Section 3413. Standard claim forms for fire losses  


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  • (a) (1) On or before
      April first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  the  superintendent  shall
      establish  a  standard  claim  form  to be used for all fire loss claims
      under an insurance policy which is issued or issued for delivery in this
      state covering such losses for property located in this state.
        (2) The superintendent shall investigate and review claim forms  which
      are currently utilized prior to establishing such standard claim form.
        (3)  All  insurers  shall  require  the  completion  and filing of the
      standard claim form.
        (b) The adoption of such standard claim  form  by  the  superintendent
      shall  not  preclude  an insurer from obtaining any necessary additional
      information regarding a claim from the claimant or any other source.
        (c) (1) The superintendent is authorized and empowered  to  take  such
      action as he shall deem appropriate for the proper implementation hereof
      and  to  provide  by regulation that any form which does not comply with
      this section shall not be issued or reissued.
        (2) The regulation so promulgated shall  specify  an  effective  date,
      which  shall  not be less than one hundred eighty days after the date of
      promulgation, after  which  no  insurer  may  require  any  claimant  to
      complete a form differing from the one prescribed by the superintendent,
      other  than  additional  requests for information pursuant to subsection
      (b) of this section.