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Licensing Insurance Updates
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DOB NOW: BIS Options – License Insurance Updates (effective June 5, 2023)
If you have one of the below license/registration types, use this guide to update your insurance
information:
◼ Contractor
◼ Electrician
◼ Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor
◼ Master Plumber
◼ Oil Burner Equipment Installer
◼ Rigger
◼ Sign Hanger
1. Using the eFiling account associated with your license/registration, log into DOB NOW at
www.nyc.gov/dobnow. Select the BIS Options icon. Visit www.nyc.gov/efilingtips if you
need to create an eFiling account.
2. From the BIS Options dashboard, select
3. If the email address logged in is associated with more than one of the relevant license types,
a pop-up window will display all licenses/registrations held by the user. Select the
license/registration that you will be providing updated insurance information for and select
Next. If the email address is associated with only one license, you will be taken directly to
step 4.
4. Licensee/Registrant Information and Business Information will auto populate from the
information in your eFiling account. In the Insurance Information section, select the Edit
button under the insurance(s) to be updated. This will allow you to enter new insurance
information.
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5. When new information is entered, the Edit button will turn into a Save button. Select Save
under each section and then Save at the top of the screen for the Documents and
Statements & Signature tabs to become active.
6. On the Documents tab, select +Add Document to upload the required documents.
• A document for each insurance type is required to be uploaded even if edits were
not made to the insurance type as part of this request.
• Upload each insurance type as a separate document that indicates NYC Department
of Buildings as the Certificate Holder.
• Workers’ Compensation and Disability insurance cannot be included on the General
Liability ACORD 25 form.
• Upload a Certificate of Attestation of Exemption from NYS Workers’ Compensation
and Disability Insurance Coverage (CE-200) if Workers’ Compensation and Disability
Insurance are waived (there are no employees in your company). Disability and
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Certificates are required for all General
Contractors and Riggers.
• Artisan insurance certificates cannot be provided.
7. Attest by selecting the checkbox next to the Applicant’s Statement on the Statements &
Signature tab.
8. Select Save and then Submit Insurance Updates. The new insurance information will not be
available in DOB NOW and the Buildings Information System (BIS) until the Submit
Insurance Updates button is selected.
