A. The superintendent shall disapprove a rate for use in a competitive market if the superintendent finds that the rate is inadequate or unfairly discriminatory under the rate standards set forth in Section 59A-17-6 NMSA 1978. The superintendent shall disapprove a rate for use in a noncompetitive, reverse competitive or residual market if the superintendent finds that the rate is excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory under the rate standards set forth in Section 59A-17-6 NMSA 1978.
B. The superintendent may at any time disapprove a filing submitted under the "file and use" provisions of Subsection A of Section 59A-17-9 NMSA 1978 after giving notice of hearing pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of Section 59A-4-16 NMSA 1978 to every insurer and advisory organization that adopted the rate.
C. The superintendent may disapprove a filing submitted under the "prior approval" provisions of Subsection B of Section 59A-17-9 NMSA 1978:
(1) without a hearing prior to the expiration of the waiting period or an extension of the waiting period. An insurer or advisory organization whose rates are disapproved under this subsection may request a hearing before the superintendent by filing a written request within thirty days of the date of the disapproval notice; or
(2) at any time after the expiration of the waiting period or an extension of the waiting period, after giving notice of hearing pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of Section 59A-4-16 NMSA 1978 to every insurer and advisory organization that adopted the rate.
D. The superintendent's notice or order of disapproval shall specify the respects in which the rate fails to meet the standards set forth in Section 59A-17-6 NMSA 1978. The notice or order shall state an effective date no sooner than thirty business days after the date of the notice or order when the insurer shall discontinue the use of the rate. The notice or order shall not affect any policy made before the effective date of the notice or order.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 309; 1987, ch. 244, § 5; 2007, ch. 367, § 15.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, rewrote this section.
Law reviews. — For annual survey of New Mexico insurance law, 19 N.M.L. Rev. 717 (1990).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 43 Am. Jur. 2d Insurance §§ 56, 64.
44 C.J.S. Insurance § 15 et seq.