Monthly Archives: May 2023

​A Manhattan court has granted the New York State Department of Financial Services' request to be appointed as ancillary receiver of United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPC.) The order enables DFS to liquidate the insurer's New York assets and resolve claims that may be insured under its policies. If you have clients who were insured by UPC, you should advise them now that they have until Feb. 27, 2024 to submit claims.As we previously reported, Florida-based UPC was declared insolvent earlier this year by the Florida Department of Financial Services. A court appointed the Florida department as the insurer's receiver, giving it authority to…

​Industry standards-setting organization ACORD has revised four personal and commercial automobile insurance forms to reflect a recent change in state law. The revised forms are for use on and after August 1, 2023. You should expect to see them in your ACORD Advantage subscriptions or agency management systems over the next few months.As we previously reported​, a law taking effect on August 1 will require every personal and commercial auto liability policy to include "supplemental spousal liability coverage" unless the insured specifically rejects it. Under current law, the insured has the option to add the coverage. After August 1, the insured will have the option…

​The New York State Workers Compensation Board has announced ​that the maximum disability benefit will increase to $1,145.43 per week. The change applies to workplace injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2023.State Workers Compensation Law requires the board to adjust the maximum disability benefit annually. The maximum is set at two-thirds of the statewide average weekly wage for the prior calendar year. The board said that the New York State Department of Labor has determined that the average in 2022 was $1,718.15.The new maximum benefit is a slight increase from the $1,125.46​ level that currently applies.Source