TITLE XXXVII
INSURANCE

CHAPTER 420-G
PORTABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND RENEWABILITY OF HEALTH COVERAGE

Section 420-G:12

    420-G:12 Rating Practices and Filings. –
I. Each health carrier shall maintain at its principal place of business a complete and detailed description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation which demonstrate that its rating methods and practices are based upon commonly accepted actuarial assumptions and are in accordance with sound actuarial principles.
II. Each health carrier shall file each March 1, with the commissioner, an actuarial certification stating that the health carrier is in compliance with this section and that the rating methods of the health carrier are actuarially sound.
III. A health carrier shall make the information and documentation described in paragraph I available to the commissioner upon request.
IV. Each health carrier shall provide, at the time it gives a premium quote to a group, a rating disclosure form that identifies the health coverage plan rate and any adjustments to that rate resulting from the application of rating factors, including age, industry, and group size. The health carrier shall submit the rate disclosure form to the department for approval. Health carriers shall provide their insureds with renewal premium quotes at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the policy.

Source. 1997, 344:1. 2006, 125:2, eff. July 14, 2006.