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Sterling Insurance Company: complaint record

Sterling Insurance Company (NAIC company code 15210) appears in public complaint data from the insurance regulator in New York. In New York's auto insurance complaint rankings for complaints closed in 2024 it was ranked 28 of 128 (rank 1 has the fewest upheld complaints for its premiums), with 0 upheld complaints and 0.00 upheld complaints per million dollars of premiums.

New York auto insurance

Complaints closed inFiled asRankUpheld per $1mUpheldQuestion of factNot upheldPremiums written
2024Sterling Insurance Company28 of 1280.00000$5.12m
2023Sterling Insurance Company35 of 1240.00000$4.62m
2022Sterling Insurance Company40 of 1320.00000$4.22m
2021Sterling Insurance Company58 of 1350.00010$4.07m
2020Sterling Insurance Company45 of 1350.00000$4.07m
2019Sterling Insurance Company51 of 1390.00001$3.98m
2018Sterling Insurance Company60 of 1510.00002$3.49m
2017Sterling Insurance Company56 of 1590.00000$3.09m
2014Sterling Insurance Company51 of 1690.00000$2.76m
2013Sterling Insurance Company67 of 1710.00000$2.63m
2012Sterling Insurance Company65 of 1720.00000$2.44m
2011Sterling Insurance Company56 of 1690.00010$2.08m
2010Sterling Insurance Company56 of 1790.00000$1.79m
2009Sterling Insurance Company58 of 1810.00003$1.77m

See the full New York list for complaints closed in 2024

How to read the New York ranking

The Department of Financial Services ranks auto insurers by upheld complaints per million dollars of premiums over a two-year period. A complaint is upheld when DFS agrees with the consumer that the insurer made an inappropriate decision. DFS notes that "only one or two additional upheld complaints per year can have a significant impact on a smaller insurer" and that because every auto insurer is ranked, "some must be at the bottom of each year's list even if every company is performing well." The ranking includes only complaints received by DFS.

Figures are for this legal company only. An insurance group may sell through several companies, each with its own record.

Sources

  1. New York State Department of Financial Services, Automobile Insurance Company Complaint Rankings: Beginning 2009 (dataset h2wd-9xfe), data.ny.gov

Checked 29 October 2026. Complaint records show only complaints filed with the regulator. They are one signal among many and do not rate claims handling, price or financial strength.