Argued March 13, 2000. September 19, 2000. APPEAL by Lenny Kaplun in a proceeding to permanently stay arbitration of a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court (John F. O'Shaughnessy, J.), dated January 13, 1999, and entered in Nassau County, which granted the petition and permanently stayed arbitration . Solomon Rosengarten, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant. Ahmuty , Demers McManus, Albertson, N.Y. (Frederick B. Simpson and Brendan T. Fitzpatrick
1. (a) No contract of insurance for which a certificate of insurance has been filed with the commissioner shall be terminated by cancellation by the insurer until at least twenty days after mailing to the named insured at the address shown on the policy a notice of termination by regular mail, with a certificate of mailing, properly endorsed by the postal service to be obtained, except where the cancellation is for non-payment of premium in which case fifteen days notice of cancellation by the insurer
1. Right of recourse to the insurance carrier. Every policy of insurance covering the liability of the employer for compensation shall be issued by one or more stock companies, mutual corporations or reciprocal insurers authorized to transact workers' compensation insurance in this state. In the case of a policy with multiple insurers, such insurers shall share one hundred percent of the liabilities by subscription, and one of the insurers shall serve as the lead insurer for notice and cancellation
An insurer issuing policies of financial guaranty insurance shall be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to property/casualty insurers to the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article. N.Y. Ins. Law § 6908