N.Y. Insurance Law § 3432: Immunity; reports to certain public officials and to designated organizations

§ 3432. Immunity; reports to certain public officials and to

designated organizations. (a) In the absence of fraud or bad faith,

there shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of

any nature shall arise against, an insurer or a hospital or any person

acting on their behalf, with respect to obligations and duties performed

pursuant to the sections referred to in subsection (b) hereof.

(b) The immunity shall apply to:

(1) reports and statements, made in good faith, to the commissioner of

motor vehicles required by subsection (l) of section three thousand four

hundred eleven of this article;

(2) information, reports, notification and assistance in

investigations, made in the absence of fraud or bad faith, pursuant to

section three thousand four hundred twelve of this article and this

immunity extends to a central organization designated by the

superintendent pursuant to such section or any person acting on its

behalf;

(3) reports required by section three hundred fifteen of this chapter,

made in good faith (which shall be presumed) and without malice, and

this immunity includes any liability, civil or criminal;

(4) information, reports, assistance in investigations, notification,

made in the absence of fraud or bad faith, to any authorized law

enforcement agency pursuant to section three hundred nineteen of this

chapter, and this immunity, civil or criminal, extends to an authorized

law enforcement agency defined in such section or any person acting on

its behalf; and

(5) reports required by section three hundred eighteen of this

chapter, made in the absence of fraud or bad faith, to a central

organization designated by the superintendent, and this immunity extends

to the central organization or any person acting on its behalf.

(6) information required by the insurer or provided by the insurer in

the absence of fraud or bad faith to a local fire investigation agency

pursuant to section three thousand four hundred fifteen of this article.