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A9527Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS7634

Allow Online Insurance Licensing

Official title

“Relates to licensing requirements for insurance agents”

Sponsor Carrie WoernerAD-113+5 co-sponsorsAffects Finance
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill allows required insurance agent training courses to be completed via correspondence, online, or similar institutions, not just in-person.

Why it matters

  1. Broadens access to required training. by allowing future insurance agents to complete pre-licensing education through online and correspondence courses, not just traditional classrooms, making it easier for those with jobs, families, or living far from training centers.

  2. Modernizes the insurance licensing process. to reflect changes in education delivery, potentially speeding up entry into the insurance field and keeping New York competitive with other states that already accept online coursework.

  3. May improve workforce diversity and participation. by removing physical attendance barriers, helping people in underserved or rural areas, and supporting those with mobility or scheduling constraints to pursue insurance careers.

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Allow Online Insurance Licensing

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Carrie Woerner

Assembly Member · Assembly District 113

Chair, Racing and Wagering

History

  1. Signed chap.365
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 62–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.1052
  6. Substituted for S7634A
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.1013
  11. Reported
  12. Print number 9527a
Show 2 earlier actions
  1. Amend and recommit to insurance
  2. Referred to insurance

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S7634Senate

Allow Online Insurance Training

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kathleen A. Marchione

Impact 4 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

9527--A

IN ASSEMBLY

January 19, 2018

Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, LUPARDO, HUNTER, MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to licensing requirements for insurance agents

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

Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 2 of subsection (f) of section 2103 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 687 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:

(B) For individuals seeking to qualify to obtain a license under subsection (b) of this section, not more than six types of examinations, each adapted to test the qualifications of an individual with respect to the kinds of insurance business specified in such classification. Every such individual shall be required to pass the type or types of examination prescribed by the superintendent for the line or lines of authority for which the license is sought. No individual shall be deemed qualified to take the examination unless he shall have successfully completed a course or courses, approved as to method and content by the superintendent, covering the principal branches of the insurance business and requiring not less than ninety hours of classroom work or the equivalent in correspondence work, a course offered over the internet or a similar institution, in institutions of learning meeting the standards prescribed by paragraph one of subsection (a) of section two thousand one hundred four of this article; provided, however, with respect to a license issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for a personal line of authority, there shall be required not less than forty hours of such classroom work or the equivalent in correspondence work, a course offered over the internet or a similar institution.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD13792-03-8

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