§ 58-40-5.  Definitions.

As used in this Article:

(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2005-210, s. 3, effective October 1, 2005.

(2) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 720, s. 6.

(3) "Inland marine insurance" shall be deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the Commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance.

(4) "Member," unless otherwise apparent from the context, means an insurer who participates in or is entitled to participate in the management of a statistical organization.

(5) Repealed by Session Laws 2005-210, s. 3, effective October 1, 2005.

(5a) "Statistical organization" means every person, other than an admitted insurer, whether located within or outside this State, who performs one or more of the following functions:

a. Prepares policy forms or makes underwriting rules incident to, but not including, the making of rates, or rating plans or rating systems.

b. Collects and furnishes to admitted insurers or statistical organizations loss or expense statistics or other statistical information and data and acts in an advisory rather than a rate-making capacity. No duly authorized attorney-at-law acting in the usual course of his profession shall be deemed to be a statistical organization.

c. Makes rates, rating plans or rating systems, or develops loss costs. Two or more insurers that act in concert for the purpose of making rates, rating plans or rating systems, or developing loss costs and that do not operate within the specific authorizations contained in G.S. 58-40-60, 58-40-65, 58-40-70, and 58-40-75 shall be deemed to be a statistical organization.

d. Collects data and statistics from insurers and provides reports from these statistics to the Commissioner for the purpose of fulfilling the statistical reporting obligations of those insurers.

(5b) "Statistical plan" means the document used by a statistical organization to set forth which data elements are to be reported to the statistical organization and to describe the format in which the data must be reported.

(6) "Subscriber," unless otherwise apparent from the context, means an insurer which is furnished at its request (i) with rates and rating manuals by a statistical organization of which it is not a member, or (ii) with advisory services by a statistical organization of which it is not a member.

(7) "Willful" means in relation to an act or omission which constitutes a violation of this Article with actual knowledge or belief that such act or omission constitutes such violation and with specific intent to commit such violation.

(8),(9) Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 864, s. 66. (1977, c. 828, s. 2; 1987, c. 864, s. 66; 1991, c. 720, s. 6; 2005-210, s. 3.)