WSR 10-16-131

PERMANENT RULES

OFFICE OF

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

[ Insurance Commissioner Matter No. R 2010-03 -- Filed August 4, 2010, 7:36 a.m. , effective September 4, 2010 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: Chapter 230, Laws of 2010, provides that the commissioner must by rule establish a market assistance plan to assist persons located in the geographical area protected by any dam that are unable to purchase excess flood or business interruption insurance in an adequate amount from either the admitted or nonadmitted market. This rule will allow the commissioner to establish this market assistance plan so that excess flood insurance and business interruption insurance is available for sale and issue.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 48.02.060 and sections 14 and 15, chapter 230, Laws of 2010.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-13-144 on June 23, 2010.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: August 3, 2010.

Mike Kreidler

Insurance Commissioner

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Chapter 284-164 WAC

FLOOD INSURANCE


NEW SECTION
WAC 284-164-100   Voluntary flood market assistance plan (MAP).   If the commissioner determines that at least twenty-five or more insurers have volunteered to issue the coverage contemplated by chapter 230, Laws of 2010, the commissioner may require the insurers to form a market assistance plan (MAP) under section 15, chapter 230, Laws of 2010 and this section. The commissioner will list the names of the insurers that have volunteered to participate in the MAP on the commissioner's web site, www.insurance.wa.gov.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 284-164-200   Compulsory participation in market assistance plan (MAP).   (1) Certain companies offering either property insurance, or property and casualty insurance, or both, are required to become members of the market assistance plan (MAP) as established by chapter 230, Laws of 2010.

     (2) The number of companies required to participate in the MAP must be sufficient to fulfill the quota of twenty-five insurers participating in the MAP.

     (3) If the commissioner determines that fewer than twenty-five insurers have volunteered to issue the coverage contemplated by chapter 230, Laws of 2010, the commissioner may require the insurers to participate in a MAP under section 15, chapter 230, Laws of 2010 and this section. The commissioner will identify and notify the additional companies that are required to complete and participate in the MAP and will list their names on the commissioner's web site, www.insurance.wa.gov.

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