2020 New York Laws
ISC - Insurance
Article 21 - Agents, Brokers, Adjusters, Consultants and Intermediaries
2125 - Marine Insurance; Acting as Agent, Broker or Insurer of Persons Without Insurable Interest.

Universal Citation: NY Ins L § 2125 (2020)
§  2125.  Marine  insurance;  acting  as  agent,  broker or insurer of
persons without insurable interest.  (a) No person, firm, association or
corporation shall knowingly act as insurance agent or act  as  insurance
broker  in  this state, or shall as insurer knowingly act in this state,
in the sale, solicitation or negotiation, issuance or  delivery  of  any
binder,  cover note, certificate, policy or other evidence of a contract
of marine insurance except on the application and in the  name  of  some
person  or  persons  having  a  bona  fide interest, direct or indirect,
either in the safe arrival of  the  vessel  in  relation  to  which  the
contract  is made or to be made, or in the safety or preservation of the
subject matter insured or to be insured, or except  on  the  application
and  in the name of some person or persons having a bona fide reasonable
expectation of acquiring such an interest.

(b) No insurance broker or other person, firm, association or corporation not having such a bona fide interest or bona fide expectation of acquiring such an interest, shall knowingly apply for, effect, accept or transfer in this state any such evidence of a contract of marine insurance without having been previously authorized so to do by, or by the authority of, a person, firm, association or corporation having such a bona fide interest or a bona fide expectation of acquiring such an interest.

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