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LA HB576
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Carter
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AI Summary
- Eliminates the distinction between "competitive" and "noncompetitive" insurance markets, requiring all rates to meet the same standards prohibiting excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory rates
- Redefines "excessive" rates as those likely to produce unreasonably high profits or include expense provisions unreasonably high relative to services rendered, removing the prior exemption that rates in competitive markets could not be considered excessive
- Grants the Commissioner of Insurance authority to disapprove any rate deemed excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory, regardless of market type
- Requires the commissioner to establish interim rates upon insurer request when rate filings are disapproved, with authority to place a portion of premiums in escrow pending final rate determination
- Repeals R.S. 22:1451(D), 1452(C)(4) and (15), 1453, and 1455, which contained definitions and regulations specific to competitive and noncompetitive market classifications
Legislative Description
Provides relative to rates in competitive and noncompetitive markets
INSURANCE/RATES
Last Action
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
4/30/2025
Committee Referrals
Insurance4/4/2025
Full Bill Text
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