206 - Annual report of superintendent; pamphlets.
§ 206. Annual report of superintendent; pamphlets. (a) The superintendent shall submit a report to the legislature annually, on or before the date required by section one hundred sixty-four of the executive law. Such report shall contain the following items, with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) A general review of the insurance business utilizing the most current information available. (2) Amendments enacted to the insurance law, with explanations thereof. (3) A summary of regulations and circular letters issued. (4) A table showing the number and kinds of authorized insurers according to classes of business, and their total assets, liabilities, premiums written, and insurance in force, as shown by the annual statements filed with the superintendent by such insurers. (5) Lists of (i) insurers organized, admitted, merged, withdrawn, or placed in liquidation, conservation, or rehabilitation, (ii) domestic insurers which have amended their charters or have increased or decreased their capital stock, together with a statement of the extent thereof, and (iii) domestic insurers which have changed their corporate names. (6) A list of department reports filed on examination of authorized insurers. (7) An evaluation of the impact on automobile insurance rates of motor vehicle theft prevention programs of the department of motor vehicles. (8) A statement of the expenses of administering the property/casualty insurance security fund and the public motor vehicle liability security fund pursuant to article seventy-six of this chapter. (b) Such report of the superintendent shall also contain the following items: (1) Legislative recommendations which are deemed by him necessary or desirable. (2) A summary of the department's receipts and expenses for the twelve month period ending March thirty-first of the preceding year. (3) Tables relative to liquidation, conservation or rehabilitation proceedings by the department for prior years including the preceding calendar year. (c) Such report shall be supplemented by tables, arranged in classes according to the kinds of insurance business transacted: (1) of annual statements, which may be audited or reviewed by the superintendent, filed with him for the preceding calendar year; or (2) derived from annual statements filed with the superintendent during such year. (d) The superintendent may, in addition to the above requirements, include in such report any other matter or data concerning insurance or his duties under this chapter which in his judgment is of general interest or import. (e) Pamphlets containing statistical tables compiled from annual statements filed with the superintendent by all insurers licensed to transact business in this state may be furnished upon request, without charge, to citizens of this state.