IN THE MATTER OF: Rates for Credit Property Insurance Sold in Conjunction with Loans Subject to 1966 S.C. Act No. 988 --- Approved Rate for 2022 Basic Statistical Plan
This matter comes before me for final approval of rates for credit property insurance sold in conjunction with loans subject to the South Carolina Consumer Protection Code. Pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. Section 34-29-10, et seq. (I 976, as amended) and 25A S.C. Code Ann. Reg. 69-1 I.I (1976, as amended), this Order sets and establishes rates for use during 2022 for property insurance sold in conjunction with loans subject to Act No. 988 of 1966 of the Consumer Protection Code.
I, Raymond G. Farmer, Director of Insurance, having fully considered and reviewed the recommendations of staff, together with all written submissions, applicable rebuttals, and all other relevant documents, and further, being fully advised on all premises, hereby find and conclude:
The tentative rates for the above-referenced insurance products were reviewed along with other pertinent data by South Carolina Department of Insurance (Department) actuaries. The tentative rates were published in Department Bulletin Number 2021-04, with notice that any insurer which felt aggrieved by such rates would have 15 days to request a public hearing. The Department did not receive a hearing request. Moreover, no insurer took exception to the information contained in the bulletin about the tentative rates. Accordingly, the Department's actuarial staff recommended the approval of the tentative rates for 2022.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the rates for 2022 expressed as a percentage of the total amount of the loan are as follows:
Coverage Approved Rates
Automobile, Fire and Theft – Single Interest 0.68 percent
Automobile Collision – Single Interest 2.54 percent
Household Goods – Single Interest 5.81 percent
Household Goods – Dual Interest 0.75 percent
Based on premiums earned in 2020, the overall impact would be a decrease of nine and five-tenths percent (-9.5%).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Basic Statistical Plan must consist of the submission of the information required by 25A S.C. Code Ann. Reg. 69-11.1 (1976, as amended) for property insurance. Submission of the Credit Insurance Experience Exhibit filed in conjunction with the Annual Statement will satisfy this requirement. Each insurer must notify the Department
by December pt of each year of the insurer's intention to use rates no higher than those promulgated. Please submit the required notice to:
Will Davis, FCAS, MAAA
P & C Actuary
South Carolina Department of Insurance
1201 Main Street, Suite 1000
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
This order shall take effect immediately.
Raymond G. Farmer
Director
Columbia, SC
October 1, 2021