26.1-25 Fire, Property, and Casualty Insurance Rates

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CHAPTER 26.1-25FIRE, PROPERTY, AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RATES26.1-25-01. Purpose of chapter - Construction. The purpose of this chapter is topromote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates so that they are not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, and to authorize and regulate limited cooperative action among insurers in ratemaking-related activities and in other matters within the scope of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition, or to prohibit, or encourage except to the extent necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in rating systems, rating plans, or practices. This chapter must be liberally interpreted to carry into effect this section.26.1-25-02. Scope of chapter.1.This chapter applies to fire, marine, inland marine, hail, windstorm, cyclone, tornado, explosion, water damage, and all other forms of insurance on property, and the loss of use and occupancy thereof, and to casualty insurance, including fidelity, surety, and guaranty bonds, and all other forms of motor vehicle insurance, as defined and set forth in subsections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of section 26.1-12-11 and in subsections 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 of section 26.1-05-02, except as hereinafter excluded. Inland marine insurance is deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance. This chapter does not apply to:a.Reinsurance other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in section 26.1-25-10.5.b.Accident and health insurance.c.Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders' risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished from inland marine, insurance policies.d.Insurance against loss or damage to aircraft or against liability, other than workforce safety and insurance and employers' liability, arising out of ownership, maintenance, or use of aircraft.2.This chapter applies to every insurer, including every stock or mutual company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, authorized by any provision of the laws of this state to transact any of the kinds of insurance. However, except with respect to policies issued pursuant to section 26.1-13-15 in any incorporated city with a population over ten thousand, this chapter does not apply to county mutual insurance companies organized under chapter 26.1-13.3.If any kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of coverage, subject to this chapter, is also subject to regulation by another rate regulatory act of this state, an insurer to which both acts are otherwise applicable shall file with the commissioner a designation as to which rate regulatory act is applicable to it with respect to the kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of coverage.26.1-25-02.1. Definitions.1."Advisory organization" means any entity, including its affiliates or subsidiaries, which either has two or more member insurers or is controlled either directly or indirectly by two or more insurers, and which assists insurers in ratemaking-related activities as enumerated in this chapter. Two or more insurers having a commonPage No. 1ownership or operating in this state under common management or control constitute a single insurer for purposes of this definition.2."Commercial risk" means any kind of risk which is not a personal risk.3."Competitive market" means a commercial risk market that has not been found to be noncompetitive as provided for in section 26.1-25-04. All commercial risk markets except crop hail, farmowners, and medical malpractice insurance are presumed to be competitive.4."Developed losses" means losses including loss adjustment expenses, adjusted, using standard actuarial techniques, to eliminate the effect of differences between current payment or reserve estimates and those needed to provide actual ultimate loss including loss adjustment expense payments.5."Expenses" means that portion of a rate attributable to acquisition, field supervision, collection expenses, general expenses, taxes, licenses, and fees.6."Joint underwriting" means a voluntary arrangement established to provide insurance coverage for a commercial risk pursuant to which two or more insurers jointly contract with the insured at a price and under policy terms agreed upon between the insurers.7."Loss trending" means any procedure for projecting developed losses to the average date of loss for the period during which the policies are to be effective.8."Noncompetitive market" means the crop hail, farmowners, and medical malpractice insurance markets together with any other line of commercial risk insurance that has not been found by the commissioner to have a reasonable degree of competitiveness within the market considering:a.Market concentration and changes in market concentration determined through the use of the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the United States department of justice merger guidelines for an unconcentrated market;b.The existence of financial and other barriers that prevent a company from entering the market;c.The number of insurers or groups of affiliated insurers providing coverage in the market;d.The extent to which any insurer or group of affiliated insurers controls the market;e.Whether the total number of companies writing the line of insurance in this state is sufficient to provide multiple insurance options in the market;f.The availability of insurance coverage to consumers in the markets by specific geographic area, by line of insurance, and by class of risk; andg.The opportunities available in the market to acquire pricing and other consumer information.A determination that a market is noncompetitive may not be based solely on the consideration of any one factor.9."Personalrisk"meanshomeowners,tenants,privatepassengernonfleetautomobiles, mobile homes, and other property and casualty