Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the Administrative Law Court from the action or decision of the rating organization in approving or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of the rating organization. The Administrative Law Court shall, after a hearing held before it upon not less than thirty days’ written notice to the appellant and to the rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of the rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to the proposal, or, if the appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, Administrative Law Court may, in the event it finds that the action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings on behalf of its members and subscribers in a manner consistent with its findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of the order.

If the appeal in the case of an insurer to whom the provisions of Article 5 of this chapter are applicable is based upon the failure of the rating organization to make a filing on behalf of the member or subscriber which is based on a system of expense provisions which differs, in accordance with the right granted in item (2) of § 38-73-430, from the system of expense provisions included in a filing made by the rating organization, the Administrative Law Court shall, if it grants the appeal, order the rating organization to make the requested filing for use by the appellant. In deciding the appeal the Administrative Law Court shall apply the standards set forth in § 38-73-430.

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-73-1340

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • insurance: includes annuities. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20

The actual cost to the Administrative Law Court, and the Department of Insurance provided it participates in the hearing, in connection with the appeal may be charged by the Administrative Law Court to the parties making the appeal in any proportion he considers proper and must be immediately paid by the respective parties.