N.Y. Insurance Law Section 3431
Immunity

  • insurers’ reports to insureds, to applicants for insurance and to terminated agents or brokers

(a)

In any written notice of:

(1)

refusal to issue, (2) cancellation, (3) reduction of limits, (4) substitution of policy form, (5) elimination of coverages, (6) conditioned renewal, (7) non-renewal, or

(8)

termination or refusal to renew a contract or account of a licensed agent or broker, or in any other communication, oral or written, specifying the reasons for such action, there shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against any insurer, its authorized representatives, agents, or employees or any licensed agent or broker for any statement made in good faith by any of them or for providing information pertaining thereto or for statements made or evidence submitted at any hearings in connection therewith.

(b)

Subsection (a) hereof shall provide immunity with respect to all obligations and duties performed pursuant to sections three thousand four hundred twenty-five, three thousand four hundred twenty-six, three thousand four hundred twenty-nine and three thousand four hundred thirty-three of this article.

(c)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) hereof in the case of any statement made pursuant to § 3426 (Commercial lines insurance)section three thousand four hundred twenty-six of this article, there shall be no liability unless the statement is shown to have been in bad faith and with malice in fact.

Source: Section 3431 — Immunity; insurers' reports to insureds, to applicants for insurance and to terminated agents or brokers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ISC/3431 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

3401
Insurable interest in property
3402
Executory contract not a change in interest, title or possession
3403
Anti-arson application
3404
Fire insurance contracts
3405
Fire insurance contract
3406
Copy of examination of insured to be delivered to insured
3407
Property insurance
3407‑A
Property/casualty insurance contract and policy standard provisions
3408
Fire insurance
3409
Distribution of hazardous material report forms
3410
Fire insurance contract
3411
Automobile physical damage insurance covering private passenger automobiles
3412
Automobile physical damage insurance covering private passenger automobiles
3413
Standard claim forms for fire losses
3414
Reports by insurers of certain casualty loss on property owned or operated by religious organizations
3415
Supplemental claim form to be submitted for certain fire loss claims in excess of ten thousand dollars in a city with a population of one...
3420
Liability insurance
3421
Homeowners’ liability insurance
3422
Hate crimes
3425
Certain property/casualty insurance policies
3426
Commercial lines insurance
3427
Gap insurance
3428
Cancellation of insurance contracts
3429
Geographical location of risks
3429‑A
Geographical location of risks in area serviced by a volunteer fire department
3430
Right of insured, agent or broker aggrieved on basis of geographical location of property or risks
3431
Immunity
3432
Immunity
3433
Termination of contracts or accounts of licensed agents or brokers
3434
Motor vehicle insurance policies
3435
Group property/casualty insurance
3435‑A
Motor vehicle insurance policies
3436
Medical malpractice insurance
3436*2
Group credit unemployment insurance and individual credit unemployment insurance
3436‑A
Adverse action against legal reproductive health care or gender-affirming care
3439
Reinsurance contracts excepted
3440
Insurance covering private passenger motor vehicles
3442
Credit card, debit card, or checking account group policies
3443
Workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance
3444
Flood insurance notice
3445
Windstorm insurance notice
3446
Product or system group insurance policies
3447
Qualification of environmental remediation insurance for tax credit
3448
Involuntary unemployment insurance policies
3449
Wireless communications equipment insurance policies
3450
Insurance for expenses incurred as a result of an act or threatened act of violence
3451
Identity theft group insurance policies
3451*2
Regulations
3452
Group property travel insurance policies
3453
Group policy for service providers listed in a commercial directory
3453*2
Self-service storage company group insurance policies
3453*3
Employer sponsored group personal excess insurance
3454
Sponsored group personal insurance
3455
Transportation network company group insurance policies
3456
Prohibition against cancellation of policy when motor vehicle is used or operated through a transportation network company program
3457
Group insurance policies for certain for hire motor vehicles
3458
Electronic notices and documents
3458*2
Group insurance for peer-to-peer car sharing programs
3459
Car share exclusions for motor vehicle insurance policies
3460
Prohibition against cancellation of policy when motor vehicle is used or operated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program
3461
Notice of claim
3462
Affordable housing underwriting and rating

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 3431’s source at nysenate​.gov

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