Section 500.2606 - Rate filings; effective date.
THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (EXCERPT)
Act 218 of 1956
500.2606 Rate filings; effective date.
Sec. 2606.
(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 such filing shall state the proposed effective date thereof, and shall indicate the character and extent of the coverage contemplated.
(2) When a filing is not accompanied by the information upon which the insurer supports such filing, and the commissioner does not have sufficient information to determine whether such filing meets the requirements of this chapter, he shall require such insurer to furnish the information upon which it supports such filing and in such event the waiting period shall commence as of the date such information is furnished. The information furnished in support of a filing may include (a) the experience or judgment of the insurer or rating organization making the filing, (b) its interpretation of any statistical data it relies upon, (c) the experience of other insurers or rating organizations, or (d) any other relevant factors.
(3) A filing and any supporting information shall be open to public inspection after the filing becomes effective.
(4) Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, made by a rating organization, shall be filed with the commissioner.
(5) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to make such filings by becoming a member of, or a subscriber to, a licensed rating organization which makes such filings, and by filing with the commissioner a copy of its authorization of the rating organization to make such filings on its behalf. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as requiring any insurer to become a member of or a subscriber to any rating organization.
History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970
Popular Name: Act 218