N.Y. General Municipal Law § 206-b: Exemption of benefits payable under blanket accident insurance covering volunteer firefighters

§ 206-b. Exemption of benefits payable under blanket accident

insurance covering volunteer firefighters. Not only shall the benefits

payable or allowable under any blanket accident insurance policy or

contract purchased (1) by a fire department pursuant to section four

thousand two hundred thirty-seven of the insurance law, or (2) by a

municipal corporation or fire district pursuant to any general, special

or local law, to insure active volunteer firefighters against injury or

death resulting from bodily injuries sustained by such firefighters in

the performance of their duties be exempt from execution as provided in

subsection (c) of section three thousand two hundred twelve of the

insurance law, but also any benefits payable or allowable under any such

policy or contract in the event of the death of an insured volunteer

firefighter shall be exempt from execution for the purpose of satisfying

any debt or liability of the beneficiary designated in the policy or

contract, or in the event that the insured volunteer firefighter is a

minor shall be exempt from execution for the purpose of satisfying any

debt or liability of the person to whom such benefits are payable

pursuant to subsection (b) of section four thousand two hundred

thirty-seven of the insurance law.