Motor Vehicle Liability and Collision Insurance Premium Reduction For Completion of an Accident Prevention Course Pursuant to Section 2336(a) and (d) of the New York Insurance Law

Circular Letter No. 20 (2003) December 31, 2003 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 Section 2336(a) and (d) of the New York Insurance Law STATUTORY REFERENCE:  Section 2336(a) and (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 NYS Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The current list of approved course sponsors is shown below: American Association of Retired Persons 601 E Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20049 (888) 227-7669 Motorcycle Association of NYS, Inc. 697 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 (888) 469-7433 American Automobile Association, Inc. Automobile Club of New York (Contact local AAA office) National Safety Council, Inc. 200 Salina Meadows Parkway Syracuse, NY 13212 (800) 962-3434 Drive Safe New York, Inc. 190 Rhine Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 (800) 732-6242 National Traffic Safety Institute, Inc. 190 Rhine Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 (800) 733-6874 I Drive Safely 234 Hudson Avenue, #1120 Albany, NY 12210 1-800-723-1955 American Institute for Public Safety 100 S. Main Street Sayville, NY 11782 1-888-458-2477 Driver Training Associates, Inc. 70-09 Austin Street, Suite 205 Forest Hills, NY 11375 (800) 243-2196 New York Safety Program, Inc. 8302 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209-4707 (800) 942-6874 Empire Safety Council, Inc. 176 Terry Road Smithtown, NY 11787 (800) 246-3603 USA Training Company, Inc. 99 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 11210 (800) 746-7690 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) 573-3150 NYS Police Academy Building 24 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12226-2450 (518) 457-7254 NYC Fire Department EVOC Unit, Bureau of EMS Division of Training Box #325, Fort Totten Bayside, NY 11359 (718) 352-7001 ext. 274 NYS Education Department c/o Eastern Suffolk BOCES Regional Transportation 90-9B Colin Drive Holbrook, NY 11741 (631) 472-6480 NYC Police Department Driver Education and Training Unit Building #54, Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 377-5473 Suffolk County Police Department EVCO Unit Police Academy, Command 5420 110 Old Country Road West Hampton, NY 11977 (631) 852-6000 NYS Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Room 904 Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 721-8046 Literature furnished to insureds about these courses should be revised to provide the proper names, addresses and telephone numbers of the organizations sponsoring the twelve courses available to the general public listed on page 1 of this letter. Companies should furnish this revised literature to all insureds with new policies no later than February 1, 2004 and to all other insureds, with their renewal or billing notice, on or after March 1, 2004. Very truly yours, __________________________ Mark Presser Assistant Deputy Superintendent & Chief Examiner Property Bureau