Insurance industry standards setting organization ACORD has announced it has revised a form used with New York personal auto insurance applications. Form ACORD 65 NY (2025/03), New York Auto Supplement – Spousal Liability Insurance Declination Form, is for use on and after March 26, 2025. It replaces form ACORD 65 NY (2023/08).
The new edition is designed to reflect the guidance the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has provided for situations where an insured wishes to reject Supplemental Spousal Liability insurance. DFS provided this guidance in response to a change in state insurance law that Big I New York pushed for last year.
This edition removes two paragraphs from the prior edition, changes and adds to the language in two others, changes the wording of the declination statement, and specifies that the signature line is for the first named insured.
The new edition should be available through your agency management systems and ACORD Advantage subscriptions by March 26.