Insurance Circular Letters
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Circular Letters Issued This Year
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| Number | Date | Status | Addressed to: | Subject Matter (and link) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2026-07-08 | All Authorized Life Insurance Companies and Licensed Fraternal Benefit Societies and Licensed Life Insurance Agents and Brokers | Limitations on Expenses for Life Insurance and Annuity Business | |
| 3 | 2026-07-01 | All Insurers Authorized to Write Motor Vehicle Insurance in New York State, the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, and Rate Service Organizations | 2026 Motor Vehicle Insurance Reforms | |
| 2 | 2026-05-20 | All authorized life insurance companies, retirement systems, fraternal benefit societies, employee welfare funds, authorized accident and health insurance companies, Article 43 corporations, certified Public Health Law Article 44 health maintenance organizations, municipal cooperative health benefit plans, and student health plans certified pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124 | Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response by the Life and Health Insurance Industries | |
| 1 | 2026-05-20 | All authorized property/casualty insurance companies, co-operative property/casualty insurance companies, financial guaranty insurance corporations, mortgage guaranty insurance companies, title insurance corporations, non-profit property/casualty insurance companies, reciprocal insurers, captive insurance companies, the New York State Insurance Fund, the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, the New York Medical Malpractice Insurance Plan, the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, rate service organizations, and the Excess Line Association of New York | Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response by the Property/Casualty Insurance Industry |
Circular Letters Issued in 2025
| Number | Date | Status | Addressed to: | Subject Matter (and link) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2025-09-10 | TO: All Insurers Authorized to Write Accident and Health Insurance in New York State, Article 43 Corporations, Health Maintenance Organizations, Student Health Plans Certified Pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124, Municipal Cooperative Health Benefit Plans, and Prepaid Health Services Plans. | Coverage of Immunizations | |
| 4 | 2025-06-05 | WITHDRAWN See Insurance Circular Letter No. 2 (2026) | All authorized life insurance companies, retirement systems, fraternal benefit societies, employee welfare funds, authorized accident and health insurance companies, Article 43 corporations, certified Public Health Law Article 44 health maintenance organizations, municipal cooperative health benefit plans, and student health plans certified pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124 | Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response by the Life and Health Insurance Industries |
| 3 | 2025-06-05 | WITHDRAWN See Insurance Circular Letter No. 1 (2026) | All authorized property/casualty insurance companies, co-operative property/casualty insurance companies, financial guaranty insurance corporations, mortgage guaranty insurance companies, title insurance corporations, non-profit property/casualty insurance companies, reciprocal insurers, captive insurance companies, the New York State Insurance Fund, the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, the New York Medical Malpractice Insurance Plan, the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, rate service organizations, and the Excess Line Association of New York | Disaster Planning, Preparedness, and Response by the Property/Casualty Insurance Industry |
| 2 | 2025-03-14 | All Insurers Authorized to Write Motor Vehicle Insurance in New York State, the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, Rate Service Organizations, and Licensed Insurance Producers | Supplemental Spousal Liability Insurance | |
| 1 | 2025-02-14 | All Insurers Authorized to Write Accident and Health Insurance in New York State | Social Security Disability Income, Workers’ Compensation, Employers’ Liability, and Occupational Disease Law Benefit Offset Provisions in Individual, Group, and Blanket Disability Income Insurance Policies | |
| Supplement No. 3 to Insurance Circular Letter No. 21 (2017) | 2025-01-30 | All Insurers Authorized to Write Accident and Health Insurance in New York State, Article 43 Corporations, Health Maintenance Organizations, Student Health Plans Certified Pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124, and Municipal Cooperative Health Benefit Plans | Health Insurance Coverage and Prior Authorization Prohibition for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (“PrEP”) for the Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) Infection |