Cal. Code Regs. tit. 10 § 2199.2.6

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 2199.2.6 - Filing Requirements

All manuals developed or prepared by an advisory organization, shall be filed with the California Department of Insurance, Rate Regulation Division, Rate Filing Bureau, 1901 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor Mailroom, Oakland, CA 94612, in compliance with the following standards:

(a) All manuals shall be filed with a transmittal letter.

(b) Every transmittal letter shall include the following information:

(1) Name and address of advisory organization

(2) Name, address and telephone number of contact person

(3) Title of the manual submitted

(4) A general description of the manual submitted

(5) Whether the manual revises a manual previously filed with or approved by the Commissioner, and if so. identifying the manual.

(c) All filings shall include the fee set forth in section 2199.2.5.

(d) All filings shall include an original and three (3) copies of the application. Any person desiring an acknowledgment of the filing of an application must so request in their transmittal letter and must furnish an extra copy of the application together with a self-addressed envelope with postage fully prepaid.

(e) Applications filed pursuant to this subchapter shall be typewritten or printed on paper 8- 1/2 inches wide and 11 inches except that exhibits annexed thereto of a larger size shall be folded to the 8- 1/2 inches wide and 11 inches long size. Unless pre-printed, the impression shall be on one side of the paper only. Pages of documents shall be consecutively numbered and fastened together in any suitable manner except plastic binding. Reproduction may be by any process, except facsimile machine, provided that all copies are clear and legible.

(f) All proposed manual(s) must be submitted in an easily readable condition. Printer's proofs, typewritten or photostatic copies, or other legible copies, other than by facsimile transmission, will be accepted. Plastic bound documents will not be accepted.

(g) Any employee of an advisory organization may submit an application on behalf of an advisory organization, provided that the transmittal letter is on the advisory organization's letterhead and is signed in ink and indicates the name and title of the employee.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 2199.2.6

1. New section filed 6-26-96; operative 7-26-96 (Register 96, No. 26).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph filed 8-27-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 35).

Note: Authority cited: Section 12921, Insurance Code; and Calfarm Insurance Company, et al. v. Deukmejian, et al. (1989) 48 Cal.3d 805, 824. Reference: Sections 1855.2 and 1855.5(a), Insurance Code.