December 29, 1992
SUBJECT: INSURANCE
Circular Letter No. 7 (1992)
WITHDRAWN
TO: ALL AUTHORIZED MOTOR VEHICLE INSURERS AND INSURANCE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
RE: CIRCULAR LETTERS NO. 1 (1980) WITH SUPPLEMENTS NOS. 1 & 2 AND CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 1 (1990)
MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY AND COLLISION INSURANCE PREMIUM REDUCTION FOR COMPLETION OF AN ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2336(a)&(d) OF THE INSURANCE LAW
This Circular Letter updates and supersedes the earlier captioned Circular. Letters, in order to advise motor vehicle insurers of all Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Course sponsors now approved by the. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The current and complete list of courses, with the latest changes (including addresses), additions or deletions noted by an asterisk (*), are as follows:
American Association of Retired Persons
P.O. Box 259
Little Neck, New York 11363
For drivers age 50 and over only
(Please send self-addressed stamped envelope for information)
Driver Training Associates, Inc.
45 East 33 Street -- Suite 207
New York, New York 10016 1-800-243-2196
[(212),(718),(518),(914) and (716) phone numbers deleted]*
National Safety Council
251 Salina Meadows Parkway
Syracuse, New York 13212
1-800-962-3434
Safety Training Programs, Inc.
P.O. Box 1328 - F.D.R. Station
New York, New York 10150
1-800-732-6242*
(212) 737-6278* [(718),(516) and (914) phone numbers deleted]*
National Traffic Safety Institute
190 Rhine Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10304
1-800-334-1441
(718) 720-6868
New York Safety Program
8508 Fifth Avenue*
Brooklyn, New York 11209-4707.
1-800-942-6874
(718) 748-5252
The Empire Safety Council, Inc.*
176B Terry Road
Smithtown, New York 11787
1-800-246-3603
In addition to the foregoing list of Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Course sponsors available to the general public, there are a number of in-house courses offered only to the employees of such sponsors. information on these courses is not intended for distribution to the general public, but should be disseminated to the appropriate personnel at the insurer to ensure that credit is given for completion of any of these courses by an insured, meriting the same premium reduction as the publicly available courses. Current sponsors of approved in-house programs are:
AGWAY, INC.
9 Adler Drive
East Syracuse, New York 13057
(315) 449-6591*
NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
EVOC Unit
947 Stewart Avenue
E. Garden City, New York 11530
(516) 573-3390*
NEW YORK CITY EMS EVOC
NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Emergency Medical Service Academy
Box #325, Fort Totten
Bayside, New York 11359
(718) 352-7001 ext. 212
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Driver Education & Training Unit
Building # 54, Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn, New York 11234
(718) 377-5473* [(212) phone number deleted]*
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Room 3059 Cultural Education Center
Albany, New York 12230
(518) 474-3384
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
State Campus*
Albany, New York 12226
(518) 457-7254
SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT EVOC
Police Academy, Command 5122
110 Old County Road
Westhampton, New York 11977
(516) 288-7272
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION*
4 Burnett Boulevard
Poughkeepsie, New York 12603
(914) 431-5718
ADVANCED DRIVER PERFORMANCE
Program deleted*
Literature furnished to insureds about these courses should be revised to provide the proper names, addresses and telephone numbers of the organizations sponsoring the seven courses available to the public listed in this letter. Companies should furnish this revised literature to all newly written insureds no later than March 1, 1993. Such updated literature should also be furnished to all other insureds with the next renewal or billing notice sent to them on or after April 1, 1993.
Please acknowledge receipt of this Circular Letter in writing to Mr. Arthur Reznik, AFE, CIE, CLU, Associate Insurance Examiner, New York State Insurance Department, Property & Casualty Insurance Bureau, 160 West Broadway, New York, New York 10013.
Very truly yours, [SIGNATURE]
SALVATORE R. CURIALE
SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE