N.Y. Financial Services Law Section 405
Immunity

In the absence of fraud or bad faith, no person subject to the provisions of this chapter, the banking law or the insurance law shall be subject to civil liability, and no civil cause of action of any nature shall arise against such person for any:

(a)

information relating to suspected violations of the banking law or the insurance law furnished to law enforcement officials, their agents and employees;

(b)

information relating to suspected violations of the banking law or the insurance law furnished to other persons subject to the provisions of this chapter;

(c)

information furnished in reports to the financial frauds and consumer protection unit, its agents or employees or any state agency investigating fraud or misconduct relating to financial fraud, its agents or employees; and

(d)

information relating to insurance fraud as defined in section 176.05 of the penal law furnished to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. For the purposes of this section the National Insurance Crime Bureau is a nonprofit dedicated to the prosecution of insurance fraud and vehicle crime. The superintendent or any employee of the financial frauds and consumer protection unit, in the absence of fraud or bad faith, shall not be subject to civil liability and no civil cause of action of any nature shall arise against the superintendent or any such employee by virtue of the publication of any report or bulletin related to the official activities of the financial frauds and consumer protection unit. Nothing herein is intended to abrogate or modify in any way any common law privilege or immunity heretofore enjoyed by any person.

Source: Section 405 — Immunity, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/FIS/405 (updated Apr. 24, 2020; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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