N.Y. Insurance Law § 3208 – Antedating of life insurance policies and burial agreements prohibited

(a) No insurer shall knowingly deliver or issue for delivery in this state any policy of life insurance that purports to have been issued or to have taken effect more than six months before the date on which the application therefor was made, if thereby the premium is reduced below the premium that would be payable thereon as determined by the insured's birthday nearest the date on which the application was made.
(b) No agent, other representative of an insurer or broker shall prepare, submit or accept in this state any application for life insurance dated earlier than the date on which the application was made by the insured or the applicant, if thereby the premium is reduced as above stated.
(c) This section shall not be construed to invalidate any contract made in violation of the provisions hereof; nor to prohibit the exchange, alteration or conversion of any policy of life insurance as of the original date thereof if the amount of insurance of the new policy does not exceed the greater of that of the original policy or that which the premium paid for the original policy would have purchased if the new policy had been originally applied for; nor to prohibit the exercise of any conversion privilege contained in any policy.
(d) No person, firm, association, society, or corporation engaged in this state in the business of providing for the payment of funeral, burial or other expenses of deceased members, whether or not it be subject to the other provisions of this chapter, and no insurer shall:
1. (1) deliver or issue for delivery in this state any contract or policy whereby the benefit or any part thereof accruing under such contract or policy, upon the death of such member or of the person insured, shall be payable to a designated or restricted funeral director or funeral directing concern or other person engaged in such trade or business, or to any official or designated group of them; or
2. (2) pay any such benefit or any part thereof to any funeral director or funeral directing concern or other person engaged in such trade or business or to any official or designated group of them, without the consent of the person or persons entitled to such benefits, or to pay any commission or other consideration to any funeral director or funeral directing concern or employee thereof to induce such person to sell or offer to sell any contract or policy of insurance designated or marketed as payable for funeral or burial expenses upon the death of the insured; or
3. (3) in any way deprive the personal representative or family of the deceased of the advantages of competition in procuring and purchasing supplies and services in connection with the funeral and burial arrangements of such deceased.