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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76093</law_id><section_number>38.2-3730</section_number><catch_line>Experience reports and adjustment of prima facie rates</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3718</reference><reference>38.2-3725</reference><reference>38.2-3727</reference><reference>38.2-3728</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="37.1">Credit Life Insurance and Credit Accident and Sickness Insurance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> doing <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> business in this Commonwealth shall annually file with the National Association of <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span> a report of credit life and credit accident and sickness written on a calendar year basis. Such report shall utilize the Credit <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> Supplement-Annual Statement Blank as then approved by the National Association of <span class="dictionary">Insurance</span> <span class="dictionary">Commissioners</span>. Such filing shall be made in accordance with and no later than the due date in the Instructions in the Annual Statement. <a id="paragraph-273104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3730/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall, on a triennial basis, recalculate <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> to determine the actual loss ratio for each <span class="dictionary">form</span> of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> and adjust the prima facie <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span>, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credit life insurance rates" href="/38.2-3726/">38.2-3726</a> and <a class="law" title="Credit accident and sickness insurance rates" href="/38.2-3727/">38.2-3727</a>, by applying the ratio of the actual loss ratio to the loss ratio standard set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Policy forms to be filed with Commission; approval or disapproval by Commission" href="/38.2-3725/">38.2-3725</a> to the prima facie <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall publish notice of the adjusted actual statewide prima facie <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> to be used by <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> during the next triennium and provide an opportunity for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. As set forth in this section, the following formula shall be used to adjust the prima facie <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span>:
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			Where PFR is the prima facie <span class="dictionary">rate</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credit life insurance rates" href="/38.2-3726/">38.2-3726</a> and <a class="law" title="Credit accident and sickness insurance rates" href="/38.2-3727/">38.2-3727</a>, the Actual Loss Ratio is the ratio of the incurred claims to the earned premiums at prima facie <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">rates</span></span> for all companies for the preceding three years as reported in the Annual Statement Supplements and the Loss Ratio Standard is the loss ratio provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Policy forms to be filed with Commission; approval or disapproval by Commission" href="/38.2-3725/">38.2-3725</a>. <a id="paragraph-273105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3730/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 586; 2015, c. 11; 2022, c. 412.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
