N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 11, § 33.3
(a) No insurer shall appoint or continue to use the services of an MGA to act for it in this State, either directly or indirectly through subagents of the MGA, unless the MGA has an insurance agent's license issued by this State to represent said insurer for the appropriate kinds of insurance.
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