Belth v. New York State Department of Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nicholas Figueroa, J.

Petitioner, publisher of The Insurance Forum, a newsletter, seeks a judgment pursuant to CPLR article 78 directing respondent to disclose state insurance records under Public Officers Law §§ 84 through 90.

The Life Insurance Council of New York, Incorporated, an insurance industry association, is an intervenor-respondent in this proceeding.

Specifically, petitioner seeks the names, titles and salaries of employees working for life insurance companies doing business in New York, who earn $600,000 a year or more, including the three senior officers and the…