New York Laws
Article 13 - Assets and Deposits
1317 - Release of Deposits.

(2) No depositing insurer shall be entitled to a total or partial
release of its deposited securities except as specified in this section.
(3) No total or partial release of a deposit, made in good faith by
the superintendent, shall impose any personal liability upon him.
(b) If the superintendent finds that the aggregate market value of the
required deposit of any insurer doing business in this state exceeds one
hundred five per centum of the amount required of such insurer by the
laws of this state, he may release securities of such deposit, having a
value not greater than the amount of such excess, but the par value of
the securities remaining on deposit shall not be less than the amount
required by the provisions of this chapter.
(c) If the superintendent finds that all or any part of any voluntary
deposit of any insurer is no longer required to comply with the laws of
this or any other state, he may to such extent release such deposit.
(d) If the superintendent finds that the aggregate market value of the
required deposit of any insurer exceeds two hundred per centum of the
total amount of its outstanding accrued and contingent liabilities
assumed, or covering persons or risks located, within the United States,
and that such insurer has ceased to do any new business within the
United States, he may release securities of such deposit having a value
not greater than the excess.
(e) In making any findings required by this section the superintendent
may make such examination or other investigation of the affairs of such
insurer as he deems expedient, and may require a statement subscribed by
two principal officers of such insurer and affirmed by them as true
under the penalties of perjury as to any facts therein.