§ 3413 — Standard claim forms for fire losses

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