insurance for personal, family, or household needs.Page No. 210."Pool" means a voluntary arrangement, established on an ongoing basis, pursuant to which two or more insurers participate in the sharing of risks on a predetermined basis. The pool may operate through an association, syndicate, or other pooling agreement.11."Prospective loss costs" means that portion of a rate that does not include provisions for expenses other than loss adjustment expenses, or profit, and are based on historical aggregate losses and loss adjustment expenses adjusted through development to their ultimate value and projected through trending to a future point in time.12."Rate" means that cost of insurance per exposure unit whether expressed as a single member or as a prospective loss cost with an adjustment to account for the treatment of expenses, profit, and individual insurer variation in loss experience, prior to any application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations, and does not include minimum premium.13."Residual market mechanism" means an arrangement, either voluntary or mandated by law, involving participation by insurers in the equitable apportionment among them of insurance which may be afforded applicants who are unable to obtain insurance through ordinary methods.14."Supplementary rating information" includes any manual or plan of rates, classification,ratingschedule,minimumpremium,policyfee,rating rule,underwriting rule, statistical plan, and any other similar information needed to determine the applicable rate in effect or to be in effect.15."Supporting information" means:a.The experience and judgment of the filer and the experience or date of other insurers or advisory organizations relied upon by the filer;b.The interpretation of any other data relied upon by the filer; andc.Descriptions of methods used in making the rates and any other information required by the commissioner to be filed.26.1-25-03. Making of rates.1.Rates must be made in accordance with the following provisions:a.Due consideration must be given to past and prospective loss experience within this state and outside this state to the extent that the consideration is given to areas the commissioner determines are representative of this state, to any conflagration and catastrophe hazards, to a reasonable margin for profit and contingencies, to dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers, to past andprospectiveexpensesbothcountrywide,asdeterminedbythecommissioner, and those specially applicable to this state, and to all other relevant factors within and outside this state. In the case of fire insurance rates, consideration must be given to the experience of the fire insurance business during a period of not less than the most recent five-year period for which the experience is available.In determining the reasonableness of the profit,consideration may be given to investment income.b.The systems of expense provisions included in the rates for use by any insurer or group of insurers may differ from those of other insurers or group of insurers to reflect the requirements of the operating methods of any such insurer or group with respect to any kind of insurance, or with respect to any subdivisionPage No. 3or combination thereof for which subdivision or combination separate expense provisions are applicable.c.Risks may be grouped by classifications for the establishment of rates and minimum premiums. Classification rates may be modified to produce rates for individual risks in accordance with rating plans which establish standards for measuring variations in hazards or expense provisions, or both. The standards may measure any differences among risks that can be demonstrated to have a probable effect upon losses or expense. No risk classification, however, may be based upon race, creed, national origin, or the religion of the insured.d.Rates may not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.2.Except to the extent necessary to meet subdivision d of subsection 1, uniformity among insurers in any matters within the scope of this section is neither required nor prohibited.3.Rates made in accordance with this section may be used subject to this chapter.26.1-25-04. Rate filings.1.Every insurer shall file with the commissioner, except as to inland marine risks which by general custom of the business are not written according to manual rates or rating plans, every manual, minimum class rate, rating schedule or rating plan, and every other rating rule, and every modification of any of the foregoing which it proposes to use. Every filing must state the proposed effective date thereof and must indicate the character and extent of the coverage contemplated. When a filing is not accompanied by the information upon which the insurer supports the filing, and the commissioner does not have sufficient information to determine whether the filing meets the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall require the insurer to furnish the information upon which it supports the filing and the waiting period commences as of the date the information is furnished. Every insurer shall file or incorporate by reference to material which has been approved by the commissioner, at the same time as the filing of the rate, all supplementary rating and supporting information to be used in support of or in conjunction with a rate. The information furnished in support of a filing may include:a.The experience or judgment of the insurer or advisory organization making the filing.b.Its interpretation of any statistical data upon which it relies.c.The experience of other insurers or advisory organizations.d.Any other relevant factors.A filing and any supporting information is open to public inspection after the filing becomes effective. Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, made by an advisory organization, must be filed with the commissioner.2.After reviewing an insurer's filing, the commissioner may require that the insurer's rates be based upon the insurer's own loss and expense information. If the insurer's loss or allocated loss adjustment expense information is not actuarially credible, as determined by the commissioner, the insurer may use or supplement its experience with information filed with the commissioner by an advisory organization. Insurers utilizing the services of an advisory organization must provide with their rate filing, at the request of the commissioner, a description of the rationale for such use, including its own information and method of utilization of the advisory organization'sPage No. 4information. This chapter does not require any insurer to become a member of or a subscriber to any advisory organization.3.The commissioner shall review filings as soon as reasonably possible after they have been made in order to determine whether they meet the requirements of this chapter.4.Subject to the exceptions specified in subsections 5 and 6, each filing must be on file for a waiting period of sixty days before it becomes effective. The period may be extended by the commissioner for an additional period not to exceed fifteen days if the commissioner gives written notice within the waiting period to the insurer or advisory organization which made the filing that the commissioner needs the additional time for the consideration of the filing. Upon written application by the insurer or advisory organization, the commissioner may authorize a filing which the commissioner has reviewed to become effective before the expiration of the waiting period or any extension thereof. A filing is deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter unless disapproved by the commissioner within the waiting period or any extension thereof.5.A filing with respect to a competitive market commercial risk rate filing, a private passenger automobile rate filing in which the average rate change is less than five percent, or a homeowner rate filing in which the average rate change is less than five percent is deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter until such time as the commissioner reviews the filing and so long thereafter as the filing remains in effect.Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated by an advisoryorganization become effective when filed and are deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter until such time as the commissioner reviews the filing and so long thereafter as the filing remains in effect.6.An insurer must file notice of a rate change for either a competitive market commercial risk product, a private passenger automobile rate filing in which the average rate change is less than five percent, or a homeowner rate filing in which the average rate change is less than five percent with the commissioner within thirty days after implementing the rate change. The exemption provided in subsection 5 for a private passenger automobile or homeowner rate change filing is limited to no more than one filing per calendar year.7.The commissioner after notice and hearing may determine by order that a commercial risk market is noncompetitive.A rate filing for a product in anoncompetitive commercial risk market is subject to the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner's order finding that a commercial risk market is noncompetitive expires after two years.8.Under any rules the commissioner may adopt, the commissioner may, by written order, suspend or modify the requirement of filing as to any kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates for which cannot practicably be filed before they are used. The orders and rules must be made known to insurers and advisory organizations affected thereby.Thecommissioner may make any examination the commissioner deems advisable to ascertain whether any rates affected by the order meet the standards set forth in subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 26.1-25-03.9.Upon the written application of the insured, stating the insured's reasons therefor, filed with and approved by the commissioner, a rate in excess of that provided by a filing otherwise applicable may be used on any specific risk.10.No insurer may make or issue a contract or policy except in accordance with the filings that have been approved and are in effect for the insurer as provided in this chapter or in accordance with subsection 8 or 9.Page No. 511.Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require an advisory organization or its members or its subscribers to immediately refile final rates or premium charges previously approved by the commissioner. Members or subscribers of an advisory organization are authorized to continue to use insurance rates or premium charges approved before July 1, 1991, or decreases from those rates or premium charges filed by the advisory organization and subsequently approved after July 1, 1991.26.1-25-04.1. Motor vehicle insurance rate filings - Premium reduction for accidentprevention course completion. All rate filings with the commissioner for motor vehicle liability and physical damage insurance must provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for the principal operators of motor vehicles for at least a two-year period following their successful completion of a motor vehicle accident prevention course. The reduction in premium charges must be separately disclosed.The premium billing must disclose the reduction inpremium charges with respect to the person eligible for the reduction. The reduction in premium charges does not apply to an operator who is subject to an experience rating or a driver education premium reduction.If a policy insures two or more motor vehicles, the premiumreduction applies only to the motor vehicle principally operated by the person who has satisfactorily completed the motor vehicle accident prevention course.The course must beapproved by the superintendent of the state highway patrol. The course sponsor shall provide each successful participant a certificate that is the basis for the insurance