LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
OFFICE OF FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LS 7172 NOTE PREPARED: Jan 4, 2022
BILL NUMBER: HB 1238 BILL AMENDED:
SUBJECT: Insurance Matters.
FIRST AUTHOR: Rep. Lehman BILL STATUS: As Introduced
FIRST SPONSOR:
FUNDS AFFECTED:XGENERAL IMPACT: State
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Summary of Legislation: Minimum Nonforfeiture Amounts: The bill reduces, from 1% to 0.15%, the lowest
interest rate that an insurer may use in determining the minimum nonforfeiture amounts for an annuity
contract.
Continuing Education: The bill provides that, as a condition of license renewal for a two-year period, a
limited lines producer with a title insurance qualification must complete at least seven hours of continuing
education in any combination of the following subjects:
(1) Ethical practices in the marketing and selling of title insurance, including provisions of
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
(2) Title insurance underwriting.
(3) Escrow matters.
(4) Matters concerning regulation by the Department of Insurance.
(Under current law, a limited lines producer with a title insurance qualification is required, in completing
at least seven hours of continuing education, to take at least one hour of instruction in each of four particular
subjects.)
The bill also exempts an insurance producer who is at least 62 years of age from the requirement to complete
continuing education courses as a condition of insurance producer license renewal.
Policy Cancellation: It amends the grounds for cancellation of a policy of insurance to require a substantial
change in the scale of risk that would cause the policy to fail to meet the eligibility requirements of the
underwriting guidelines.
HB 1238 1 External Consumer Data: The bill requires insurers that rely on external consumer data to provide a
consumer, upon the consumer's written request, with the five most heavily weighed or primary factors the
insurer uses to calculate a premium. It requires an insurer that takes an adverse action based on external
consumer data to provide the consumer with the five factors that were the primary influence on the adverse
action.
Farm Mutual Insurance: The bill repeals the cap on annual direct written premium to operate as a farm
mutual insurance company.
Effective Date: July 1, 2022.
Explanation of State Expenditures: The bill will have indeterminate workload on the Department of
Insurance (DOI). However, any change in DOI workload is expected to be within the routine administrative
function of the agency and expected to be accomplished within existing resource and funding levels. [The
DOI is funded through a dedicated agency fund.]
Additional Information -
External Consumer Data: A violation concerning external consumer data is actionable by the DOI as unfair
and deceptive acts. The agency workload may increase to investigate and adjudicate allegations to determine
if an unfair or deceptive act has been committed.
Continuing Education: The DOI uses a third-party system to track continuing education and licensed
producers are able to view their continuing education compliance status and the continuing education hours
applied. Software enhancements are provided by the system contractor usually at no added cost.
Explanation of State Revenues: External Consumer Data: The state insurance commissioner may take
administrative actions concerning unfair and deceptive acts that will impact revenue to the state General
Fund and the DOI’s agency fund. The penalty for engaging in an unfair and deceptive act is a civil penalty
between $25,000 and $50,000 for each act or violation. The revocation of a insurers license or certificate of
authority for knowingly engaged in an unfair or deceptive act would result in a reduction in fee revenue to
the DOI agency fund.
Minimum Nonforfeiture Amounts: Premium tax revenue to the state General Fund could increase to the extent
that an investment in an annuity contracts are an alternative to other interest bearing investments.
Explanation of Local Expenditures:
Explanation of Local Revenues:
State Agencies Affected: Department of Insurance.
Local Agencies Affected:
Information Sources:
Fiscal Analyst: Karen Rossen, 317-234-2106, Randhir Jha, 317-232-9556.
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