William Byrnes' Tax, Wealth, and Risk Intelligence

Beginning last week life insurance brokers in the Big Apple started disclosing commissions to consumers.  New York is one of the first states that are mandating life insurance commission details to be disclosed to clients.

Under New York Insurance law, [1] an insurance producer selling or renewing an insurance contract must disclose the following information to the purchaser orally or in writing not later than application for the insurance contract or the renewal:

(1)     whether the insurance producer represents the purchaser or the insurer for purposes of the sale;

(2)     that the insurance producer will receive compensation from the selling insurer based on the  insurance contract the producer sells;

(3)     that the compensation insurers pay to insurance producers may vary depending on a number of factors, including the insurance contract and the insurer that the purchaser selects, the volume of business the producer provides to the insurer or the profitability of the insurance contracts  that the producer provides to the insurer; and

(4)     that the purchaser may obtain information about the compensation expected to be received by the producer for the sale and for any alternative quotes obtained by the producer by requesting such information from the producer.

To read this article excerpted above, please access http://www.advisorfyi.com/2010/12/new-york-life-insurance-commission-disclosures/