 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2810
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to anti-concurrent causa-
          tion clauses
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3455
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3455. Anti-concurrent causation clauses. An insurer shall  not  deny
     4  or  exclude  coverage for any claim for loss or damage that would other-
     5  wise be covered by a policy solely because an event or peril not covered
     6  under the policy  or  specifically  excluded  under  the  policy  was  a
     7  contributing  factor  in  such loss or damage or occurred simultaneously
     8  with the event or peril that was covered.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  claims
    10  made on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03944-02-7
Relates to anti-concurrent causation clauses

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