CHAPTER Ins 3300 INSURANCE SCORES
Statutory Authority: RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA 412:15, III(b); RSA
412:43, I
PART Ins 3301 USE OF INSURANCE SCORES
Ins 3301.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to specify:
(a) The conditions
that are required to be met before insurers may use insurance scores or
information from consumer reports to determine underwriting eligibility or in
rating and pricing of private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance; and
(b) The obligations
of insurers with respect to providing information and assistance to consumers.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3301.02 Scope.
(a) This chapter
shall apply to any property and casualty insurer that
is:
(1) Licensed to write private passenger
automobile and homeowners insurance;
(2) Required to submit rate, rule, and policy
form filings to the commissioner; and
(3) Using an insurance score or information
obtained from a consumer report for underwriting purposes, including
declinations, or rating purposes.
(b) For the purposes
of this chapter, homeowners insurance shall include dwelling insurance for
owner occupied one-family to 4-family buildings.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3301.03 Definitions.
(a) “Adverse action”
means:
(1) A denial of, refusal to renew, or
cancellation of any private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance
policy;
(2) Charging an initial rate that is higher than
the rate the consumer would have received if the company had not taken credit
information into account; or
(3) An increase in any premium charge for, or a
reduction of, or other adverse or unfavorable change in the terms of coverage
or amount of, any private passenger or homeowners insurance.
(b)
“Affiliated insurer” means an insurer that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with another insurer.
(c)
“Applicant” means an individual who seeks to obtain a private passenger
automobile or homeowners insurance policy with an insurer.
(d) “Consumer” means
an individual who in this state seeks to obtain, obtains, or has obtained
private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance.
(e) “Consumer report’
means a credit report or any other communication of any information by a
consumer reporting agency that:
(1) Bears on a consumer's creditworthiness,
credit standing, or credit capacity; and
(2) Is used or collected or
expected to be used or expected to be collected as a factor in establishing the
consumer's underwriting eligibility or rating for private passenger automobiles
or homeowners insurance.
(f) “Consumer
reporting agency” means any person or entity that, for monetary fees, dues, or
on a cooperative non-profit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the
practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other
information for the purpose of furnishing a consumer report to third parties.
(g) “Control” means
the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct, or cause the
direction of, the management and business policies of an insurer, regardless of
whether the power is exercised by:
(1) Ownership of voting securities or of
securities convertible into voting securities;
(2) Contract, other than a commercial contract
for goods or non-management services; or
(3) Any other means.
(h) “Credit
information” means information related to a consumer's credit contained in a
consumer report, credit report, or other document.
(i) “Credit report”
means a report issued by a consumer reporting agency bearing on the consumer's
creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity.
(j) “Insurance
score” means a score that is derived by utilizing data from an individual’s
consumer report in an algorithm, computer program, model, or other process that
reduces the data to a numeric or alphabetical, or similar coding.
(k) “Private
passenger automobile insurance” means a policy of insurance sold to eligible
risks as defined in Ins 1402.02(c) covering motor vehicles as defined in Ins
1402.02(h).
(l) “Producer” means
a person or business entity licensed under RSA 402-J.
(m) “Rating” means
the establishment of base rates, classification factors, modifications to rates
or factors, or tier placement, and any other factors used to determine the
premium or price charged to the consumer for the insurance coverage requested.
(n) “Tier” means a
rating or underwriting category within a single insurer or group of affiliated
insurers into which consumers with similar risk characteristics are placed for
purposes of determining a premium or rate.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3301.04 Waiver of Rules.
(a) The
commissioner, upon the commissioner’s own initiative or upon request by an
insurer, shall waive any requirement of this chapter if such waiver does not
contradict the objective or intent of the rule and:
(1) Applying the rule provision would cause
confusion or would be misleading to consumers;
(2) The rule provision is in whole or in part
inapplicable to the given circumstances;
(3) There are specific circumstances unique to
the situation such that strict compliance with the
rule would be onerous without promoting the objective or intent of the rule
provision; or
(4) Any other similar extenuating circumstances
exist such that application of an alternative standard or procedure better
promotes the objective or intent of the rule
provision.
(b) No requirement
prescribed by statute shall be waived unless expressly authorized by law.
(c) Any person or
entity seeking a waiver shall make a request in writing.
