Filing Fees

PURPOSE: This rule prescribes forms and procedures to be followed in proceedings before the insurance department involving the filing of forms with the Property and Casualty section. (1) For the purposes of assessing a fee for the filing of all forms, rates and rules required to be filed with the Property and Casualty section of the Department of Commerce and Insurance, the following shall be considered a filing: (A) The submission by or for an insurance company of any policy form, endorsement, rates or rules shall be considered a filing; (B) If any combination of the items mentioned in subsection (1)(A) is submitted together, this combination shall constitute a single filing if the items contained are interdependent and apply to the same class of insurance; (C) A subsequent submission of any of the items mentioned in subsection (1)(A), which amends or replaces a previous filing, shall be considered a separate filing, including, but not limited to, reference filings and rate deviation filings; (D) If any insurance company which is a member of a group of related insurance companies makes a filing on behalf of any or all of the companies in that group, the filing shall be considered as a separate filing for each of the companies on behalf of which the filing was made and each of those companies shall pay a filing fee; and (E) Any filing resubmitted to comply with requests or requirements of Department of Commerce and Insurance personnel shall not be considered a new filing. AUTHORITY: sections 287.310, 374.045, 374.230, 375.920, 376.405, 376.675, 376.777, 379.160 and 379.321, RSMo 1986.* This rule was previously filed as 4 CSR 190-10.110(2). Emergency rule filed Nov. 12, 1982, effective Dec. 1, 1982, expired March 31, 1983. Original rule filed Dec. 14, 1982, effective April 11, 1983. Non-substantive change filed Sept. 11, 2019, published Oct. 31, 2019. *Original authority: 287.310, RSMo 1939; 374.045, RSMo 1967; 374.230, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1967; 375.920, RSMo 1979; 376.405, RSMo 1959; 376.675, RSMo 1963; 376.777, RSMo 1959; 379.160, RSMo 1939, amended 1957, 1963; and 379.321, RSMo 1972.