Ins 3.25(11)(11) Choice of insurer. When credit life insurance or credit accident or sickness insurance is required as additional security for any indebtedness, the debtor shall, upon request to the creditor, have the option of furnishing the required amount of insurance through existing policies of insurance owned or controlled by the debtor or of procuring and furnishing the required coverage through any insurer authorized to transact insurance business within this state.

Ins 3.25(12)(a)(a) Every credit insurer shall file with the commissioner every maximum premium rate schedule applicable to credit life or credit accident and sickness insurance in this state at least 30 days before the proposed effective date.

Ins 3.25(12)(b)(b) The benefits provided under a credit life or credit accident and sickness insurance form shall be presumed to be reasonable in relation to the premium rate charged if the premium rates filed do not exceed the prima facie premium rate standards set forth in subs. (14) and (15) and if the forms provide benefits which are no more restrictive than the coverage standards enumerated in subs. (14) and (15).

Ins 3.25(12)(c)(c) Nothing in this subsection shall preclude an insurer from requesting approval of the commissioner for premium rates higher or lower than the prima facie rate standards on the basis of the credible mortality or morbidity actually experienced or reasonably anticipated.

Ins 3.25(13)(a)(a) An insurer that files rates or has rates on file that are not in excess of the prima facie rates may use those rates without further proof of their reasonableness.

Ins 3.25(13)(b)(b) The initial prima facie premium rates are as shown in subs. (14) and (15) for the plans and benefits described in these subsections and shall remain in effect through December 31, 1990.

Ins 3.25(13)(bm)(bm)

Ins 3.25(13)(bm)1.1. The initial basic loss ratio for credit life insurance, as shown in par. (d), shall remain in effect through December 31, 1995. Effective January 1, 1996, the commissioner shall adopt a basic loss ratio for credit life insurance that reflects a specific allowance for expenses. The expense factor adopted effective January 1, 1996, shall remain effective for a period of ten (10) years. At the end of ten (10) years the factor will be reviewed for possible adjustment.

Ins 3.25(13)(bm)2.2. This new loss ratio and the resultant new prima facie credit life premium rates shall remain effective until December 31, 1999. Effective January 1, 2000, the credit life premium rates shall be subject to adjustment every three years as outlined in par. (c). These periodic adjustments of the credit life premium rates shall only be based on differences in claim costs. Any new basic loss ratio resulting from a change in claim costs will be provided with the written notice of the prima facie premium rates to be used for the next three-year period.

Ins 3.25(13)(c)(c) On or before October 1, 1990, and each 3 years after that, except that the initial prima facie credit life rates adopted under par. (bm) shall remain effective until December 31, 1999, the commissioner shall give written notice to all authorized insurers specifying the prima facie premium rates to be effective for the three-year period beginning on the next January 1. Such rates shall be determined based on experience data submitted by all insurers pursuant to sub. (19) for the immediately preceding 3 calendar years and shall be calculated as follows:

Ins 3.25(13)(c)1.1. For each category of coverage specified in par. (d) or (e), total prima facie earned premium and total incurred claims shall be calculated for each year for all insurers.

Ins 3.25(13)(c)2.2. If, for any category of coverage, the prima facie premium rate in effect at any time during the three-year period differs from that in effect at the end of the three-year period, prima facie premiums for that category of coverage shall be adjusted to reflect what the prima facie premium would have been if the prima facie premium rate in effect at the end of the three-year period had been in effect throughout the full three-year period;

Ins 3.25(13)(c)3.3. For each category of coverage, the resulting data are summed separately for the total 3 years for prima facie earned premium and for incurred claims;

Ins 3.25(13)(c)4.a.a. Total credit life insurance data are computed by summing the data for single life coverage and joint life coverage separately for prima facie earned premium and for incurred claims;

Ins 3.25(13)(c)4.b.b. Total credit life insurance incurred claims are divided by total credit life insurance prima facie earned premiums to determine the credit life insurance loss ratio at prima facie rates, rounded to 3 decimal places; and

Ins 3.25(13)(c)4.c.c. Prior to January 1, 1996, the credit life insurance loss ratio at prima facie rates is divided by the basic loss ratio for credit life insurance. The quotient, rounded to 2 decimal places, is the credit life insurance adjustment factor; and

Ins 3.25(13)(c)4.d.d. Effective January 1, 1996, and thereafter, the single premium uniformly decreasing single life credit life insurance prima facie rate is the quotient of the following formula rounded to 2 decimal places:

where Claim Costs are calculated by dividing total credit life insurance incurred claims by total credit life insurance prima facie earned premiums and multiplying the result by the current prima facie rate, rounded to 3 decimal places, and the other factors in the formula remain fixed until changed as outlined in par. (bm).

Ins 3.25(13)(c)5.5. The credit accident and sickness insurance adjustment factor is determined using the same procedure specified in subd. 4., except that:

Ins 3.25(13)(c)5.a.a. Data for the specifically described categories of credit accident and sickness insurance are summed separately for prima facie earned premium and for incurred claims;

Ins 3.25(13)(c)5.b.b. A composite credit accident and sickness insurance basic loss ratio is computed as the average of the basic loss ratio for each category of coverage weighted by the corresponding proportionate amount of prima facie earned premium for that category of coverage; and

Ins 3.25(13)(c)5.c.c. If the quotient of the credit accident and sickness loss ratio at prima facie rates divided by the composite credit accident and sickness basic loss ratio is greater than .95 and less than 1.05, the credit accident and sickness adjustment factor shall be 1.00.

Ins 3.25(13)(c)6.6. Prior to January 1, 1996, for single premium uniformly decreasing single life credit life insurance coverage, the new prima facie premium rate per $100 of initial indebtedness per year equals the prima facie premium rate then in effect multiplied by the credit life insurance adjustment factor, rounded to the nearest cent. Effective January 1, 1996, this rate will be the rate calculated under subd. 4. d. This new prima facie premium rate is then multiplied by the following factors to derive the new prima facie premium rate for the indicated plan:

Ins 3.25(13)(c)6.a.a. 1.85 for the single premium rate per $100 per year for level coverage on a single life, rounded to the nearest cent; or

Ins 3.25(13)(c)6.b.b. 1.54 for the monthly premium rate per $1,000 outstanding balance coverage, rounded to the nearest one-tenth cent.

Ins 3.25(13)(c)7.7. For credit accident and sickness coverage, the new prima facie premium rate per $100 initial coverage for each category of coverage and for each duration equals the then currently effective prima facie premium rate per $100 for the same category of coverage and duration multiplied by the credit accident and sickness insurance adjustment factor, rounded to the nearest cent.