(d) A request for a
waiver shall specify the basis for the waiver and proposed alternative, if any.
Source. #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART
Ins 3302 WRITTEN STANDARDS ON OBTAINING
AN INSURANCE SCORE OR A CONSUMER REPORT
Ins 3302.01 Written
Standards.
(a)
If an insurance score or information from a consumer report is used in
determining the underwriting
eligibility or in the rating of private passenger automobile or homeowners
insurance, the insurer shall establish written standards for determining when
to obtain an insurance score or consumer report.
(b) Such standards shall include provisions which
state that the insurer shall not obtain an insurance score or consumer report
based in whole or in part on:
(1) Any attribute enumerated in RSA 417:4,
VIII(e);
(2) The following attributes not enumerated in
RSA 417:4, VIII(e):
a. Income;
b. Sexual orientation;
c. Gender;
d. Religion;
e. Blindness; or
f. Any other physical handicap or disability.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04; ss
by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART
Ins 3303 USE OF INSURANCE SCORES AND
CONSUMER REPORT INFORMATION IN UNDERWRITING
Ins 3303.01 Use in Underwriting.
(a) If an insurer uses insurance scores or
information from consumer reports for the purpose of underwriting private
passenger automobile or homeowners insurance, the insurance score shall be
established and used in a manner that:
(1) Is not contrary to the provisions of RSA
417-A and RSA 417-B;
(2) Is not contrary to the provisions of RSA
417:4, VIII(e) or based in whole or in part on:
a. Income;
b. Sexual orientation;
c. Gender;
d. Religion;
e. Blindness; or
f. Any other physical handicap or disability;
(3) Is in accordance with the company's filed
underwriting guidelines; and
(4) Otherwise complies with this chapter, RSA 412
and RSA 417.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3304 USE OF INSURANCE SCORES AND CONSUMER REPORT
INFORMATION IN RATEMAKING
Ins 3304.01 Ratemaking
Use.
(a) The use of an
insurance score or information from consumer reports in rating private
passenger automobile or homeowners insurance shall:
(1) Not result in rates that are excessive,
inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory; and
(2) Otherwise comply with this rule and RSA
412:15, III and RSA 417:4, VIII(g).
(b) If an insurer
uses an insurance score or information from consumer reports in rating private
passenger automobile or homeowners insurance, the insurer shall update the
insurance score or consumer report with current credit information at least
once every 36 months from the last time the insurer obtained current credit
information for the consumer, provided however, no insurer need obtain current
credit related information for a consumer, if one of the following applies:
(1) The consumer is in the most favorably-priced
tier of the insurer, or if the policy is issued from an insurer within a group
of affiliated insurers, then the most favorably-priced tier within that group
of affiliated insurers. However, the
insurer shall have the discretion to order such report, if consistent with its
filed
underwriting guidelines;
(2) Information from a consumer report was not
used for underwriting eligibility or rating such consumer when the policy was
initially written. However, the insurer
shall have the discretion to use information from a consumer report for
underwriting eligibility or rating such consumer upon renewal, if consistent
with its filed underwriting guidelines;
(3) The insurer re-evaluates the consumer
beginning no later than 36 months after inception and thereafter based upon
other underwriting eligibility or rating factors, excluding credit information;
or
(4) The insurer is otherwise treating the
consumer in accordance with written standards and procedures which have been
filed and approved by the commissioner, including those which include a
phase-out of the use of credit information after initial issuance of a policy.
(c) An insured may
request the policy to be re-rated using current insurance scoring or consumer
report information if:
(1) The insured has corrected information on
their consumer report; or
(2) The insurer uses
insurance scores based on credit information or consumer reports to establish
renewal premium, the request is made prior to the renewal offer, and only once
every 12 months.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3305 PROHIBITED USE
OF CERTAIN CREDIT FACTORS IN RATING OR UNDERWRITING
Ins 3305.01 Prohibited Factors.
