DFS said a probe found the NRA illegally marketed its insurance product, called Carry Guard, in New York without having a license to do so. (Photo Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) DFS said a probe found the NRA illegally marketed its insurance product, called Carry Guard, in New York without having a license to do so. (Photo Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — The National Rifle Association (NRA) accused a New York regulator of obstructing efforts by the gun-rights group to obtain communications between the state and Lloyd's of London, which last year stopped underwriting NRA-branded products dubbed "murder insurance" by critics.

The NRA said in a filing Thursday in federal court in Albany that the documents and testimony it is seeking would help show the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) used "back-channel communications" to improperly pressure insurers to scrap their work with the organization.

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