A. Rating organizations shall develop and file for approval with the Insurance Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section, a filing containing advisory prospective loss costs and supporting actuarial and statistical data for workers' compensation insurance. Each insurer shall individually file their own specific profit and expense factors used to determine the final rates it will file for approval and the effective date of any rate changes.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Expenses" means that portion of a rate attributable to acquisition, field supervision, collection expenses, general expenses, taxes, licenses and fees;
2. "Rate" means the cost of insurance per exposure unit, whether expressed as a single number or as a prospective loss cost with an adjustment to account for the treatment of expenses, profit and variations in loss experience, prior to any application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations, and does not include minimum premiums; and
3. "Prospective loss costs" means that portion of a rate that does not include provision for expenses (other than loss adjustment expenses) or profit, and is based on historical aggregate losses and loss adjustment expenses adjusted through development to its ultimate value and projected through trending to a future point in time.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 349, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.