Publication of Notices by the Delaware Insurance Department Under 18 Delaware Code § 312

AGENTS BULLETIN NO. 10 PUBLICATION OF NOTICES BY THE DELAWARE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT UNDER 18 DEL. C. § 312 Issued: July 24, 2002 Prior to July 1, 2002, all general notices were sent out by first class mail. A recent change 18 Del. C. § 312, permits the Delaware Insurance Department, as of July 1, 2002, to publish general notices by posting in the Register of Regulations and/or webpage posting (on one or more sites) in addition to or as opposed to solely first class mail. The purpose of this bulletin is to give notice to all licensees that from this point forward, all new or amended regulations, new or revised bulletins, circular letters and other notices will be provided solely through electronic posting. As a matter of policy, bulletins, circular letters and general notices will be posted on the Delaware Insurance Department’s home page at www.state.de.us/inscom as they are promulgated. In addition, all bulletins, circular letters and general notices will be provided to the Delaware Registrar of Regulations who will publish them in the Delaware Register of Regulations on the first of each month following the date of promulgation and submission to the Registrar. Under Delaware Law all regulations are required to be posted in the Register of Regulations and become effective no earlier than ten (10) days following publication. The website for the Register of Regulations can be reached by clicking the online publications link at http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/?Opendatabase. All regulations, bulletins, circular letters and general notices will also be provided to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and, as appropriate, to the National Insurance Producers Registry who will independently determine the public availability of such notices. Every licensee will be responsible for checking either or both of the Delaware websites on a periodic basis to assure that the licensee is up-to-date with respect to the publication and promulgation of new regulations, bulletins, circular letters and other announcements. Donna Lee H. Williams Insurance Commissioner July 24, 2002