South Carolina § 38-73-340 Rate filings required.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-73-340 — Rate filings required.

South Carolina § 38-73-340

Title 38INSURANCE

Ch. 73PROPERTY, CASUALTY, INLAND MARINE, AND SURETY RATES AND RATE-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-73-340 (2026).

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Every insurer shall file with the department, except as to inland marine risks which by general custom of the business are not written according to manual rates or rating plans and except as to exempt commercial policies, every manual, minimum, or class rate, rating schedule or rating plan, and every other rating rule and every modification of any of these which it proposes to use. The filing exemption shall not apply to loss cost filings by advisory or rating organizations. Every filing shall state the proposed effective date and shall indicate the character and extent of coverage contemplated. Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, made by a rating organization, must be filed with the department.

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Every insurer shall file with the department, except as to inland marine risks which by general custom of the business are not written according to manual rates or rating plans and except as to exempt commercial policies, every manual, minimum, or class rate, rating schedule or rating plan, and every other rating rule and every modification of any of these which it proposes to use. The filing exemption shall not apply to loss cost filings by advisory or rating organizations. Every filing shall state the proposed effective date and shall indicate the character and extent of coverage contemplated. Specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, made by a rating organization, must be filed with the department.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-43-340 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-674; 1962 Code SECTION 37-674] recodified as SECTION 38-73-340 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 783; 2000 Act No. 235, SECTION 6; 2002 Act No. 300, SECTION 2, eff January 1, 2003. ARTICLE 5 Casualty and Surety Rates