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. 19 (2005) November 14, 2005 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: AARP Driver Safety Program 601 E Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20049 (888) 227-7669 American Automobile Association, Inc. Automobile Club of New York 1415 Kellum Place Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 746-7730 American Institute for Public Safety 100 S. Main Street Sayville, NY 11782 (888) 458-2477 American Safety Council, Inc. 3415 State Route 11 Malone, NY 12953 (518) 483-7492 American Safety, Inc. 115 E. 57 Street, 11 th Floor New York, NY 10022 (800) 800-7121 Driver Training Associates, Inc. New York Office 433 Broadway, Suite 202 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (800) 243-2196 Empire Safety Council, Inc. 176 Terry Road Smithtown, NY 11787 (800) 246-3603 I Drive Safely 124 Main Street, Suite 2B New Paltz NY 12561 (877) 374-8388 Motorcycle Association of NYS, Inc. 697 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 (888) 469-7433 National Safety Council, Inc. 200 Salina Meadows Parkway Syracuse, NY 13212 (800) 962-3434 National Traffic Safety Institute, Inc. 201 Edward Curry Avenue, Suite 206 Staten Island, NY 10314 (800) 733-6874 New York Safety Program, Inc. 8302 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11209-4707 (800) 942-6874 USA Training Company, Inc. 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 400 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 NYC Fire Department EVOC Unit, Bureau of EMS Division of Training Box #325, Fort Totten Bayside, NY 11359 (718) 352-7001 ext. 274 NYC Police Department Driver Education and Training Unit Building #54, Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 377-5473 NYS Department of Transportation 44 Hawley Street, Room 904 Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 721-8046 NYS Education Department C/o Eastern Suffolk BOCES Regional Transportation 90-9B Colin Drive Holbrook, NY 11741 (631) 472-6480 NYS Police Academy Building 24 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12226-2450 (518) 457-7254 Suffolk County Police Department EVCO Unit Police Academy, Command 5420 110 Old Country Road West Hampton, NY 11977 (631) 852-6000 Literature furnished to insureds about these courses should be revised to provide the proper names, addresses and telephone numbers of the organizations sponsoring the thirteen courses available to the general public. Companies should furnish this revised literature to all insureds with new policies no later than January 1, 2006 and to all other insureds, with their renewal or billing notice, on or after February 1, 2006. Very truly yours, __________________________ Mark Presser Assistant Deputy Superintendent & Chief Examiner Property Bureau