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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Insurance Rating Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Title Insurance Rating">
  <level label="a">
    <text>All title insurance rates shall be made in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Rates shall be reasonable and adequate for the class of risks to which they apply.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Rates may not discriminate unfairly between risks that involve essentially the same hazards and expense elements.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Due consideration shall be given to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>past and prospective loss experience within and outside the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a reasonable margin for profit and contingencies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the cost of participating insurance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the percentage to be allocated to reserve;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>operating expenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>all other relevant factors fairly attributable to the business of title insurance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Guarantees may be grouped by classifications for the establishment of rates and minimum premiums.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A special or unusual guarantee that is more hazardous to the title insurer than ordinary title guarantees because of an alleged irregularity or a difference in interpretation or application of law that might affect marketability of title, may be classified individually and separately according to the circumstances peculiar to each case.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
