Montana Code 33-16-1023. Membership in advisory organization
33-16-1023. Membership in advisory organization. (1) The commissioner shall designate one workers’ compensation advisory organization to assist the commissioner in gathering, compiling, and reporting relevant statistical information. Each workers’ compensation insurer shall record and report its workers’ compensation experience to the designated advisory organization as set forth in the uniform statistical plan approved by the commissioner.
Terms Used In Montana Code 33-16-1023
- Advisory organization: means a person or organization that either has two or more member insurers or is controlled either directly or indirectly by two or more insurers and that assists insurers in ratemaking-related activities. See Montana Code 33-16-1008
- Classification system: means the plan, system, or arrangement for recognizing differences in exposure to hazards among industries, occupations, or operations of insurance policyholders. See Montana Code 33-16-1008
- Experience rating: means a rating procedure using past insurance experience of the individual policyholder to forecast future losses by measuring the policyholder's loss experience against the loss experience of policyholders in the same classification to produce a prospective premium credit, debit, or unity modification. See Montana Code 33-16-1008
- Insurer: means a person licensed to write workers' compensation insurance as a plan No. See Montana Code 33-16-1008
- Statistical plan: means the plan, system, or arrangement that is used in collecting data. See Montana Code 33-16-1008
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2)Each workers’ compensation insurer must be a member or subscriber of the designated workers’ compensation advisory organization. Each workers’ compensation insurer may adhere to the policy forms filed by the advisory organization.
(3)Each workers’ compensation insurer shall adhere to a uniform classification system and uniform experience rating plan that has been filed by the designated advisory organization with the commissioner and approved by the commissioner.
(4)Each workers’ compensation insurer shall use the forms and adhere to the rules that the designated advisory organization shall develop and file with the commissioner. The forms and rules must be reasonably related to the recording and reporting of data pursuant to the uniform statistical plan, the uniform experience rating plan, and the uniform classification system.
(5)The methodology of the experience rating plan required under subsection (3) must be based on:
(a)reasonable eligibility standards;
(b)incentives for loss prevention; and
(c)a premium differential to encourage safety.
(6)The designated advisory organization or an insurer may file rating plans with the commissioner that provide for prospective or retrospective premium adjustment based on an insured’s expected or actual loss experience, including but not limited to scheduled rating adjustments, retrospective rating plans, optional deductible plans under 39-71-435, a construction industry premium credit plan under 39-71-2211, or other plans as authorized by statute or approved by the commissioner.