New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 11 - INSURANCE › Chapter III - Policy and Certificate Provisions › Subchapter B - Property and Casualty Insurance › Part 70 - Medical Malpractice Insurance Rate Modifications, Provisional Rates, Required Policy Provisions And Availability Of Additional Coverages › Section 70.10 - Physicians and surgeons medical malpractice insurance policy provisions for the period commencing July 1, 1989; established rates

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Section 19 of chapter 184 of the Laws of
				  1988 requires the superintendent to establish rates for physicians and surgeons
				  medical malpractice policies for the policy period July 1, 1989 through June
				  30, 1990. Section 40 of chapter 266 of the Laws of 1986, as amended by chapters
				  184 and 186 of the Laws of 1988, requires the superintendent to establish a
				  surcharge, of up to eight percent, on the established rates for such medical
				  malpractice policies for the policy period July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990,
				  if required to satisfy any deficiency for the policy periods July 1, 1985
				  through June 30, 1989.
(b) The
				  superintendent has reviewed the reports mandated by sections
				  70.8(h) and
				  70.9(f)  of this
				  Part, taken into account the factors set forth for consideration in section 1
				  of chapter 184 of the Laws of 1988, and evaluated the financial condition of
				  insurers issuing policies of medical malpractice insurance, as reflected by
				  examinations conducted in accordance with section 310  of the Insurance Law. As
				  a result of review and consideration, the superintendent has determined that a
				  deficiency exists, in certain instances, for the policy periods July 1, 1985
				  through June 30, 1989.
(c) Rates
				  and surcharges for occurrence policies providing primary coverage, up to $1
				  million/$3 million, issued or renewed during the period July 1, 1989 through
				  June 30, 1990, shall be as follows:
(1) For
				  Frontier Insurance Company, rates shall be those established pursuant to
				  section 70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part and no surcharge shall be collected for this insurer.
(2) For Group Council Mutual Insurance
				  Company, rates shall be five percent greater than those established pursuant to
				  section 70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part and, in addition, a surcharge of four percent shall be collected for
				  this insurer.
(3) For Medical
				  Liability Mutual Insurance Company, rates in the counties of Bronx, Columbia,
				  Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens, Putnam, Richmond,
				  Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester shall be 1.6 percent
				  greater than those established pursuant to section
				  70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part. Rates for this insurer in all other counties shall be five percent
				  less than those established pursuant to section
				  70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part. No surcharge shall be collected for this insurer.
(4) For the Medical Malpractice Insurance
				  Association, rates in the counties of Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings,
				  Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk,
				  Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester shall be 1.6 percent greater than those
				  established pursuant to section
				  70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part. Rates for this insurer in all other counties shall be five percent
				  less than those established pursuant to section
				  70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part. No surcharge shall be collected for this insurer.
(5) For Physicians Reciprocal Insurers rates
				  shall be five percent greater than those established pursuant to section
				  70.9(c)(1)(i)  of
				  this Part and, in addition, a surcharge of four percent shall be collected for
				  this insurer.
(6) For all other
				  insurers, rates shall be those established by paragraph (3) of this
				  subdivision, unless the insurer can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
				  Superintendent that another rate is appropriate. No surcharge shall be
				  collected for any such insurer unless specifically required by the
				  superintendent.