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NY A 7102

in committee

Relates to unfair claim settlement practices

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7102 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7102 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INSURANCE

What is NY A 7102 about?

Provides that an insurer doing business in this state shall be liable to a policy holder for such insurer's refusal to pay or unreasonable delay of payment to the policy holder if such refusal or delay was not substantially justified; enumerates instances whereby an insurer's refusal or delay of payment is not substantially justified including intentional negligence, failure to act in good faith, failure to provide written denial of claim, failure to make final determination of claim within six months, and failure to promptly proceed with the appraisal process.

Who sponsors NY A 7102?

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the primary sponsor of NY A 7102, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Provides that an insurer doing business in this state shall be liable to a policy holder for such insurer's refusal to pay or unreasonable delay of payment to the policy holder if such refusal or delay was not substantially justified; enumerates instances whereby an insurer's refusal or delay of payment is not substantially justified including intentional negligence, failure to act in good faith, failure to provide written denial of claim, failure to make final determination of claim within six months, and failure to promptly proceed with the appraisal process.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelynprimary
  • Vivian Cookcosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Linda Rosenthalcosponsor
  • Philip Ramoscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-20

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INSURANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8025not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 921not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2822not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 6811not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1119not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3673

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7102?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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