Section 2218.10 - Forms Requiring Prior Substantive Review(a) This regulation shall control the filing of all group and blanket life and group disability insurance documents required by law to be filed by the Sections cited in Ins. C. § 10191 except the following which must submitted for prior substantive review in accord with contemporary Department standards:(1) Document filings involving concepts of insurance or types of coverage which may be considered as uncommon or unusual and which are not encompassed in any form of the insurer authorized by this Department at the time of the said filing, nor in any form filed in this State from which the submitted form has been copied.(2) Documents proposed for use in transacting either group life, group disability, blanket life insurance in California, where the submitting insurer has not been: (A) admitted to transact the relevant classes of business in California, and(B) actively transacting the type of insurance in question in California for three years prior to the date of the submission, unless and until such prior substantive review is expressly waived by the Commissioner in writing.(b) The Commissioner may for reasonable cause and upon written notice to the insurer reinstate a prior substantive approval requirement as to an insurer for whatever length of time the Commissioner has reasonable cause to require such prior substantive approval in the interest of the public.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 10, § 2218.10
1. Amendment of section and new NOTE filed 2-11-97; operative 3-13-97 (Register 97, No. 7).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20. Note: Authority cited: Sections 10191 and 10327, Insurance Code. Reference: Sections 1320, 10112.5, 10205, 10225, 10270, 10270.1, 10270.3, 10270.5, 10270.507, 10270.57, 10270.9 and 10290, Insurance Code.
1. Amendment of section and new Note filed 2-11-97; operative 3-13-97 (Register 97, No. 7).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.