As used in the Insurance Rate Regulation Law:

A. "advisory organization" means an entity, including its affiliates or subsidiaries, 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 the promulgation of policy forms; in ratemaking activities, such as the collection, compilation and furnishing of loss or expense statistics; or in the recommendation, making or filing of rates, prospective loss costs, supplementary rate information, policy forms or endorsements. Two or more insurers having a common ownership or operating in New Mexico under common management or control constitute a single insurer for purposes of this definition;

B. "commercial insurance" means any line or kind of property or casualty insurance not for personal, family or household needs;

C. "market" means any line or kind of insurance or any subdivision thereof or any class of risks or combination of classes;

D. "residual market mechanism" means an arrangement, either voluntary or mandated by law, involving participation by insurers in the equitable apportionment among them of insurance that may be afforded applicants who are unable to obtain insurance through ordinary methods;

E. "reverse competition" means a marketplace situation where the placement of a line, kind or class of insurance with insurers is determined primarily or exclusively by parties other than the policyholders;

F. "supplementary rate information" includes any manual or plan of rates, classification, rating schedule, minimum premium, policy fee, rating rule, underwriting rule and any other information needed to determine the applicable rate in effect or to be in effect; and

G. "supporting information" means:

(1) the experience and judgment of the filer and the experience or data of other insurers or advisory organizations relied upon by the filer;

(2) the interpretation of any other data relied upon by the filer;

(3) descriptions of methods used in making the rates; and

(4) any other information required by the superintendent to be filed.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 300; 2007, ch. 367, § 3.

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, added Subsections A and B; deleted former Subsection B defining "rate service organization"; added Subsection D defining "residual market mechanism"; added Subsection E defining "reverse competition"; and added Subsection G defining "supporting information".