Adoption of Proposed Changes to the Texas Commercial Lines Statistical Plan View or download Stat Plan

Texas Department of Insurance 333 Guadalupe Street P.O. Box 149104 Austin, Texas 78714-9104 512/463-6169 June 16, 1999 COMMISSIONER’S BULLETIN #B-0030-99 Statistical Bulletin No. 48 TO: All Insurers Writing Commercial Lines Insurance in Texas RE: Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Texas Commercial Lines Statistical Plan *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** Please read carefully and distribute to appropriate personnel handling statistical reporting. Commissioner’s Order 99-0856, issued on June 16, 1999, adopted amendments to the Texas Commercial Lines Statistical Plan (Stat Plan) as proposed by the staff of the Texas Department of Insurance. The Commissioner adopted amendments to: make revisions to company reporting instructions to correct the name and address of TDI's Commercial Lines Statistical Agent; require that unused portions of numeric and alphanumeric fields be zero filled; require that insurers report data via diskette in ASCII fixed-length format only; remove references to Annual Statement Line 25 (Glass); add a footnote for Commercial Automobile Employer's Non-ownership classes to indicate that these classes are not applicable for Liability Assigned Risks; update General Liability Premises & Operations and Products & Completed Operations classes, exposure bases and codes; add ISO Texas Fire Subline Codes; modify descriptions for Time Element coverage codes on run-off transactions; add Basic Group II construction definitions and rating categories; clarify that construction definitions and classes for all coverages other than those including wind should reflect fire construction criteria; add class codes for Bobtail and Deadhead coverages as part of Special Types; add class codes for Commercial Automobile Special Types under Leasing and Rental Concerns and for short term motorcycles, motorbikes and similar vehicles; add a class code under Commercial Automobile Special Types for Rental Car Companies; and make minor editorial changes to various fields and statistical codes for clarification purposes. All amendments and associated changes to the Stat Plan reporting requirements are effective for the reporting of 3rd quarter 1999 experience. Please replace the current same numbered pages with the attached revised pages in the Stat Plan. Changes are noted with strike-through or underline marks as applicable. Questions relating to this bulletin should be directed to the undersigned at (512) 475-3026. Sincerely, Gary Gola Special Projects Director Technical Analysis (MC 105-5S)