(a) No insurer, as part of their underwriting or
rating of homeowners or private passenger automobile insurance policies, shall
use any of the following in any insurance scoring methodology, or in reviewing
the consumer report of any consumer:
(1) Credit inquiries not initiated by the
consumer, including inquiries associated with unsolicited promotional offers
for credit cards or other financial instruments and services;
(2) Inquiries requested by the consumer for his
or her own credit information;
(3) Credit inquiries related to insurance
coverage, if so identified on the records of the consumer reporting agency;
(4) The dollar amount of a consumer's available
credit, unless this amount is being considered in the calculation of the
consumer's ratio of debt to total available line of credit;
(5) Collection accounts with
medical industry code, if so identified on the records of the consumer
reporting agency;
(6) Accounts or transactions
that have been identified as associated with an unresolved or confirmed case of
identity theft;
(7) Multiple lender inquiries, if coded by the
consumer reporting agency on the consumer's credit report as being from the
home mortgage industry and made within 30 days of one another, unless only one
inquiry is considered; and
(8) Multiple lender inquiries, if coded by the
consumer reporting agency on the consumer's credit report as being from the
automobile lending industry and made within 30 days of one another, unless only
one inquiry is considered.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3305.02 Extraordinary
Life Circumstances.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, an
insurer that uses credit information shall, on written request from an
applicant for insurance coverage or an insured, provide reasonable exceptions
to the insurer's rates, rating classification, company or tier placement, or
underwriting rules or guidelines for a consumer who has experienced and whose
credit information has been directly influenced by any of the following events:
(1) Catastrophic event, as declared by the
federal or state government;
(2) Serious illness or injury, or serious illness
or injury to an immediate family member;
(3) Death of a spouse, child, or parent;
(4) Divorce or involuntary interruption of
legally-owed alimony or support payments;
(5) Identity theft;
(6) Temporary loss of
employment for a period of 3 months or more, if it results from involuntary
termination;
(7) Military deployment overseas; or
(8) Other events, as determined by the insurer.
(b) If an applicant
or insured submits a request for an exception as set forth in Ins 3305.02 (a),
an insurer may, in its sole discretion:
(1) Require the consumer to
provide reasonable, written, and independently verifiable documentation of the
event;
(2) Require the consumer to demonstrate that the
event had direct and meaningful impact on the consumer's credit information;
(3) Require such request be
made no more than 60 days from the date of the application for insurance or the
policy renewal;
(4) Grant an exception despite the consumer not
providing the initial request for an exception in writing; or
(5) Grant an exception where the consumer asks
for consideration of repeated events or the insurer has considered this event
previously.
(c) An insurer is
not out of compliance with any law or rule relating to underwriting, rating, or
rate filing as a result of granting an exception under this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
provide a consumer or other insured with a course of action that does not exist
in the absence of this section.
(d) The insurer shall provide notice to consumers that
reasonable exceptions are available and information about how the consumer may
inquire further.
(e) Within 30 days of the insurer's receipt of
sufficient documentation of an event described in Ins 3305.02(a), the insurer
shall inform the consumer of the outcome of their request for a reasonable
exception. Such communication shall be
in writing or provided to an applicant in the same medium as the request.
Source. #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3306 FILING OF UNDERWRITING MODELS
Ins 3306.01 Underwriting
Filing Required.
(a) If an insurer
uses insurance scores or information from consumer reports to underwrite new or
renewal private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance business, its
underwriting models shall be filed with the commissioner in accordance with RSA
412:15, III and RSA 412:16.
(b) The filing shall
include:
(1) The characteristics or
factors of insurance scores or consumer reports used in the underwriting
process; and
(2) The underwriting eligibility guidelines
specifically related to the use of insurance scores or information from
consumer reports by the insurer.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by 9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3307 FILING OF RATES
Ins 3307.01 Rate
Filing Required.
(a) If an insurer
uses an insurance score or information from consumer reports in rating new or
renewal private passenger automobile or homeowners insurance business, its
rates and related rating rules shall be filed with the commissioner in
accordance with RSA 412:15, III and RSA 412:16.
(b) The filing shall
include:
(1) The insurance score or consumer report
criteria or parameters used in any rate calculation; and
(2) The numerical rating factors corresponding to
(1) above.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by 9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3308 FILINGS
REQUIRED FOR INSURANCE SCORING MODELS AND USE OF CONSUMER REPORT INFORMATION
Ins 3308.01 Submission
of Basis for Insurance Score or Use of Consumer Report Information.
(a) Every model,
algorithm, computer program, or other process used to establish an insurance
score which in turn is used in the underwriting or rating of an insurance
policy shall be submitted to the commissioner by the insurer or any entity
acting on behalf of an insurer. Such
submission shall be made separately from the filing of underwriting or rating
criteria.
