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304.14-120 Filing and approval of forms.
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No basic insurance policy or annuity contract form, or application form where
written application is required and is to be made a part of the policy or contract,
or printed rider or indorsement form or form of renewal certificate, shall be
delivered, or issued for delivery in this state, unless the form has been filed
with and approved by the commissioner. This provision shall not apply to any
rates filed under Subtitle 17A of this chapter, surety bonds, or to specially rated
inland marine risks, or to policies, riders, indorsements, or forms of unique
character designed for and used with relation to insurance upon a particular
subject, or which relate to the manner or distribution of benefits or to the
reservation of rights and benefits under life or health insurance policies and are
used at the request of the individual policyholder, contract holder, or certificate
holder. As to group insurance policies issued and delivered to an association
outside this state but covering persons resident in this state, all or substantially
all of the premiums for which are payable by the insured members, the group
certificates to be delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall be filed with
and approved by the commissioner.
(a) As to forms for use in property, marine (other than wet marine and
transportation insurance), casualty and surety insurance coverages (other
than accident and health) the filing required by this subsection may be
made by advisory organizations or form providers on behalf of their
members and subscribers; but this provision shall not be deemed to
prohibit any such member or subscriber from filing any such forms on its
own behalf.
(b) Every advisory organization and form provider shall file with the
commissioner for approval every property and casualty policy form and
endorsement before distribution to members, subscribers, customers, or
others.
(c) Every property and casualty insurer shall file with the commissioner
notice of adoption before use of any approved form filed by an advisory
organization or form provider or filed by the insurer pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this subsection.
Every such filing shall be made not less than sixty (60) days in advance of any
such delivery. At the expiration of such sixty (60) days the form so filed shall be
deemed approved unless prior thereto it has been affirmatively approved or
disapproved by order of the commissioner. Approval of any such form by the
commissioner shall constitute a waiver of any unexpired portion of such waiting
period. The commissioner may extend by not more than a thirty (30) day period
within which he or she may so affirmatively approve or disapprove any such
form, by giving notice to the insurer of such extension before expiration of the
initial sixty (60) day period. At the expiration of any such period as so
extended, and in the absence of such prior affirmative approval or disapproval,
any such form shall be deemed approved. The commissioner may at any time,
after notice and for cause shown, withdraw any such approval.
Any order of the commissioner disapproving any such form or any notice of the
commissioner withdrawing a previous approval shall state the grounds therefor
and the particulars thereof in such detail as reasonably to inform the insurer
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thereof. Any such withdrawal of a previously approved form shall be effective at
expiration of such period, not less than thirty (30) days after the giving of the
notice of withdrawal, as the commissioner shall in such notice prescribe.
The commissioner may, by order, exempt from the requirements of this section
for so long as he or she deems proper any insurance document or form or type
thereof as specified in such order to which, in his or her opinion, this section
may not practicably be applied, or the filing and approval of which are, in his or
her opinion, not desirable or necessary for the protection of the public.
Appeals from orders of the commissioner disapproving any such form or
withdrawing a previous approval shall be taken as provided in Subtitle 2 of this
chapter.
For the purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "Advisory organization" has the meaning provided in KRS 304.13-011;
and
(b) "Form provider" has the meaning provided in KRS 304.13-011.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1150, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 380, sec. 21, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 47, effective April 10, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky.
Acts ch. 512, sec. 65, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 322, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 123,
sec. 15, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 301, subtit. 14,
sec. 12, effective June 18, 1970.
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