Section 2701. Definitions

For the purpose of this article:
    (a)  "Holocaust    victim"  shall  mean  any  person, claimant, or the
  estate, heir, legatee, descendant, survivor, beneficiary, or other  such
  successor-in-interest  of  such  person,  who  lost  his  or her life or
  property as a  result  of  discriminatory  laws,  policies,  or  actions
  targeted  against  discrete  groups  of persons based on race, religion,
  ethnicity, sexual orientation or national origin, whether  or  not  such
  person  was  actually a member of any of the foregoing enumerated groups
  or because such  person  assisted  or  allegedly  assisted  any  of  the
  foregoing  groups,  between  January first, nineteen hundred twenty-nine
  and December thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-five  in  areas  under
  Nazi influence as defined in subsection (f) of this section.
    (b)  "Person",  "control",  "holding  company",  and  "holding company
  system" and any other term  used  in  this  article  but  not  otherwise
  defined shall have the same meaning as it has in article fifteen of this
  chapter.
    (c)   "Insurance   policy"   shall   mean   any  policy  of  insurance
  substantially similar to any kind of insurance that  was  authorized  at
  any  time  in  New York between and including the years nineteen hundred
  twenty-nine  and  nineteen  hundred  forty-five  or  authorized  by  the
  jurisdiction  in  which  the  policy  was  sold  at the time it was sold
  including but not limited to any form  of  life,  accident  and  health,
  annuities, property, casualty, education or dowry insurance.
    (d)  "Proceeds"  shall  mean  the  face  or  other pay-out value of an
  insurance policy or annuity plus reasonable interest to date of  payment
  as shall be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the superintendent.
    (e)  "Member  of  a  holding  company  system" shall include a holding
  company, a controlled insurer, a controlled person, and any  person  who
  alone  or  in  concert  with  any  other  persons directly or indirectly
  controls a holding company or controls a person who controls  a  holding
  company.
    (f)  "Areas  under  Nazi  influence"  shall  mean  the country of Nazi
  Germany, areas occupied by Nazi Germany, those European countries allied
  with Nazi Germany, areas occupied by  those  European  countries  allied
  with  Nazi  Germany,  or  any  other neutral European country or area in
  Europe  under the influence or threat of Nazi invasion.