NY Ins L § 2705 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ISC - Insurance Article 27 - Holocaust Victims Insurance Act of 1998 2705 - Reports From Insurers.

§   2705.  Reports  from  insurers.  (a)  Every  insurer  organized, registered, accredited or licensed to do an insurance business  in  this state  shall  file  or  shall cause its holding company to file with the superintendent, within one hundred and twenty days of the effective date of this  article,  a  report  setting  forth  such  insurer's  plan  for complying  with  the  provisions  of this article. Any insurer which has determined that it does not have any of  the  information  requested  in subsection  (b)  of this section shall file or cause its holding company to file a report stating  that  they  have  no  such  information.    In addition,  an insurer may request to be relieved from filing any further reports upon providing evidence satisfactory to the superintendent  that such insurer has fulfilled its obligations under this article.  (b)  Every insurer organized, licensed, registered or accredited to do an insurance business in this state shall  report  or  shall  cause  its holding   company   to   report  to  the  superintendent  the  following information:  (1) whether it is a member of a holding company system  including  any insurer, any other member, subsidiary or division in each case whether a licensee  or  not,  that  could  possibly  be expected to have issued an insurance policy to a Holocaust victim between January  first,  nineteen hundred  twenty  and  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-five and a list of each such entity;  (2) the approximate number and the total value of all  such  insurance policies  issued  by  such insurer or by any other member, subsidiary or division within the reporting insurer's holding company  system,  which, as  of  the  date  of  such  report,  remain  unpaid or were paid to, or expropriated by a government located in areas under Nazi influence, that was not the named beneficiary of such insurance policy;  (3) attempts made by the insurer to locate the  beneficiaries  of  any such insurance policies for which no claim of benefits has been made;  (4)  if  requested  by the superintendent and to the extent consistent with applicable laws and confidentiality obligations,  with  respect  to each  such  insurance  policy,  the  names of the owner, the name of the beneficiary and the face amount or pay-out value;  (5) the number of claims filed by persons who allege or  have  alleged that  they  are  Holocaust  victims and whether each such claim has been paid or payment has been denied;  (6) if requested by the superintendent, an explanation of  any  denial or  pending  payment of a claim to any person who alleges or has alleged that he or she is a Holocaust victim;  (7) a summary of the length of time for the processing and disposition of such a claim by the insurer; and  (8) in the event that the insurer is unable  to  provide  any  of  the information  required by this section, an explanation of the reasons why and whether such information may, in the future, be  ascertainable.  The reports  required  by  this  subsection shall be made within thirty days after the end of the calendar year in  which  this  article  shall  have become  effective and annually thereafter for each of the succeeding ten years except as provided in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Reports submitted to the superintendent pursuant to  this  section shall  be  certified  and  affirmed  under  oath  as  being true and not misleading and as containing the most accurate information available  at the time of such report's submission.  (d)  The  superintendent may waive penalties and fines imposed by this article for those insurers that, through no fault  of  their  own,  were unaware  that they, or members of a holding company system that includes such insurer, were obligated to file reports pursuant  to  this  article and to comply with the provisions of this article.  (e) The superintendent is authorized to use any power available to the state  to  compel  holding  company  systems  that  include  issuers  of insurance policies to Holocaust victims to submit  reports  pursuant  to this article and to comply with the provisions of this article.  (f)  Any  insurer  which  knowingly  or  recklessly  files  a false or misleading certification required by this section  shall  be  fined  not less  than  one  hundred  thousand dollars or such greater amount as the superintendent   deems   appropriate   based   upon   the   degree    of misrepresentation,  the  willfulness of the misconduct and the amount of funds misappropriated. Such insurer also  may  be  barred  from  further sales of insurance in New York for a period of up to ten years.