South Carolina § 38-73-520 - Rate filings required.
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§ 38-73-520. Rate filings required.
Every insurer must file with the department, except as to exempt commercial policies, every manual of classifications, rules, and rates, every rating plan, and every modification of any of these which it proposes to use. The filing exemption shall not apply to loss cost filings by advisory or rating organizations or to the multiplier for expenses, assessments, profit, and contingencies and any modifications to loss costs used by a workers' compensation insurer to be applied to approved loss costs to develop the insurer's rates as provided in Section 38-73-525. Every filing must state the proposed effective date and indicate the character and extent of the coverage contemplated.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-43-440 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-684; 1962 Code SECTION 37-684] recodified as SECTION 38-73-520 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 783; 2000 Act No. 235, SECTION 7; 2002 Act No. 300, SECTION 3, eff January 1, 2003; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt III, SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38-73-520 ("Rate filings required.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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