§431:14-107.1  Rating and advisoryorganizations, permitted activity.  In addition to other activities notexpressly prohibited by this article, rating organizations and advisoryorganizations are authorized, on behalf of their members and subscribers, to:

(1)  Develop statistical plans including territorialand class definitions;

(2)  Collect statistical data from members,subscribers, or any other source;

(3)  Prepare and distribute prospective loss costs;

(4)  Prepare and distribute factors, calculations orformulas pertaining to classification, territory, increased limits, and othervariables;

(5)  Prepare and distribute manuals of rating rulesand rating schedules that do not include final rates, expenses provisions,profit provisions, or minimum premiums;

(6)  Distribute information that is required ordirected to be filed with the commissioner;

(7)  Conduct research and on-site inspections in orderto prepare classifications of public fire defenses;

(8)  Consult with public officials regarding public fireprotection as it would affect members, subscribers, and others;

(9)  Conduct research and collect statistics in orderto discover, identify, and classify information relating to causes orprevention of losses;

(10)  Prepare policy forms and endorsements and consultwith members, subscribers, and others relative to their use and application;

(11)  Conduct research and on-site inspections for thepurpose of providing risk information relating to individual structures;

(12)  Collect, compile, and distribute past and currentprices of individual insurers and publish that information;

(13)  File final rates, at the direction of thecommissioner, for residual market mechanisms; and

(14)  Furnish any other services, as approved ordirected by the commissioner, related to those enumerated in this section. [L1990, c 255, §3]