American Empire Insurance v. Meyer

The threshold issue to be determined in this special proceeding, concerning insurance coverage, is whether under the assigned risk plan of the State of New York an insurance carrier must give at least 20 days’ notice of cancellation even where the cancellation is based upon nonpayment of premium by the insured.

The petitioner contends, by virtue of the assigned risk plan adopted by the Department of Insurance pursuant to statute, that in the case of a driver whose insurance coverage is assumed by a carrier not voluntarily, but because of the requirement of the assigned risk plan, the plan…