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

Circular Letter No. 25 (1998) October 9, 1998 TO: ALL AUTHORIZED MOTOR VEHICLE INSURERS AND INSURANCE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS RE: 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 all earlier Circular Letters relative to this matter 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 list of approved course sponsors is shown below. American Association of Retired Persons PO Box 8555 New York, NY 10150 (Please send self addressed stamped envelope with request or call (888) 227-7669) Motorcycle Association of New York State, Inc. PO Box 138 Cathedral Station New York, NY 10025 (888) 469-7433 American Automobile Association, Inc. Automobile Club of New York 1415 Kellum Place Garden City, NY 11530 (518) 374-4575  (518) 426-1000 (315) 451-1115  (716) 461-4660 National Safety Council, Inc. 251 Salina Meadows Parkway Syracuse, NY 13212 (800) 962-3434 (315) 453-7462 Drive Safe New York, Inc. 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1106 Albany, NY 12210 (800) 732-6242 (518) 463-5484 (718) 720-6500 National Traffic Safety Institute, Inc. 190 Rhine Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 (800) 334-1441 (718) 720-6868 Driver Training Associates, Inc. 45 East 33 rd Street, Suite 207 New York, NY 10016 (800) 243-2196 (518) 765-4011 (212) 481-0404 (716) 636-4151 (718) 816-4721 New York Safety Program, Inc. 8508 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209-4707 (800) 942-6874 (718) 748-5252 Empire Safety Council, Inc. 176 Terry Road Smithtown, NY 11787 (800) 246-3603 (516) 360-2160 USA Training Company, Inc. 90 South Swan Street Albany, NY 12210 (518) 463-8911 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: Nassau County Police Department EVOC Unit 1490 Franklin Avenue Mineola, NY 11501 (516) 573-3390 New York State Policy Academy Building 24 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12226-2450 (518) 457-7254 New York City Fire Department EVOC Bureau of EMS Division of Training Box # 325 Fort Totten Bayside, NY 11359 (718) 352-7001 Ext. 274 New York State Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Room 904 Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 721-8046 New York City Police Department Driver Education and Training Unit Building #54, Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 377-5473 Suffolk County Police Department EVOC Police Academy, Command 5420 110 Old Country Road West Hampton, NY 11977 (516) 852-8051 (516) 852-6000 New York State Education Department c/o Easter Suffolk BOCES Sherwood Corporate Center 15 Andrea Road Holbrook, NY 11741 (516) 472-6480 Literature furnished to insureds about these courses should be revised to provide the proper names, addresses and telephone numbers of the organizations sponsoring the ten courses available to the public listed in this letter. Companies should furnish this revised literature to all insureds with new policies no later than January 1, 1999 and to all other insureds, with their next renewal or billing notice, on or after February 1, 1999. Very truly yours, Mark Presser Assistant Deputy Superintendent and Chief Property Insurance Bureau