N.Y. Insurance Law Section 2116
Insurance brokers

  • commissions

No insurer authorized to do business in this state, and no officer, agent or other representative thereof, shall pay any money or give any other thing of value to any person, firm, association or corporation for or because of his or its acting in this state as an insurance broker, unless such person, firm, association or corporation is authorized so to act by virtue of a license issued or renewed pursuant to the provisions of § 2104 (Insurance brokers)section two thousand one hundred four of this article. For the purposes of this section, “acting as insurance broker” shall not include the referral of a person to a licensed insurance agent or broker that does not include a discussion of specific insurance policy terms and conditions and where the compensation for referral is not based upon the purchase of insurance by such person. * NB Effective until September 10, 2029 * § 2116

Source: Section 2116 — Insurance brokers; commissions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ISC/2116 (updated Sep. 20, 2024; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

2101
Definitions
2102
Acting without a license
2103
Insurance agents
2104
Insurance brokers
2105
Excess line brokers
2106
Reinsurance intermediaries
2107
Insurance consultants
2108
Adjusters
2109
Agents and brokers
2110
Revocation or suspension of license of insurance producer, insurance consultant, adjuster or life settlement broker
2111
Revoked licensees
2112
Certificate of appointment of an insurance producer to act as an agent and notice of termination of an insurance producer
2113
Title insurance agent commissions
2114
Life, accident and health insurance agents
2115
Property/casualty insurance agents
2116
Insurance brokers
2117
Acting for or aiding unlicensed or unauthorized insurers or health maintenance organizations
2118
Excess line brokers
2119
Insurance agents, brokers, consultants, life settlement brokers, and title insurance agents
2120
Fiduciary capacity of insurance agents, title insurance agents, insurance brokers and reinsurance intermediaries
2121
Broker authorized to receive premium, when
2122
Advertising by insurance producers
2123
Misrepresentations, misleading statements and incomplete comparisons
2124
Stay or suspension of superintendent’s determination
2125
Marine insurance
2126
Impersonation at examinations prohibited
2127
Penalties for violations
2128
Commission and fee sharing prohibited
2129
Duty to have an agent or broker at each place of business
2130
Excess line association
2131
Limited license for rental vehicle companies, wireless communications equipment vendors and self-service storage companies
2132
Continuing education
2133
Forged insurance identification cards
2134
Change of address
2135
Administration of certain functions
2136
Reciprocity
2137
Life settlement brokers
2138
Health benefit exchange navigators
2139
Title insurance agents
2140
Restrictions on insurance producers procuring immigration bonds

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 20, 2024

§ 2116’s source at nysenate​.gov

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