A 4188: Prohibits increases in rates of homeowners' insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year except where agreed to in the policy.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4188 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, BURDICK, GLICK, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN, SHIMSKY, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting increases in rates of homeowners' insurance in excess of twenty-five percent per year The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2351-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 2351-a. Homeowners' insurance policies; rate increases. (a) For the 4 purposes of this section, "homeowners' insurance" means a contract of 5 insurance insuring against the contingencies described in subparagraphs 6 (A), (B) and (C), or (B) and (C) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of 7 section three thousand four hundred twenty-five of this chapter and 8 which is a "covered policy" of personal lines insurance as defined in 9 such paragraph; provided, however, that the coverages provided under 10 such subparagraphs (B) and (C) shall not apply where the natural person 11 does not have an insurable interest in the real property, or a portion 12 thereof, or the residential unit in which such person resides. 13 (b) No insurer shall increase the rate of homeowners' insurance such 14 that the rate is more than one hundred twenty-five percent of the rate 15 of the same policy from one year prior unless agreed to by the policy- 16 holder prior to the policy being issued, renewed, modified, altered or 17 amended. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 19 have become a law and shall apply to all policies issued, renewed, modi- 20 fied, altered or amended on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07611-01-5