California Code of Regulations
Title 10 - Investment
Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner
Subchapter 4.8 - Review of Rates
Article 3 - General Provisions
Section 2643.6 - Interjurisdictional Allocations

Universal Citation: 10 CA Code of Regs 2643.6

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Data shall be submitted with a rate application. Where reliable data exist for California losses, defense and cost containment expenses, ancillary income, commissions, state premium taxes, loss reserves, and unearned premium reserves, those data shall be used. Where data are maintained on a multi-state basis only, or where California data are not reliable, the multi-state data shall be allocated to California as follows:

(1) Defense and cost containment and adjusting and other expenses: By dollars of incurred losses.

(2) Commissions and brokerage: By earned premium.

(3) Taxes, licenses, and fees: By actual statutory tax rate for premium tax; by premium for licenses and fees.

(4) Other Acquisition: By number of written exposures or policies.

(5) General: By number of earned exposures or policies.

For purposes of this subsection, the determination whether data are "reliable" shall be made on the basis of whether the Commissioner finds, under the circumstances, that the data are authentic and believable. In making that finding, the Commissioner shall consider, among other things, whether the data were recorded by persons and under circumstances likely to produce accurate data, whether the data were relied upon by the party in its business, and whether the data are consistent with other data.

(b) Where an insurer submits recorded California data that varies from the California allocation of multi-state data allocated as specified in this section, the Commissioner shall require the insurer to demonstrate the accuracy of the data and to justify any deviation from the insurer's experience in other states. Where the Commissioner finds the demonstration or justification inadequate, the Commissioner shall require the use of allocations rather than the submitted recorded data for California. Where the data are expressed as a percentage of earned premium, and are therefore mathematically related to the other components of premium, and the use of data other than the California allocation of multi-state data is authorized, appropriate adjustments shall be made to any related data and to any applicable regulatory standards.

(c) Where an insurer or the Commissioner elects to disaggregate a line of insurance into commodity and specialty categories pursuant to section 2642.7, allocations between commodity and specialty shall be in the same proportion as specified in subdivision (a) of this section.

1. New section filed 8-13-91 as an emergency; operative 8-13-91 (Register 92, No. 3). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 12-11-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 92, No. 15).
3. New section refiled 2-14-92 as an emergency; operative 2-14-92 (Register 92, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmittted to OAL 6-15-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) and new section filed 3-15-95; operative 3-15-95. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11343(a)(1) (Register 95, No. 11).
5. Amendment of subsections (a), (a)(1) and (c) filed 1-3-2007; operative 4-3-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11340.9(g) (Register 2007, No. 1).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1861.01 and 1861.05, Insurance Code; and 20th Century v. Garamendi, 8 Cal.4th 216 (1994). Reference: Sections 1861.01 and 1861.05, Insurance Code; and Calfarm Insurance Company v. Deukmejian (1989) 48 Cal.3d 805.

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