§ 2702. Holocaust claims assistance. The superintendent shall arrange for a toll-free telephone number available in English as well as other appropriate languages, to assist any person seeking to recover proceeds from an insurance policy issued to or covering the life or property of a Holocaust victim.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Insurance Law 2702

  • Holocaust victim: shall mean any person, claimant, or the estate, heir, legatee, descendant, survivor, beneficiary, or other such successor-in-interest of such person, who lost his or her life or property as a result of discriminatory laws, policies, or actions targeted against discrete groups of persons based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or national origin, whether or not such person was actually a member of any of the foregoing enumerated groups or because such person assisted or allegedly assisted any of the foregoing groups, between January first, nineteen hundred twenty-nine and December thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-five in areas under Nazi influence as defined in subsection (f) of this section. See N.Y. Insurance Law 2701
  • Insurance policy: shall mean any policy of insurance substantially similar to any kind of insurance that was authorized at any time in New York between and including the years nineteen hundred twenty-nine and nineteen hundred forty-five or authorized by the jurisdiction in which the policy was sold at the time it was sold including but not limited to any form of life, accident and health, annuities, property, casualty, education or dowry insurance. See N.Y. Insurance Law 2701
  • Proceeds: shall mean the face or other pay-out value of an insurance policy or annuity plus reasonable interest to date of payment as shall be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the superintendent. See N.Y. Insurance Law 2701