(b) If an insurer or
any other entity acting on behalf of such insurer intends to make use of
information obtained from consumer reports, but not in connection with the
model, algorithm, computer program, or other process submitted under
Ins 3308.01 (a), such insurer or other entity acting on behalf of such insurer,
shall submit to the commissioner a detailed explanation of how it will use this
information. Such submission shall be
made separately from the filing of underwriting or rating criteria.
(c) In order to meet
the requirements of (a) or (b) above, any filing pursuant to this chapter shall
include, in addition to the statistical validation or other explanation:
(1) The insurance score or consumer report
criteria or parameters used in any rate calculation; and
(2) The numerical rating factors corresponding to
(1) above.
(d) No model,
algorithm, computer program, or other process submitted under Ins 3308.01 (a),
or other use of information obtained from consumer reports, shall be:
(1) Contrary to any provision of RSA 417-A or RSA
417-B;
(2) Contrary to the provisions of RSA 417:4,
VIII(e) or based in whole or in part on:
a. Income;
b. Sexual orientation;
c. Gender;
d. Religion;
e. Blindness; or
f. Any other physical handicap or disability; or
(3) In violation of this chapter or RSA 417:4,
VIII(g).
(e) The submissions,
and accompanying supporting information, required in accordance with (a) and
(b) above shall be filed with the commissioner and approved in accordance with
RSA 412:15, III and RSA 412:16.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3308.02 Confidentiality
of Submission. Information submitted
pursuant to Ins 3308.01 that is not part of the public rate filing pursuant to
RSA 412:15, III and RSA 412:16 and that is identified by the insurer or any
entity acting on behalf of the insurer as commercial or financial information
or otherwise exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A:5 shall be afforded
the same confidentiality protections provided to information obtained during an
investigation as set forth in RSA 400-A:16.
Source. #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3309 NOTICE TO INSURED, USE OF INFORMATION FROM
CONSUMER REPORTS; ADVERSE ACTION
Ins 3309.01 Initial
Notification.
(a) If an insurer uses an insurance score or
information from a consumer report in the rating or underwriting of any private
passenger automobile or homeowners insurance policy, the insurer shall:
(1) Disclose, either on the insurance application
or at the time the insurance application is taken, that it may obtain an
insurance score or information from a consumer report in connection with such
application, where:
a. Such disclosure shall be either written or
provided to the applicant in the same medium as the application for insurance;
b. The insurer need not provide the disclosure
statement required under this section to any insured on a renewal policy if
such insured has previously been provided a disclosure statement;
c. The disclosure statements shall be maintained
by the insurer as part of the policy record file pursuant to RSA 400-B:4; and
d. Use of the following example disclosure
statement constitutes compliance with this section:
"In
connection with this application for information, we may review your credit
report or obtain or use a credit-based insurance score based on the information
contained in that credit report. We may
use a third party in connection with the development of your insurance
score."
(2) Provide a statement notifying the consumer of
the company's general timeframe in which credit is ordered in relationship to
the date of application or renewal offer; and
(3) Provide notification to the consumer the
insurance score or consumer report information is used in the rating or underwriting
of the policy. Such disclosure may be
provided at either the time of application in the same medium as the
application, with the policy, or at the applicant's request. Use of the following example disclosure
statement constitutes compliance with this section:
"We use
information contained in a consumer report to develop a credit-based insurance
score. That score is just one of many
factors that are used to [underwrite and/or rate] your policy."; and
(4) If a policy is being offered to the consumer,
provide an explanation of:
a. How the insurer will make adjustments in
rating or underwriting if the consumer's insurance scores or consumer report
information changes; and
b. The process by which the consumer can request
the policy be re-rated or re-underwritten to reflect current insurance scoring
or consumer report information.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
Ins 3309.02 Adverse
Action Notification.