discount. A driver fifty-five years of age or older who successfully completes an approved motor vehicle accident prevention course is entitled to a three-year insurance premium reduction. The reduction may be applied only to a private passenger motor vehicle or a pickup truck or van that has a gross vehicle weight of less than ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms] and which is not used for delivering or transporting goods or materials unless the delivery and transport is incidental to an operator's business.26.1-25-04.2. Motor vehicle accident surcharge. Concerning motor vehicle accidentsoccurring after August 1, 1993:1.An insurer may not assess an accident surcharge on the policy of any insured as a result of a comprehensive coverage claim or when the insured's unattended vehicle was legally parked when the damage occurred.2.An insurer may not assess an accident surcharge on the policy of any insured when a claim has been paid pursuant to section 26.1-40-17.1 unless the insurer is not entitled to recover damages from the party at fault.26.1-25-04.3. Disclosure of accident surcharge and loss of discount. Before, or atthe time of issuance of a policy, an insurer insuring a motor vehicle must notify the insured in writing of the insurer's underwriting and rating procedures applicable to accident surcharges and loss of discounts.26.1-25-04.4. Notice of withdrawal. An insurer must provide the commissioner noticein writing of its plan to cease writing and renewing a property and casualty insurance product before the notification of agents and policyholders. The notice must contain the effective date of the plan, the number of policies affected, and the reason therefor.26.1-25-05. Disapproval of filings.1.If within the waiting period or any extension thereof as provided in subsection 4 of section 26.1-25-04 the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall send to the insurer or advisory organization which made the filing written notice of disapproval of the filing specifying therein in what respects the commissioner finds the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and stating that the filing will not become effective.2.If within thirty days after a filing subject to subsection 5 of section 26.1-25-04 has become effective the commissioner finds that the filing does not meet thePage No. 6requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall send to the insurer or advisory organization that made the filing written notice of disapproval of the filing specifying therein in what respects the commissioner finds that the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing will be deemed no longer effective. The disapproval may not affect any contract made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the notice.3.If at any time subsequent to the applicable review period provided for in subsection 1 or 2 the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice, specifying the matters to be considered at the hearing, to every insurer and advisory organization which made the filing, issue an order specifying in what respects the commissioner finds that the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing will be deemed no longer effective. Copies of the order must be sent to every such insurer and advisory organization. The order may not affect any contract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.4.Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to any filing which is in effect may make written application to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. However, the insurer or advisory organization that made the filing may not proceed under this subsection.The application must specify the grounds to be relied upon by theapplicant. If the commissioner finds that the application is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so aggrieved if the grounds are established, and that the grounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, the commissioner shall, within thirty days after receipt of the application, hold a hearing upon not less than ten days' written notice to the applicant and to every insurer and advisory organization which made the filing. If, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that the filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall issue an order specifying in what respects the filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing will be deemed no longer effective. Copies of the order must be sent to the applicant and to every such insurer and advisory organization.The order may not affect anycontract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.5.A manual, minimum class rate, rating schedule, rating plan, or rating rule, or any modification of any of the foregoing, which has been filed pursuant to the requirements of section 26.1-25-04, may not be disapproved if the rates thereby produced meet the requirements of this chapter.26.1-25-06. Rating organizations. 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This chapter does not apply to:a.Reinsurance other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in section\u003cbr\u003e26.1-25-10.5.b.Accident and health insurance.c.Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders' risks, marine\u003cbr\u003eprotection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine, as\u003cbr\u003edistinguished from inland marine, insurance policies.d.Insurance against loss or damage to aircraft or against liability, other than\u003cbr\u003eworkforce safety and insurance and employers' liability, arising out of\u003cbr\u003eownership, maintenance, or use of aircraft.2.This chapter applies to every insurer, including every stock or mutual company,\u003cbr\u003ereciprocal or interinsurance exchange, authorized by any provision of the laws of this\u003cbr\u003estate to transact any of the kinds of insurance. However, except with respect to\u003cbr\u003epolicies issued pursuant to section 26.1-13-15 in any incorporated city with a\u003cbr\u003epopulation over ten thousand, this chapter does not apply to county mutual\u003cbr\u003einsurance companies organized under chapter 26.1-13.3.If any kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of coverage,\u003cbr\u003esubject to this chapter, is also subject to regulation by another rate regulatory act of\u003cbr\u003ethis state, an insurer to which both acts are otherwise applicable shall file with the\u003cbr\u003ecommissioner a designation as to which rate regulatory act is applicable to it with\u003cbr\u003erespect to the kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of\u003cbr\u003ecoverage.26.1-25-02.1. Definitions.1.