§ 301 Regulations by superintendent
§ 302 Supervisory colleges
§ 306 Immunity from prosecution
§ 307 Annual statements; audited financial statements
§ 308 Special reports
§ 309 Examinations of insurers; when authorized or required
§ 310 Examinations; how conducted
§ 311 Filing of report on examination
§ 312 Report on examination to be forwarded
§ 314 Public retirement and pension systems
§ 315 Professional malpractice or misconduct; reporting requirements
§ 316 Electronic filings
§ 317 Compliance with reporting requirements of the financial security act
§ 318 Reports of fire losses; availability of information
§ 319 Release of information resulting from insurers’ investigation of fires
§ 320 Records to be made available by organizations subject to the provisions of this chapter
§ 321 Medical information exchange centers
§ 322 Prohibited referral payment to licensees by motor vehicle repairers
§ 325 Records of domestic insurers
§ 329 Certificates as evidence; affirmation of documents and testimony
§ 330 Rating services available to other states
§ 331 Superintendent to maintain index of tax districts; insurers’ requirements
§ 333 Assessments to defray expenses of Committee on Valuation of Securities of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
§ 335 Implementation of hospital reimbursement methodology
§ 336 War risk exclusion; notification
§ 337 Annual consumer guide on automobile insurance
§ 339 Colorectal cancer screening notification
§ 340 Report of claims that may result in a monetary award
§ 341 Notification regarding qualified health insurance plans
§ 341-A Patient prescription pricing transparency
§ 342 Public awareness to finance long term care
§ 343 Mental health and substance use disorder parity report
§ 344 Mental health and substance use disorder parity compliance programs
§ 345 Health care claims reports

Terms Used In New York Laws > Insurance > Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.