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Superintendent's Letters

The Letters are in PDF format.

Release Date Subject
05/01/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Letter to Federal Reserve on Foreign Banking Organization Rule
04/24/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Letter to Assembly Speaker Silver on Legalizing Unsafe Payday Loans in New York State
04/24/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Letter to Health Insurers on insurance coverage for Meningitis Vaccine Effective Against New, Lethal Strain
04/05/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Letter to State Insurance Commissioners on Reforming Force-placed Insurance
11/26/2012 Superintendent Lawsky's Letter to NAIC On Principles-Based Reserving - November 26, 2012

Speeches and Testimony

All Speeches & Testimony

Recent Press Releases

If you are a member of the press and would like more information, please call the Public Affairs Office at (212) 709-1691. Media inquiries can also be e-mailed to the following address: public-affairs@dfs.ny.gov

Release DateSubject
05/22/2013 Governor Cuomo Deploys DFS Mobile Command Center To Locations In Nassau County And Staten Island
05/21/2013 Statement of Superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky On MetLife's Decision To Move Offshore "Captive" Subsidiary Back To The United States
05/15/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Orders ‘Relayrides’ Car-Sharing Service To Cease And Desist Its Repeated False Advertising And Violations Of Insurance Law, Company Will Stop Doing Business In New York
05/10/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Cyber Security Advisory Board
05/09/2013 Governor Cuomo Deploys DFS Mobile Command Center To Locations In Nassau And Suffolk Counties
05/08/2013 Statement of New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin M. Lawsky on the MBIA-Société Générale Settlement
05/07/2013 Governor Cuomo Launches Investigation Into 'Pension Advance' Schemes That Put Seniors, Military Veterans At Risk
05/06/2013 Statement Of New York Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky On MBIA-Bank Of America Settlement
05/06/2013 Governor Cuomo Deploys DFS Mobile Command Center To Locations In Suffolk County
05/02/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces New Program To Protect Sandy Victims From Large Spikes In Their Mortgage Payments
05/02/2013 Governor Cuomo Deploys DFS Mobile Command Center To Locations In Nassau And Suffolk Counties
04/30/2013 Governor Cuomo Deploys DFS Mobile Command Center to Locations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
04/29/2013 Cuomo Administration Opposes Bill That Would Legalize Unsafe Payday Loans In New York State
04/25/2013 Cuomo Administration Demands Credit Bureaus Take Immediate Action to Ensure Sandy Victims Don't Get Hit With Unfair Black Marks on Their Credit Scores
04/24/2013 Department of Financial Services Directs Health Insurers to Inform Public that Meningitis Vaccine Effective Against New, Lethal Strain is Covered Under Insurance
04/22/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Zurich American To Refund $4.56 Million To Insurance Policyholders
04/18/2013 Cuomo Administration Settles With Country's Second Largest 'Force-Placed' Insurer, Leading Nationwide Reform Effort And Saving Millions For Homeowners And Investors
04/09/2013 Cuomo Administration Demands Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Change Restrictive Guidelines That Could Hit Sandy Victims With Large Spikes In Their Mortgage Payments
04/08/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Nassau County
04/04/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Announces Recovery of Two Works of Art For Heirs of Victim of Nazi Persecution
04/03/2013 Westchester County Insurance Agent Charged With Grand Larceny In Connection With Health Insurance Scheme
03/27/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Howard Beach, Queens
03/26/2013 Statement From Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Proposal on Force-Placed Insurance Reform
03/25/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Queens, Nassau County And Suffolk Counties
03/21/2013 Cuomo Administration Settles With Country’s Largest Force-Placed Insurer, Leading Nationwide Reform Effort And Saving Homeowners, Taxpayers, And Investors Millions Of Dollars
03/19/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces DFS Investigation Identifies Banks With Worst Sandy Aid Statistics
03/15/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Brooklyn, Suffolk County And Queens
03/11/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn And Queens
03/06/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Review Of Banks’ Post Sandy Mortgage Practices
03/05/2013 Superintendent Lawsky Announces 15th Century Painting Lost During Nazi Persecution Restored To Rightful Heirs
02/28/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces DFS Program for Banks to Meet One-On-One with Homeowners Seeking Sandy Insurance Settlement Money
02/27/2013 Flushing Bank Converts To New York State Charter With Its Merger Into Flushing Commercial Bank
02/26/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Have Agreed to State's Request for New Rules to Accelerate the Release of Insurance Money to Homeowners Affected by Sandy
02/26/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces Department of Financial Services to Speed Resolution of Insurance Claims in Areas Affected by Sandy
02/25/2013 Governor Cuomo Announces DFS Mediation Program for Disputed or Denied Insurance Claims for Storm Sandy Homeowners
02/25/2013

Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance In Nassau County, Staten Island And Brooklyn

02/22/2013

Governor Cuomo Announces Department Of Financial Services Notifies Debt Collectors Not To Seek Collection On Illegal Payday Loans

02/21/2013

Governor Cuomo Announces Department Of Financial Services Investigating Insurers For Unacceptable Claims Practices Related To Storm Sandy

02/20/2013

Department Of Financial Services Representatives To Join Babylon Helps To Offer Aid To Nassau County Storm Victims

02/20/2013

Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance At Locations In Nassau County, Brooklyn And Suffolk County

02/12/2013

Governor Cuomo Announces Administration Investigation Finds At Least $200 Million In Sandy Insurance Funds Have Not Been Released By Banks To Homeowners

02/07/2013

Cuomo Administration Report Shows New York's Community Banks Provide Most Small Business and Farm Loans

02/01/2013 Department Of Financial Services Offering Insurance Assistance At Locations In Brooklyn, Suffolk County, Staten Island and Nassau County

Video

DFS Investigation: Unpaid Life Insurance Benefits Press Conference

April 23, 2012

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The Department of Financial Services Launch

October 3, 2011

Public Hearings

The department holds public hearings on certain Insurance related issues that are open to the public. Interested parties may also testify at these hearings, or submit written comments to be included in the hearing record.

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