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2011 Selected Opinions of the Office of General Counsel

2011 Selected Opinions of the Office of General Counsel

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Selected Opinions of the Office of General Counsel for the Year 2011

Opinions are listed in the table below in order of Opinion Number which represents the year, the month, and the opinion number for that month. For example, in 11-01-01 the "11" represents 2011, the "01" represents January, and the "01" refers to the 1st opinion for January 2011.

Opinion NumberSubjectDate Issued
11-01-01Bail Fund01/05/2011
11-01-02Proposed Payment by an Insurance Agent to an Unlicensed Person01/05/2011
11-01-03Dishonored Premium Checks and Sweep Accounts01/20/2011
11-01-04Medical Malpractice Claim and Disposition Information01/20/2011
11-01-05Co-Payments that Exceed Reimbursement Amount01/24/2011
11-01-06Purchase of Marketing List01/28/2011
11-01-07Insurance Agent or Broker Co-Sponsoring Seminar with Law Firm01/28/2011
11-01-08Certificates of Insurance01/31/2011
11-01-09Disclosure of Compensation Paid to Managing General Agents01/31/2011
11-01-10Merger of Domestic Life Insurer into Authorized Foreign Life Insurer01/31/2011
11-02-01Adjusting the Total Loss of a New, Leased Vehicle & Payment to Insured or Loss Payee02/07/2011
11-02-02Cancelling a Business Owners Insurance Policy Due to Change in Occupancy02/07/2011
11-02-03Termination of Behavioral Health Care Networks02/07/2011
11-02-04Statutory Disability Benefits - Extension of Coverage02/07/2011
11-02-05Health Provider, Audit of Provider Claims02/07/2011
11-02-06Applicability of New York Insurance Law to Self-Funded Employee Welfare Benefit Plans02/07/2011
11-02-07Life Settlement Disclosures02/08/2011
11-02-08Chamber of Commerce Subsidiary Licensed as an Insurance Producer02/09/2011
11-02-09Chamber of Commerce Licensed Subsidiary "Marketing Fees"02/09/2011
11-02-10Article 78 of the Insurance Law and Life Settlement Servicing Entities02/10/2011
11-02-11Certifying Abstract of Title02/23/2011
11-04-01Requiring a Third-Party Claimant to Execute a Release04/21/2011
11-04-02Assessment Cooperative Premium Credit04/25/2011
11-04-03Insuring Self-storage Facility04/26/2011
11-05-01Application of the Coordination of Benefits Provision to the Mandatory Maternity Coverage Period05/03/2011
11-05-02Dishonored Check05/03/2011
11-05-03New York Insurance Law § 3224-a05/05/2011
11-05-04Real Estate Broker Referral to Affiliate Title Agent05/31/2011
11-06-01Independent adjuster license and examination requirement06/15/2011
11-06-02Anti–Arson Applications Withdrawn October 16, 2025.  See Chapter 439 of the Laws of 2025.06/16/2011
11-06-03Cancellation Notification to Both an Agent and a Broker06/21/2011
11-06-04Two or More Producers Earning Interest on Premium Funds06/21/2011
11-06-05Real Estate Broker Marketing Agreements with Title Insurance Agents06/21/2011
11-07-01Disclosure of Entertainment and Merchandise Provided to Producers as Compensation07/08/2011
11-07-02Home Equity Protection Plan07/29/2011
11-08-01Compensation under Regulation 19408/05/2011
11-08-02Premium Finance Agreements08/04/2011
11-08-03Acting as a Public Adjuster Without a License08/05/2011
11-08-04Electronic Storage of Medical and Administrative Documentation Possessed by an Independent Adjuster08/08/2011
11-09-01Selling Salary Protection Insurance in the Excess Line Market09/22/2011
11-09-02Adjusting on Behalf of a Self-Insured Parent and Self-Insured Affiliates09/26/2011