2006 New York Code - Standard Claim Forms For Fire Losses.

 
    §  3413.  Standard  claim  forms for fire losses. (a) (1) On or before
  April first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two,  the  superintendent  shall
  establish  a  standard  claim  form  to be used for all fire loss claims
  under an insurance policy which is issued or issued for delivery in this
  state covering such losses for property located in this state.
    (2) The superintendent shall investigate and review claim forms  which
  are currently utilized prior to establishing such standard claim form.
    (3)  All  insurers  shall  require  the  completion  and filing of the
  standard claim form.
    (b) The adoption of such standard claim  form  by  the  superintendent
  shall  not  preclude  an insurer from obtaining any necessary additional
  information regarding a claim from the claimant or any other source.
    (c) (1) The superintendent is authorized and empowered  to  take  such
  action as he shall deem appropriate for the proper implementation hereof
  and  to  provide  by regulation that any form which does not comply with
  this section shall not be issued or reissued.
    (2) The regulation so promulgated shall  specify  an  effective  date,
  which  shall  not be less than one hundred eighty days after the date of
  promulgation, after  which  no  insurer  may  require  any  claimant  to
  complete a form differing from the one prescribed by the superintendent,
  other  than  additional  requests for information pursuant to subsection
  (b) of this section.