\u0026quot;Advisory organization\u0026quot; means any entity, including its affiliates or subsidiaries,\u003cbr\u003ewhich either has two or more member insurers or is controlled either directly or\u003cbr\u003eindirectly by two or more insurers, and which assists insurers in ratemaking-related\u003cbr\u003eactivities as enumerated in this chapter. Two or more insurers having a commonPage No. 1ownership or operating in this state under common management or control\u003cbr\u003econstitute a single insurer for purposes of this definition.2.\u0026quot;Commercial risk\u0026quot; means any kind of risk which is not a personal risk.3.\u0026quot;Competitive market\u0026quot; means a commercial risk market that has not been found to be\u003cbr\u003enoncompetitive as provided for in section 26.1-25-04. All commercial risk markets\u003cbr\u003eexcept crop hail, farmowners, and medical malpractice insurance are presumed to\u003cbr\u003ebe competitive.4.\u0026quot;Developed losses\u0026quot; means losses including loss adjustment expenses, adjusted,\u003cbr\u003eusing standard actuarial techniques, to eliminate the effect of differences between\u003cbr\u003ecurrent payment or reserve estimates and those needed to provide actual ultimate\u003cbr\u003eloss including loss adjustment expense payments.5.\u0026quot;Expenses\u0026quot; means that portion of a rate attributable to acquisition, field supervision,\u003cbr\u003ecollection expenses, general expenses, taxes, licenses, and fees.6.\u0026quot;Joint underwriting\u0026quot; means a voluntary arrangement established to provide\u003cbr\u003einsurance coverage for a commercial risk pursuant to which two or more insurers\u003cbr\u003ejointly contract with the insured at a price and under policy terms agreed upon\u003cbr\u003ebetween the insurers.7.\u0026quot;Loss trending\u0026quot; means any procedure for projecting developed losses to the average\u003cbr\u003edate of loss for the period during which the policies are to be effective.8.\u0026quot;Noncompetitive market\u0026quot; means the crop hail, farmowners, and medical malpractice\u003cbr\u003einsurance markets together with any other line of commercial risk insurance that has\u003cbr\u003enot been found by the commissioner to have a reasonable degree of\u003cbr\u003ecompetitiveness within the market considering:a.Market concentration and changes in market concentration determined through\u003cbr\u003ethe use of the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the United States department of\u003cbr\u003ejustice merger guidelines for an unconcentrated market;b.The existence of financial and other barriers that prevent a company from\u003cbr\u003eentering the market;c.The number of insurers or groups of affiliated insurers providing coverage in the\u003cbr\u003emarket;d.The extent to which any insurer or group of affiliated insurers controls the\u003cbr\u003emarket;e.Whether the total number of companies writing the line of insurance in this\u003cbr\u003estate is sufficient to provide multiple insurance options in the market;f.The availability of insurance coverage to consumers in the markets by specific\u003cbr\u003egeographic area, by line of insurance, and by class of risk; andg.The opportunities available in the market to acquire pricing and other consumer\u003cbr\u003einformation.A determination that a market is noncompetitive may not be based solely on the\u003cbr\u003econsideration of any one factor.9.\u0026quot;Personalrisk\u0026quot;meanshomeowners,tenants,privatepassengernonfleetautomobiles, mobile homes, and other property and casualty insurance for personal,\u003cbr\u003efamily, or household needs.Page No. 210.\u0026quot;Pool\u0026quot; means a voluntary arrangement, established on an ongoing basis, pursuant\u003cbr\u003eto which two or more insurers participate in the sharing of risks on a predetermined\u003cbr\u003ebasis. The pool may operate through an association, syndicate, or other pooling\u003cbr\u003eagreement.11.\u0026quot;Prospective loss costs\u0026quot; means that portion of a rate that does not include provisions\u003cbr\u003efor expenses other than loss adjustment expenses, or profit, and are based on\u003cbr\u003ehistorical aggregate losses and loss adjustment expenses adjusted through\u003cbr\u003edevelopment to their ultimate value and projected through trending to a future point\u003cbr\u003ein time.12.\u0026quot;Rate\u0026quot; means that cost of insurance per exposure unit whether expressed as a\u003cbr\u003esingle member or as a prospective loss cost with an adjustment to account for the\u003cbr\u003etreatment of expenses, profit, and individual insurer variation in loss experience,\u003cbr\u003eprior to any application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense\u003cbr\u003econsiderations, and does not include minimum premium.13.\u0026quot;Residual market mechanism\u0026quot; means an arrangement, either voluntary or mandated\u003cbr\u003eby law, involving participation by insurers in the equitable apportionment among\u003cbr\u003ethem of insurance which may be afforded applicants who are unable to obtain\u003cbr\u003einsurance through ordinary methods.14.\u0026quot;Supplementary rating information\u0026quot; includes any manual or plan of rates,\u003cbr\u003eclassification,ratingschedule,minimumpremium,policyfee,rating rule,underwriting rule, statistical plan, and any other similar information needed to\u003cbr\u003edetermine the applicable rate in effect or to be in effect.15.