notice to Property Casualty Industry Policy Rate and Form Filers

01/05/2011

Form and Rate Filings

Withdrawal: Withdrawal of Proposed Consensus Amendment to Regulation 77 (11 NYCRR 54) Variable Life Insurance

01/04/2011

Withdrawal of Regulations

Services for Existing Licensees

01/04/2011

Services

Updated! ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINTING for Adjusters, Bail Bond Agents, Life Settlement Brokers, Life Settlement Providers and Life Settlement Intermediaries.

01/03/2011

Licensing

Updated! Insurance Information Enforcement System (IIES): IdcardGen Software and Revision History

01/03/2011

IIES Software

IIES Revision History