806 KAR 14:005. Rate and form filing

procedures for life insurers, life settlement providers, and life settlement

brokers.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 304.4-010, 304.14-120,

304.14-190, 304.15-020, 304.15-700

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 304.2-110, EO

2009-535

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: EO

2009-535, signed June 12, 2009, created the Department of Insurance, headed by

the Commissioner of Insurance. KRS 304.2-110(1) authorizes the Executive

Director of the Office of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations

necessary for or as an aid to the effectuation of any provision of the Kentucky

Insurance Code, as defined in KRS 304.1-010. This administrative regulation

establishes rate and form filing procedures for life insurers, life settlement

providers, and life settlement brokers.

 

      Section 1. Definitions. (1) "Commissioner"

means the Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance.

      (2) "Department" means the

Kentucky Department of Insurance, unless context otherwise requires.

      (3) "Life settlement broker" is

defined in KRS 304.15-020(16).

      (4) "Life settlement provider"

is defined in KRS 304.15-020(18).

 

      Section 2. (1) Life and annuity form

filings shall be accompanied by a Life, Annuity, and Credit Transmittal Document,

Form L-TD.

      (2) Life settlement form filings shall be

accompanied by a Life Settlement Transmittal Document, Form LS-TD.

 

      Section 3. An entity may include in a

filing for a particular insurance company any number of forms or documents,

filed together on a particular date, pertaining to a single line of insurance.

 

      Section 4. The period of time in which

the commissioner may approve or disapprove the filing shall not begin until

both the filing and appropriate fee are received by the department.

 

      Section 5. A policy or contract form shall

not be used in Kentucky until:

      (1) It has been approved; and

      (2) If rates for the form are required by

law to be approved, the appropriate rate schedule has been approved.

 

      Section 6. Each form document, including

riders and endorsements, shall be identified by a unique identifying form number

in the lower left-hand corner of each page of the document.

 

      Section 7. If a filing includes a form

which amends, replaces, or supplements a form which has been previously filed

and not disapproved, it shall be accompanied by a letter of explanation from

the filing entity establishing:

      (1) All changes contained in the

newly-filed form;

      (2) Any effect the changes have upon the

hazards purported to be assumed by the policy;

      (3) The rates applicable to the policy,

if required; and

      (4) A revised form number.

 

      Section 8. If a filing is disapproved,

the form numbers used on each form within this filing shall not be used on any

form of a future filing.

 

      Section 9. (1) Facsimile signatures of

company officers, attorneys-in-fact, employees, and representatives shall not

be required and shall not be submitted with any filing.

      (2) A change of signature of the

executing officer on a policy form shall not, because of this change alone,

require a new filing.

 

      Section 10. (1) Life insurance companies,

life settlement providers, and life settlement brokers may file a rate or form

electronically through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' electronic

system for rate and form filings via the Web site www.serff.com.

      (2) An electronic filing as identified in

subsection (1) of this section shall be in lieu of a paper filing.

 

      Section 11. Incorporation by Reference. (1)

The following material is incorporated by reference:

      (a) "Life, Annuity, and Credit

Transmittal Document," Form L-TD, 10/1/2009 edition; and

      (b) "Life Settlement Provider and

Broker Transmittal Document," Form LS-TD, 10/26/2009 edition.

      (2) This material may be inspected,

copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Department of

Insurance, 215 West Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through

Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This material is also available on the department's

internet Web site at http://insurance.ky.gov. (I-14.01; 1 Ky.R.

1081; eff. 7-2-1975; Am. 9 Ky.R. 45; eff. 9-8-1982; 20 Ky.R. 2370; 2779; eff.

4-11-1994; 27 Ky.R. 1342; 1808; eff. 1-15-2001; 29 Ky.R. 562; 954; eff.

10-16-2002; 33 Ky.R. 4258; 34 Ky.R. 740; eff. 11-2-2007; 36 Ky.R. 1995; 2045-A;

eff. 5-7-2010.)