May 25, 1993
SUBJECT: INSURANCE
WITHDRAWN
TO: ALL AUTHORIZED MOTOR VEHICLE INSURERS AND INSURANCE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
RE:
CIRCULAR LETTERS NO. 1 (1980) WITH SUPPLEMENTS NOS. 1 & 2 AND CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 1 (1990)
MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY AND COLLISION INSURANCE PREMIUM REDUCTION FOR COMPLETION OF AN ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2336(a)&(d) OF THE INSURANCE LAW
This is to update the captioned Circular Letter of December 29, 1992, which provided a list of all Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Course sponsors approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. It has come to our attention that a correction must be made to the phone numbers for several of the course sponsors (indicated by **).
The current and complete list of courses, with these revisions, is as follows:
American Association of Retired Persons.
P.O. Box 259
Little Neck, New York 11363
For drivers age 50 and over only
(Please send self-addressed stamped envelope for information)
Driver Training Associates, Inc.**
45 East 33 Street -- Suite 207
New York, New York 10016.
1-800-243-2196
(212) 481-0404
(718) 816-4721
(518) 765-4011
(716) 735-9070
National Safety Council**
251 Salina Meadows Parkway
Syracuse, New York 13212
1-800-962-3434
(315) 453-7462
Safety Training Programs, Inc.**
P.O. Box 1328 - F.D.R. Station
New York, New York 10150
1-800-732-6242
(212) 737-6242
National Traffic Safety Institute
190 Rhine Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10304
1-800-334-1441
(718) 720-6868
New York Safety Program
8508 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11209-4707
1-800-942-6874
(718) 748-5252
The Empire Safety Council, Inc.**
176B Terry Road
Smithtown, New York 11787
1-800-246-3603
(516) 360-2160
In addition to, the foregoing list of Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Course sponsors available to the general public, there are a number of in-house courses offered only to the employees of such sponsors. information on these courses is not intended for distribution to the general public, but should be disseminated to the appropriate personnel at the insurer to ensure that credit is given for completion of any of these courses by an insured: meriting the same premium reduction as the publicly available courses. Current sponsors of approved in-house programs are:
[There have been no revisions to this listing since December 29, 1992.]
AGWAY, INC.
9 Adler Drive
East Syracuse, New York 13057
(315) 449-6591
NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
EVOC Unit
947 Stewart Avenue
E. Garden City, New York 11530
(516) 573-3390
NEW YORK CITY EMS EVOC
NEW YORK CITY HEALTH &
HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Emergency Medical Service Academy
Box # 325 Fort Totten
Bayside, New York 11359
(718) 352-7001 ext. 212
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Driver Education & Training Unit
Building # 54, Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn, New York 11234
(718) 377-5473
NEW-YORK-STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Room 3059 Cultural Education Center
Albany, New York 12230
(518) 474-3384
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
State Campus
Albany, New York 12226
518 457-7254
SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT EVOC
Police Academy, Command 5122
110 Old County Road
Westhampton, New York 11977
(516) 288-7272
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
4 Burnett Boulevard
Poughkeepsie, New York 12603
(914) 431-5718
Literature furnished to insureds about these courses should be revised to include these corrections. Companies should furnish such revised literature to all insureds with new or renewal policies as soon as reasonably practicable. Until such revisions can be made, however, you should include a copy of the Department of Motor Vehicles" notice regarding these courses (copy enclosed), which contains the complete phone numbers for the two corrected courses, along with your current literature.
Please acknowledge receipt of this Circular Letter in writing to:
Mr. Alan Goren, Senior Insurance Examiner
New York State Insurance Department
Property & Casualty Bureau
160 West Broadway
New York, New York 10013
Very truly yours, [SIGNATURE]
SALVATORE R. CURIALE
SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE