§1468.  Deviations

A.  Every member of or subscriber to the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana or other rating organization shall adhere to the rates and filings made on its behalf by such organization, except that:

(1)  In case of fire, title, marine, and inland marine insurance to which this Subpart applies, any insurer may make written application to the commissioner of insurance for permission to file a deviation from the class rates, schedules, rating plans, or rules respecting any kind of insurance, or class of risk within a kind of insurance or combination thereof.  Such application shall specify the basis for the modification, and copy thereof shall also be sent simultaneously to such rating organization concerned.

(2)  In the case of casualty insurance to which this Subpart applies, any insurer may make written application to the commissioner of insurance for permission to file a uniform percentage decrease or increase to be applied to the premiums produced by the rating system prescribed or permitted by the commissioner for a kind of insurance, or for a class of insurance which is found by the commissioner to be a proper rating unit for the application of such uniform percentage decrease or increase, or for a subdivision of a kind of insurance (a) comprised of a group of manual classifications which is treated as a separate unit for rate-making purposes, or (b) for which separate expense provisions are included in the rating system prescribed or permitted by the commissioner.  Such application shall specify the basis for the modification and shall be accompanied by the data upon which the applicant relies.

B.  Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 459, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

C.  In considering the application for permission to file such deviation in the case of fire, marine, and inland marine insurance, the commissioner of insurance shall give consideration to the available statistics and the applicable principles for ratemaking as provided in R.S. 22:1464.  The commissioner shall approve such application if the rate sought to be used meets the requirements of R.S. 22:1464(A)(3).

Acts 1958, No. 125.  Amended by Acts 1960, No. 296, §1; Acts 1966, No. 136, §1; Acts 2003, No. 456, §1; Acts 2006, No. 828, §1; Acts 2007, No. 459, §§3 and 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1410 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 703, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

NOTE:  Former R.S. 22:1468 redesignated as R.S. 22:45 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.