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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 3LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES
SUBCHAPTER TMINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICIES
RULE §3.3307Loss Ratio Standards and Refund or Credit of Premiums
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      (ii) expected to result in a loss ratio at least as great as that originally anticipated in the rates used to produce current premium by the issuer for the Medicare supplement insurance policies or contracts.

    (B) No premium adjustment that would modify the loss ratio experience under the policy, other than the adjustments described in this subsection, should be made with respect to a policy at any time other than on its renewal date or anniversary date.

    (C) If an issuer fails to make premium adjustments that are acceptable to the Commissioner, the Commissioner may order premium adjustments, refunds, or premium credits deemed necessary to achieve the loss ratio required by this section.

  (2) Any appropriate riders, endorsements, or policy forms needed to accomplish the Medicare supplement insurance modifications necessary to eliminate benefit duplications with Medicare must be filed. The riders, endorsements, or policy forms must provide a clear description of the Medicare supplement benefits provided by the policy or contract.

(h) Maintenance of data. Incurred claims and earned premium experience must be maintained for each policy form with business in force in Texas, by calendar year of issue, and must be made available to the department.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.3307 adopted to be effective June 1, 1982, 7 TexReg 1303; amended to be effective February 14, 1990, 15 TexReg 540; amended to be effective December 1, 1990, 15 TexReg 6594; amended to be effective April 15, 1992, 17 TexReg 2238; amended to be effective January 1, 1997, 21 TexReg 10753; amended to be effective May 10, 2005, 30 TexReg 2669; amended to be effective June 13, 2018, 43 TexReg 3787; amended to be effective August 9, 2021, 46 TexReg 4856

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