Sec. 20.4. (a) A company or the bureau may not make any arrangement with any other company or other person that has the purpose or effect of restraining trade unreasonably or of substantially lessening competition in the business of insurance.
(b) A company may not agree with any other company or the bureau to adhere to or use any rate, rating plan (other than the experience rating plan), or rating rule except as needed to comply with the requirements of section 20 of this chapter.
(c) The fact that two (2) or more companies use consistently or intermittently the same rules, rating plans, rating schedules, rating rules, policy forms, rate classifications, underwriting rules, surveys, or inspections or similar materials is not sufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement prohibited by subsection (b) exists.
(d) Two (2) or more companies having a common ownership or operating in Indiana under common management or control may act in concert between or among themselves with respect to any matters pertaining to those authorized in this chapter as if they constituted a single company.
As added by P.L.249-1989, SEC.12.
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