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Let the Sun Shine In: Carriers Relent, Let Ratepayers See Documents Filed with the State

• October 28, 2011
• By Gerard Devita
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Even insurance carriers can no longer deny the basic fairness and justice for public disclosure of their filings with New York State when they seek rate increases. Incredibly, for the longest time, the carriers insisted that these filings with the State should be kept secret from the very people from whom they were seeking rate increases.   Kudos to the New York State Trail Lawyers Association, and all the public advocacy groups who have long fought for such “sunshine” provisions to protect our rights as citizens. Read more details:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/nyregion/7-more-insurers-end-fight-on-new-york-state-rate-filings.html?_r=1&ref=ninabernstein