\u0026quot;Supporting information\u0026quot; means:a.The experience and judgment of the filer and the experience or date of other\u003cbr\u003einsurers or advisory organizations relied upon by the filer;b.The interpretation of any other data relied upon by the filer; andc.Descriptions of methods used in making the rates and any other information\u003cbr\u003erequired by the commissioner to be filed.26.1-25-03. Making of rates.1.Rates must be made in accordance with the following provisions:a.Due consideration must be given to past and prospective loss experience within\u003cbr\u003ethis state and outside this state to the extent that the consideration is given to\u003cbr\u003eareas the commissioner determines are representative of this state, to any\u003cbr\u003econflagration and catastrophe hazards, to a reasonable margin for profit and\u003cbr\u003econtingencies, to dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed\u003cbr\u003eor returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers, to past\u003cbr\u003eandprospectiveexpensesbothcountrywide,asdeterminedbythecommissioner, and those specially applicable to this state, and to all other\u003cbr\u003erelevant factors within and outside this state. In the case of fire insurance rates,\u003cbr\u003econsideration must be given to the experience of the fire insurance business\u003cbr\u003eduring a period of not less than the most recent five-year period for which the\u003cbr\u003eexperience is available.In determining the reasonableness of the profit,consideration may be given to investment income.b.The systems of expense provisions included in the rates for use by any insurer\u003cbr\u003eor group of insurers may differ from those of other insurers or group of insurers\u003cbr\u003eto reflect the requirements of the operating methods of any such insurer or\u003cbr\u003egroup with respect to any kind of insurance, or with respect to any subdivisionPage No. 3or combination thereof for which subdivision or combination separate expense\u003cbr\u003eprovisions are applicable.c.Risks may be grouped by classifications for the establishment of rates and\u003cbr\u003eminimum premiums. Classification rates may be modified to produce rates for\u003cbr\u003eindividual risks in accordance with rating plans which establish standards for\u003cbr\u003emeasuring variations in hazards or expense provisions, or both. The standards\u003cbr\u003emay measure any differences among risks that can be demonstrated to have a\u003cbr\u003eprobable effect upon losses or expense. No risk classification, however, may\u003cbr\u003ebe based upon race, creed, national origin, or the religion of the insured.d.Rates may not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory.2.Except to the extent necessary to meet subdivision d of subsection 1, uniformity\u003cbr\u003eamong insurers in any matters within the scope of this section is neither required nor\u003cbr\u003eprohibited.3.Rates made in accordance with this section may be used subject to this chapter.26.1-25-04. Rate filings.1.Every insurer shall file with the commissioner, except as to inland marine risks which\u003cbr\u003eby general custom of the business are not written according to manual rates or\u003cbr\u003erating plans, every manual, minimum class rate, rating schedule or rating plan, and\u003cbr\u003eevery other rating rule, and every modification of any of the foregoing which it\u003cbr\u003eproposes to use. Every filing must state the proposed effective date thereof and\u003cbr\u003emust indicate the character and extent of the coverage contemplated. When a filing\u003cbr\u003eis not accompanied by the information upon which the insurer supports the filing,\u003cbr\u003eand the commissioner does not have sufficient information to determine whether the\u003cbr\u003efiling meets the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall require the\u003cbr\u003einsurer to furnish the information upon which it supports the filing and the waiting\u003cbr\u003eperiod commences as of the date the information is furnished. Every insurer shall\u003cbr\u003efile or incorporate by reference to material which has been approved by the\u003cbr\u003ecommissioner, at the same time as the filing of the rate, all supplementary rating and\u003cbr\u003esupporting information to be used in support of or in conjunction with a rate. The\u003cbr\u003einformation furnished in support of a filing may include:a.The experience or judgment of the insurer or advisory organization making the\u003cbr\u003efiling.b.Its interpretation of any statistical data upon which it relies.c.The experience of other insurers or advisory organizations.d.Any other relevant factors.A filing and any supporting information is open to public inspection after the filing\u003cbr\u003ebecomes effective. Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, made by an\u003cbr\u003eadvisory organization, must be filed with the commissioner.2.After reviewing an insurer's filing, the commissioner may require that the insurer's\u003cbr\u003erates be based upon the insurer's own loss and expense information. If the insurer's\u003cbr\u003eloss or allocated loss adjustment expense information is not actuarially credible, as\u003cbr\u003edetermined by the commissioner, the insurer may use or supplement its experience\u003cbr\u003ewith information filed with the commissioner by an advisory organization. Insurers\u003cbr\u003eutilizing the services of an advisory organization must provide with their rate filing, at\u003cbr\u003ethe request of the commissioner, a description of the rationale for such use,\u003cbr\u003eincluding its own information and method of utilization of the advisory organization'sPage No. 4information. This chapter does not require any insurer to become a member of or a\u003cbr\u003esubscriber to any advisory organization.3.The commissioner