The Simple Certificate of Insurance Rules That Are Hard To Follow
Nearly eight years after New York’s certificates of insurance law took effect, there appears to still be some misunderstanding of what the law allows and prohibits. Big I New York members regularly call or email us about whether it’s permissible to use certain forms, certain wording, show certificate holders in a certain way, what limits to display, and so on. Other members will receive a certificate form from a client’s subcontractor or vendor and wonder if the form is legal.The fact of the matter is that most of these questions way over-complicate what the law says. When it comes to an insurance agency or brokerage…