(a) Any notice required
pursuant to this section shall include the following information:
(1) Notification to the consumer that an adverse
action has been taken in accordance with the requirement of the federal Fair
Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681m(a);
(2) The name, address, and telephone number of
the consumer reporting agency, including a toll-free number established by the
agency if the agency compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide
basis, that furnished the report to the insurer;
(3) A statement that the insurer, and not the
credit reporting agency, used an insurance score or information from a consumer
report in the rating or underwriting of the private passenger automobile or
homeowners insurance policy, and the credit reporting agency is unable to
provide the consumer with any explanations or reasons as to the actions taken
by the insurer;
(4) A telephone contact number the consumer may
call to discuss aspects of the adverse action notice with a representative of
the insurer who can:
a. Review the notice;
b. Be available to address questions related to:
1. The insurer's use of credit; and
2. The insurer's adverse action notice and
factors reflected therein; and
(5) Provide a statement advising of the
consumer's rights to obtain a free copy of their credit report from the
consumer reporting agency and the right to file a dispute with the consumer
reporting agency over the accuracy or completeness of any information in the
credit report furnished by the agency.
(b) In addition to
the information set forth in Ins 3309.02 (a) above, any notice required
pursuant to this section shall also include the following information:
(1) A statement advising of the consumer's rights
to obtain a free copy of their credit report from the consumer reporting agency
and the right to file a dispute with the consumer reporting agency over the
accuracy or completeness of any information in the credit report furnished by
the agency; and
(2) An explanation of the reasons for the adverse
action that shall include:
a. Up to 4 credit factors that were the primary
factors influencing the adverse action; and
b. An explanation of each of the factors in
(b)(2)a. above that meets the standards provided under paragraph (c).
(c) Any explanation
required in Ins 3309.02 shall:
(1) Be provided in clear and simple language so
that a person can identify the basis for the insurer's decision to take an
adverse action;
(2) Not use general terms or terminologies that
do not provide specific information relevant to the consumer. Examples of such general terminology include,
but are not limited to:
a. Poor credit history;
b. Poor credit rating;
c. Poor insurance score; and
d. Other descriptors such as
"unfavorable" or "unsatisfactory" if they do not provide
clear standards for the consumer to evaluate the actions of the insurer; and
(3) Rely, at the option of the insurer, upon
standardized credit explanations provided by consumer reporting agencies or
other third party vendors as long as such explanations comply with all
provisions enumerated in this chapter.
Source. #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3310 ADDITIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTIONS
Ins 3310.01 Review
of Action.
(a) If a consumer
believes that any adverse action taken by an insurer violates this chapter or
the provisions of RSA 417:4, VIII (g), RSA 417-A, or RSA 417-B, the consumer may request in writing, within 10 days
of receipt of the insurer’s or producer’s notice, that the commissioner review
the action of the insurer.
(b) If an insurer
shall receive confirmation of an inaccuracy in a credit report from a consumer
reporting agency, the insurer shall, within 30 days after receipt of the notice
and retroactive to the effective date:
(1) Re-underwrite the consumer, if applicable;
(2) Re-rate the consumer's insurance policy; and
(3) Adjust the premium accordingly.
Source. #7658, eff 9-1-02; ss by #8052, eff 7-1-04;
ss by #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
PART Ins 3311 PENALTY PROVISION
Ins 3311.01 Penalty
Provision. Any violations of these
rules
shall be subject to such suspension or revocation of certificate of
authority or license, or administrative fine not to exceed $2,500 per
violation, as may be applicable under Title XXXVII.
Source. #9634, eff 7-1-10; ss by #12599, eff 8-3-18
APPENDIX
Regulation
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Statute
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Ins
3301.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I |
Ins 3301.02 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I |
Ins 3301.03 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
402-J; RSA 412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I |
Ins 3301.04 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
541-A:22, IV |
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Ins 3302.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 417:4 VIII(e) |
|
|
Ins 3303.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 417:4, VIII(e); RSA
417-A; RSA 417-B |
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|
Ins 3304.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 417:4, VIII(g) |
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|
Ins 3305.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
Ins 3305.02 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
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|
Ins 3306.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
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Ins 3307.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
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Ins 3308.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 417:4, VIII(e) &
(g); RSA 417:27; RSA 417-A; RSA 417-B |
Ins 3308.02 |
RSA 91-A:5; RSA 400-A:15,
I; RSA 400-A:16; RSA 412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
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|
Ins 3309.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
400-B:4; RSA 412:15, III; RSA 412:16; RSA 412:43, I |
Ins 3309.02 |
RSA 400-A;15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I |
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|
Ins 3310.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I; RSA
412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 417:4 VIII(g); RSA 417-A; RSA 417-B |
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|
Ins 3311.01 |
RSA 400-A:15, I & III;
RSA 412:15, III; RSA 412:43, I; RSA 412:40 |