Section 201. Insurance department; superintendent  


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  • The insurance department
      of the state of New York shall  be  continued,  and  shall  possess  all
      powers,  functions,  and duties which it possessed immediately preceding
      the effective date of this chapter.  The head of the department shall be
      the superintendent of insurance, who shall be appointed by the governor,
      by and with the advice and consent of the senate,  and  who  shall  hold
      office  until  the  end  of  the  term  of  the  governor by whom he was
      appointed and until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified.  The
      superintendent   shall  possess  the  rights,  powers,  and  duties,  in
      connection with the business of insurance in this  state,  expressed  or
      reasonably  implied  by this chapter or any other applicable law of this
      state.