(a) Every insurer shall maintain records for each agent of that agent’s amount of replacement sales as a percent of the agent’s total annual sales and the amount of lapses of long-term care insurance policies sold by the agent as a percent of the agent’s total annual sales.
(b) Every insurer shall report annually by June 30, the 10 percent of its agents in the state with the greatest percentage of lapses and replacements as measured by subdivision (a).
(c) Every insurer shall report annually by June 30, the number of lapsed policies as a percent of its total annual sales in the state, as a percent of its total number of policies in force in the state, and as a total number of each policy form in the state, as of the end of the preceding calendar year.
(d) Every insurer shall report annually by June 30, the number of replacement policies sold as a percent of its total annual sales in the state and as a percent of its total number of policies in force in the state as of the end of the preceding calendar year.
(e) Reported replacement and lapse rates do not alone constitute a violation of insurance laws or imply wrongdoing. The reports are for the purpose of reviewing more closely agent activities regarding the sale of long-term care insurance.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 426, Sec. 7. (SB 712) Effective January 1, 2012.)