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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » ISC - Insurance » Article 76 - Property/casualty Security Funds » 7608 – Payments From Funds; Subrogation; Limit on Payments.
§  7608.  Payments  from  funds;  subrogation;  limit on payments. (a)
Payments from the funds  shall  be  made  by  the  commissioner  to  the
superintendent   acting  as  liquidator,  rehabilitator  or  conservator
pursuant to article seventy-four of this chapter upon the  authority  of
appropriate  certificates filed with him by the superintendent acting in
such capacity.

(b) (1) Payments from the funds upon allowed claims give no right of recovery by the commissioner as custodian of the funds against principals or assureds under policies of insurance or surety bonds, for the benefit and reimbursement of the fund.

(2) Any assured under such a policy of insurance or surety bond who pays, in whole or in part, any injured party claim which is eligible for payment, in whole or in part, from the funds, shall thereupon be subrogated to the injured party's rights against the fund but not in excess of the subrogee's claim as allowed in the proceeding under article seventy-four of this chapter.

(c) No payment from the funds shall exceed the limit of liability provided for in the insurance policy or surety bond.