shall review filings as soon as reasonably possible after they\u003cbr\u003ehave been made in order to determine whether they meet the requirements of this\u003cbr\u003echapter.4.Subject to the exceptions specified in subsections 5 and 6, each filing must be on file\u003cbr\u003efor a waiting period of sixty days before it becomes effective. The period may be\u003cbr\u003eextended by the commissioner for an additional period not to exceed fifteen days if\u003cbr\u003ethe commissioner gives written notice within the waiting period to the insurer or\u003cbr\u003eadvisory organization which made the filing that the commissioner needs the\u003cbr\u003eadditional time for the consideration of the filing. Upon written application by the\u003cbr\u003einsurer or advisory organization, the commissioner may authorize a filing which the\u003cbr\u003ecommissioner has reviewed to become effective before the expiration of the waiting\u003cbr\u003eperiod or any extension thereof. A filing is deemed to meet the requirements of this\u003cbr\u003echapter unless disapproved by the commissioner within the waiting period or any\u003cbr\u003eextension thereof.5.A filing with respect to a competitive market commercial risk rate filing, a private\u003cbr\u003epassenger automobile rate filing in which the average rate change is less than five\u003cbr\u003epercent, or a homeowner rate filing in which the average rate change is less than\u003cbr\u003efive percent is deemed to meet the requirements of this chapter until such time as\u003cbr\u003ethe commissioner reviews the filing and so long thereafter as the filing remains in\u003cbr\u003eeffect.Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated by an advisoryorganization become effective when filed and are deemed to meet the requirements\u003cbr\u003eof this chapter until such time as the commissioner reviews the filing and so long\u003cbr\u003ethereafter as the filing remains in effect.6.An insurer must file notice of a rate change for either a competitive market\u003cbr\u003ecommercial risk product, a private passenger automobile rate filing in which the\u003cbr\u003eaverage rate change is less than five percent, or a homeowner rate filing in which\u003cbr\u003ethe average rate change is less than five percent with the commissioner within thirty\u003cbr\u003edays after implementing the rate change. The exemption provided in subsection 5\u003cbr\u003efor a private passenger automobile or homeowner rate change filing is limited to no\u003cbr\u003emore than one filing per calendar year.7.The commissioner after notice and hearing may determine by order that a\u003cbr\u003ecommercial risk market is noncompetitive.A rate filing for a product in anoncompetitive commercial risk market is subject to the provisions of this chapter.\u003cbr\u003eThe commissioner's order finding that a commercial risk market is noncompetitive\u003cbr\u003eexpires after two years.8.Under any rules the commissioner may adopt, the commissioner may, by written\u003cbr\u003eorder, suspend or modify the requirement of filing as to any kind of insurance,\u003cbr\u003esubdivision, or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates for which\u003cbr\u003ecannot practicably be filed before they are used. The orders and rules must be\u003cbr\u003emade known to insurers and advisory organizations affected thereby.Thecommissioner may make any examination the commissioner deems advisable to\u003cbr\u003eascertain whether any rates affected by the order meet the standards set forth in\u003cbr\u003esubdivision e of subsection 1 of section 26.1-25-03.9.Upon the written application of the insured, stating the insured's reasons therefor,\u003cbr\u003efiled with and approved by the commissioner, a rate in excess of that provided by a\u003cbr\u003efiling otherwise applicable may be used on any specific risk.10.No insurer may make or issue a contract or policy except in accordance with the\u003cbr\u003efilings that have been approved and are in effect for the insurer as provided in this\u003cbr\u003echapter or in accordance with subsection 8 or 9.Page No. 511.Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require an advisory organization or its\u003cbr\u003emembers or its subscribers to immediately refile final rates or premium charges\u003cbr\u003epreviously approved by the commissioner. Members or subscribers of an advisory\u003cbr\u003eorganization are authorized to continue to use insurance rates or premium charges\u003cbr\u003eapproved before July 1, 1991, or decreases from those rates or premium charges\u003cbr\u003efiled by the advisory organization and subsequently approved after July 1, 1991.26.1-25-04.1. Motor vehicle insurance rate filings - Premium reduction for accidentprevention course completion. All rate filings with the commissioner for motor vehicle liability\u003cbr\u003eand physical damage insurance must provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges\u003cbr\u003efor the principal operators of motor vehicles for at least a two-year period following their\u003cbr\u003esuccessful completion of a motor vehicle accident prevention course. The reduction in premium\u003cbr\u003echarges must be separately disclosed.The premium billing must disclose the reduction inpremium charges with respect to the person eligible for the reduction. The reduction in premium\u003cbr\u003echarges does not apply to an operator who is subject to an experience rating or a driver\u003cbr\u003eeducation premium reduction.If a policy insures two or more motor vehicles, the premiumreduction applies only to the motor vehicle principally operated by the person who has\u003cbr\u003esatisfactorily completed the motor vehicle accident prevention course.The course must beapproved by the superintendent of the state highway patrol. The course sponsor shall provide\u003cbr\u003eeach successful participant a certificate that is the basis for the insurance discount. A driver\u003cbr\u003efifty-five years of age or older who successfully