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A5456Assembly2017-2018 Session

Study Title Insurance Rates

Official title

“Authorizes superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and make recommendations on title insurance premium rates in N.Y. state”

Sponsor David WeprinAD-24Affects Finance
Status
In Assembly Committee
Insurance
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Insurance

What's happening

This bill directs the superintendent of financial services to study and report on title insurance premium rates and related charges in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Potential for Lower Costs. By requiring an analysis of current title insurance premium rates and exploring ways to reduce them, the bill could lead to cost savings for homebuyers and property owners in New York, where title insurance is a mandatory but often opaque expense in real estate transactions.

  2. Increased Transparency. The study will also examine what service charges are regularly added to title insurance bills, potentially shedding light on hidden or poorly explained fees that consumers currently face.

  3. Policy Reform Foundation. The mandated report to the governor and legislature could serve as a basis for future legislative or regulatory changes, aiming to make the title insurance market more competitive, fair, and consumer-friendly.

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Study Title Insurance Rates

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
David Weprin

Assembly Member · Assembly District 24

Chair, Insurance

History

  1. Referred to insurance
  2. Referred to insurance

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5456

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 9, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTT- FRIED, MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance

AN ACT in relation to directing the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and issue a report regarding title insurance premium rates

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. 1. The superintendent of financial services is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a comprehensive study on title insurance premium rates.

2. Within one year of the effective date of this act the superintendent of financial services shall issue a report to the governor and the legislature. Such study and report shall include but shall not be limited to:

a. an analysis of title insurance premium rates in New York state;

b. steps that can be taken to reduce such rates; and

c. what service charges are regularly added to customers' bills for title services.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00490-01-7

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