§ 515A.8 — Appeal by member or subscriber

Iowa § 515A.8

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 515A: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LIABILITY INSURANCE RATES

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1. Any member or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the commissioner
fromtheactionordecisionofsuchratingorganizationinapprovingorrejectinganyproposed
change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization and the commissioner shall,
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after a hearing held upon not less than ten days’ written notice to the appellant, and to
such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating
organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal
is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition
to its filings, the commissioner may, in the event the commissioner finds that such action
or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an
addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with
the findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.
2. If such appeal is based upon the failure of the rating organization to make a filing on
behalfofsuchmemberorsubscriber, whichisbasedonasystemofexpenseprovisionswhich
differs, in accordance with the right granted in section 515A.3, subsection 1, paragraph “c”,
fromthesystemofexpenseprovisionsincludedinafilingmadebytheratingorganization,the
commissioner shall, if the commissioner grants the appeal, order the rating organization to
make the requested filing for use by the appellant. In deciding such appeal the commissioner
shall apply the standards set forth in section 515A.3.

Legislative History

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §515A.8, 515B.8; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515A.8]