509.17  Guidelines for rates.

Rates shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:

1.  Rates shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory.

2.  Due consideration shall be given to past and prospective loss experience within and outside this state, to a reasonable margin for underwriting profit and contingencies, to past and prospective expenses both countrywide and those especially applicable to this state, and to all other relevant factors within and outside this state.

3.  The commissioner shall, after a public hearing, approve a reasonable charge or premium for credit accident and health insurance and for credit life insurance as the commissioner deems appropriate and necessary for the implementation of this section.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, § 535.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 509.17]

Section History: Recent form

  90 Acts, ch 1234, §28, 29


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