completes an approved motor vehicle accident\u003cbr\u003eprevention course is entitled to a three-year insurance premium reduction. The reduction may be\u003cbr\u003eapplied only to a private passenger motor vehicle or a pickup truck or van that has a gross\u003cbr\u003evehicle weight of less than ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms] and which is not used for\u003cbr\u003edelivering or transporting goods or materials unless the delivery and transport is incidental to an\u003cbr\u003eoperator's business.26.1-25-04.2. Motor vehicle accident surcharge. Concerning motor vehicle accidentsoccurring after August 1, 1993:1.An insurer may not assess an accident surcharge on the policy of any insured as a\u003cbr\u003eresult of a comprehensive coverage claim or when the insured's unattended vehicle\u003cbr\u003ewas legally parked when the damage occurred.2.An insurer may not assess an accident surcharge on the policy of any insured when\u003cbr\u003ea claim has been paid pursuant to section 26.1-40-17.1 unless the insurer is not\u003cbr\u003eentitled to recover damages from the party at fault.26.1-25-04.3. Disclosure of accident surcharge and loss of discount. Before, or atthe time of issuance of a policy, an insurer insuring a motor vehicle must notify the insured in\u003cbr\u003ewriting of the insurer's underwriting and rating procedures applicable to accident surcharges and\u003cbr\u003eloss of discounts.26.1-25-04.4. Notice of withdrawal. An insurer must provide the commissioner noticein writing of its plan to cease writing and renewing a property and casualty insurance product\u003cbr\u003ebefore the notification of agents and policyholders. The notice must contain the effective date of\u003cbr\u003ethe plan, the number of policies affected, and the reason therefor.26.1-25-05. Disapproval of filings.1.If within the waiting period or any extension thereof as provided in subsection 4 of\u003cbr\u003esection 26.1-25-04 the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the\u003cbr\u003erequirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall send to the insurer or advisory\u003cbr\u003eorganization which made the filing written notice of disapproval of the filing\u003cbr\u003especifying therein in what respects the commissioner finds the filing fails to meet the\u003cbr\u003erequirements of this chapter and stating that the filing will not become effective.2.If within thirty days after a filing subject to subsection 5 of section 26.1-25-04 has\u003cbr\u003ebecome effective the commissioner finds that the filing does not meet thePage No. 6requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall send to the insurer or advisory\u003cbr\u003eorganization that made the filing written notice of disapproval of the filing specifying\u003cbr\u003etherein in what respects the commissioner finds that the filing fails to meet the\u003cbr\u003erequirements of this chapter and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter,\u003cbr\u003ethe filing will be deemed no longer effective. The disapproval may not affect any\u003cbr\u003econtract made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the notice.3.If at any time subsequent to the applicable review period provided for in subsection 1\u003cbr\u003eor 2 the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this\u003cbr\u003echapter, the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days'\u003cbr\u003ewritten notice, specifying the matters to be considered at the hearing, to every\u003cbr\u003einsurer and advisory organization which made the filing, issue an order specifying in\u003cbr\u003ewhat respects the commissioner finds that the filing fails to meet the requirements of\u003cbr\u003ethis chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing will be\u003cbr\u003edeemed no longer effective. Copies of the order must be sent to every such insurer\u003cbr\u003eand advisory organization. The order may not affect any contract or policy made or\u003cbr\u003eissued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the order.4.Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to any filing which is in effect may\u003cbr\u003emake written application to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. However, the\u003cbr\u003einsurer or advisory organization that made the filing may not proceed under this\u003cbr\u003esubsection.The application must specify the grounds to be relied upon by theapplicant. If the commissioner finds that the application is made in good faith, that\u003cbr\u003ethe applicant would be so aggrieved if the grounds are established, and that the\u003cbr\u003egrounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, the commissioner shall, within\u003cbr\u003ethirty days after receipt of the application, hold a hearing upon not less than ten\u003cbr\u003edays' written notice to the applicant and to every insurer and advisory organization\u003cbr\u003ewhich made the filing. If, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that the filing\u003cbr\u003edoes not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall issue an\u003cbr\u003eorder specifying in what respects the filing fails to meet the requirements of this\u003cbr\u003echapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, the filing will be\u003cbr\u003edeemed no longer effective. Copies of the order must be sent to the applicant and\u003cbr\u003eto every such insurer and advisory organization.The order may not affect anycontract or policy made or issued prior to the expiration of the period set forth in the\u003cbr\u003eorder.5.A manual, minimum class rate, rating schedule, rating plan, or rating rule, or any\u003cbr\u003emodification of any of the foregoing, which has been filed pursuant to the\u003cbr\u003erequirements of section 26.1-25-04, may not be disapproved if the rates thereby\u003cbr\u003eproduced meet the requirements of this chapter.26.1-25-06. Rating organizations. 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