N.M. Admin. Code § 13.18.3.13
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024
Section 13.18.3.13 - FILING AND APPROVAL OF FORMS AND RATESA. All policy forms and certificates of insurance to be delivered or issued for delivery in this state, and the schedules of premium rates pertaining to them, shall, pursuant to Sections 59A-17-9 and 59A-18-12 NMSA 1978, be filed with and approved by the superintendent prior to use in this state.B. Policy forms applicable to creditor-placed insurance for motor vehicles shall not require deductibles lower than one hundred dollars ($100).C. Policy forms applicable to creditor-placed insurance for mobile homes, manufactured housing and real property shall not require deductibles lower than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).D. For each type of collateral, insurers shall file a schedule of premium rates that is not unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided by the form to which the schedule applies. Types of collateral include, but are not limited to, real property, motor vehicles, mobile homes, and other personal property. A premium rate or schedule of premium rates that produces or may reasonably be expected to produce a loss ratio of less than fifty percent shall be presumed to be unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided.E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the superintendent from approving other loss ratios that may be found reasonable. An insurer may file a rate that produces or may reasonably be expected to produce a loss ratio of less than fifty percent provided that the provision in the rate for commissions, acquisition costs, insurance tracking, expense reimbursement to creditors, and all similar expenses incurred directly or indirectly does not exceed thirty percent.N.M. Admin. Code § 13.18.3.13
1/1/99; 3/1/99; 5/1/99; Recompiled 11/30/01, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 14, July 24, 2018, eff. 7/24/2018