N.Y. Insurance Law Section 7432
Adjudication of insolvency of insurer

  • time to file claims

(a)

If upon the granting of an order of liquidation pursuant to § 7404 (Grounds for liquidation)section seven thousand four hundred four of this article or at any time thereafter during such liquidation proceeding, such insurer shall not be clearly solvent, the court shall, after such notice and hearing as it deems proper, make an order declaring such insurer to be insolvent.

(b)

Where a liquidation, rehabilitation or conservation order has been entered in a proceeding against an insurer under this article, all persons who may have claims against such insurer shall present the same to the liquidator, rehabilitator or conservator at a place specified by him within four months from the date of the entry of such order, or, if the superintendent shall certify that it is necessary, within such longer time as the court shall prescribe. The superintendent shall notify all persons who may have claims against such insurer as disclosed by its books and records, to present the same to him within the time as fixed. The last day for the filing of proofs of claim shall be specified in the notice. Such notice shall be given in a manner determined by the court.

(c)

Proofs of claim may be filed subsequent to the date specified, but, no such claim shall share in the distribution of the assets until all allowed claims, proofs of which were filed before such specified date, have been paid in full with interest.

Source: Section 7432 — Adjudication of insolvency of insurer; time to file claims, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ISC/7432 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).

7401
Application of article 7402
Grounds for rehabilitation of domestic insurer 7403
Order of rehabilitation 7404
Grounds for liquidation 7405
Order of liquidation 7406
Grounds for conservation of assets of foreign or alien insurer 7407
Order of conservation or ancillary liquidation of a foreign or alien insurer 7408
Uniform insurers liquidation act 7409
Conduct of delinquency proceedings against insurers domiciled in this state 7410
Conduct of delinquency proceedings against insurers not domiciled in this state 7411
Filing and proving of claims of non-residents against delinquent insurers domiciled in this state 7412
Filing and proving of claims of residents against delinquent insurers domiciled in reciprocal states 7413
Priority of preferred claims, special deposit claims and secured claims 7414
Attachment and garnishment of assets 7415
Uniformity of interpretation 7416
Grounds for dissolution of domestic insurer 7417
Commencement of a proceeding 7418
Service of order to show cause 7419
Injunctions 7420
Annual report 7421
Removal of proceedings 7422
Appointment of deputies 7423
Exemption from filing fees 7424
Deposit of monies collected 7425
Voidable transfers 7427
Offsets 7428
Disposition of assets and compromise of claims 7429
Borrowing on the pledge of assets 7430
Levy of assessments 7431
Determination of liability of members for other indebtedness 7432
Adjudication of insolvency of insurer 7433
Proof and allowance of claims 7433–A
Loan to workers’ compensation security fund 7434
Distribution of assets 7435
Distribution for life insurers 7436
Claims-made policies 7437
Qualified financial contracts
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Verified:
Dec. 6, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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