New York Insurance Law Article 44 - EMPLOYEE WELFARE FUNDS

• 4401 - Declaration of Policy.
  (a) It is declared to be the policy of the state that employee welfare funds are of great benefit to employees and their families and...
• 4402 - Definitions.
  In this article: (a) "Employee welfare fund" or "fund" means any trust fund or other fund established or maintained jointly by one or more employers...
• 4403 - Registration.
  (a) The trustees of every employee welfare fund shall register such fund with the superintendent within three months of commencing to do business in this...
• 4404 - Examinations; Requirement.
  (a) The superintendent may examine into the affairs of any employee welfare fund as often as he deems it necessary, and he shall do so...
• 4405 - Examinations; Conduct.
  (a) Whenever, pursuant to this article, the superintendent shall determine to examine the affairs of any employee welfare fund he shall make an order indicating...
• 4406 - Examinations; Publication.
  (a) All reports and copies of reports of examinations and investigations of any employee welfare fund, shall be confidential communications, shall not be subject to...
• 4407 - Examinations; Expenses.
  (a) The expenses of every examination of the affairs of any employee welfare fund, including any appraisal of an interest in real property, made pursuant...
• 4408 - Annual Statement.
  (a) The trustees of every employee welfare fund shall file in the office of the superintendent, annually within five months after the close of the...
• 4409 - Special Statements.
  (a) In addition to any other statements or reports required by this article, the superintendent may make any inquiry to the trustees of any employee...
• 4410 - Annual Report.
  (a) The trustees of every employee welfare fund shall within five months after the close of the fiscal year used in maintaining the records of...
• 4411 - Account Statements by Insurance Companies, Service Plans and Corporate Trustees and Agents.
  Every insurance company, hospital, surgical or medical service plan providing benefits under an employee welfare fund, and any corporate trustee or agent holding or administering...
• 4412 - Regulation Under Other Laws.
  (a) Where the trustees of any employee welfare fund are subject to and comply with any law of this state other than this article or...
• 4413 - Prohibitions.
  (a) The trustees of every employee welfare fund shall be responsible in a fiduciary capacity for all assets received, managed or disbursed by them, or...
• 4414 - Supplementary Regulations; Extensions of Time; Service of Process; Records; Loans; Compliance.
  (a) The superintendent may from time to time promulgate appropriate supplementary rules and regulations to carry out the express provisions and purposes of this article....

Last modified: February 3, 2019