Sec. 20.2. (a) Every company and the bureau shall file with the commissioner all minimum premiums, rates, and supplementary rate information that are to be used in Indiana. Such minimum premiums, rates, and supplementary rate information must be submitted to the commissioner at least thirty (30) days before the effective date. The commissioner shall disapprove a filing that does not meet the requirements of section 20.1 of this chapter. A filing shall be deemed approved unless disapproved by the commissioner within thirty (30) days after the filing is made. A company may adopt by reference, with or without deviation, the minimum premiums, rates, and supplementary rate information filed by another company or by the bureau.
(b) Minimum premiums, rates, and supplementary information filed under this section shall be filed in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
(c) There shall accompany each filing adequate proof that notice of the filing has been mailed, by first class United States mail, to each interested person at the person's address as shown on the records of the department.
(d) All material filed by the bureau or any company as part of any official rate filing shall, as soon as filed, be open to the public for inspection and copying under IC 5-14-3. This requirement is not applicable to information and data transmitted to the department or the worker's compensation board, or to both, under section 20 or 40 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.249-1989, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.275-2013, SEC.19.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 7. Special Types of Insurance
Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation
27-7-2-1.1. Purposes of Chapter
27-7-2-1.2. Insurers and Underwriters Subject to Chapter
27-7-2-3. Worker's Compensation Rating Bureau; Membership
27-7-2-4. Rate Filings; Notice
27-7-2-4.5. Premium or Rate Discount for Municipal Corporations or Volunteer Fire Departments
27-7-2-5. Management of Bureau
27-7-2-7. Resolution of Tie Votes
27-7-2-8. Membership in Bureau
27-7-2-9. Charges and Expenses of Bureau; Apportionment; Review
27-7-2-12. Representative of Department; Appointment; Powers and Duties
27-7-2-15. Approval of System of Schedule Rating
27-7-2-18. Exclusion of Physical Impairment of Employees in Rate Making
27-7-2-20. Adherence to Approved Rules, Forms, Plans, and Systems; Annual Reports
27-7-2-20.1. Minimum Premiums and Rates
27-7-2-20.3. Minimum Premiums or Rates; Disapproval
27-7-2-20.4. Arrangements in Restraint of Trade; Presumption; Subsidiary Companies
27-7-2-24. Appointment of Resident Agent for Service of Process
27-7-2-25. Annual License of Rating Bureau
27-7-2-27. Jurisdiction of Courts of Marion County; Review
27-7-2-28. Duty to Insure and Accept Certain Rejected Risks
27-7-2-28.2. Examination of Records; Costs
27-7-2-29. Rejected Risks; Designation of Insurer; Reinsurance
27-7-2-32. Considerations in Designating Insurer to Assume Rejected Risk; Review of Reasons
27-7-2-33. Designated Insurer Carrying Rejected Risk; Additional Inspection; Renewal Rates
27-7-2-34. Information Concerning Rejected Risks; Automatic Insurance
27-7-2-37. Cancellation of Rejected Risk Coverage; Grounds; Effect
27-7-2-37.5. Refund of Dividends, Savings, or Unabsorbed Premium Deposits
27-7-2-38. Violations; Penalties; Suspension or Revocation of License
27-7-2-39. Appointment and Compensation of Personnel; Appropriation
27-7-2-40. Confidential Data; Data Sharing With Department or Worker's Compensation Board