1. 1. The director shall promulgate reasonable rules and statistical plans, reasonably adapted to each of the rating systems on file with the department, which may be modified from time to time, and which shall be used thereafter by each title insurer in the recording and reporting of the composition of its business, its loss and countrywide expense experience and those of its title insurance underwriters in order that the experience of all title insurers* may be made available, at least annually, in such form and detail as may be necessary to aid him or her in determining whether rating systems comply with the standards set forth in this chapter. Such rules and plans may also provide for the recording of expense experience items which are specially applicable to this state and are not susceptible of determination by a prorating of countrywide expense experience. In promulgating such rules and plans, the director shall give due consideration to the rating systems on file with the department, and in order that such rules and plans may be as uniform as is practicable among the several states, to the rules and to the form of the plans used for such rating systems in other states. Such rules and plans shall not place an unreasonable burden of expense on any title insurer. No title insurer shall be required to record or report its expense and loss experience on a classification basis that is inconsistent with the rating system filed by it, nor shall any title insurer be required to report the experience to any agency of which it is not a member or subscriber. The director may designate one or more rating organizations or other agencies to assist the director in gathering such experience and making compilations thereof, and such compilations shall be made available, subject to reasonable rules promulgated by the director, to title insurers and rating organizations. The director shall give preference in such designation to entities organized by and functioning on behalf of title insurers operating in this state. If the director, in his or her judgment, determines that one or more of such organizations designated as statistical agents** is unable or unwilling to perform its statistical functions according to reasonable requirements established from time to time by the director, he or she may, after consultation with such statistical agent and upon twenty days' notice to any affected companies, designate another person to act on the director's behalf in the gathering of statistical experience. The director shall in such case establish the fee to be paid to such designated person by the affected companies in order to pay the total cost of gathering and compiling such experience. Agencies designated by the director shall assist the director in making compilations of the reported data and such compilations shall be made available, subject to reasonable rules and regulations promulgated by the director, to insurers, rating organizations and any other interested parties.
2. 2. Reasonable rules and plans may be promulgated by the director for the interchange of data necessary for the application of rating plans.
3. 3. In order to further uniform administration of rate regulatory laws, the director and every title insurer and rating organization may exchange information and experience data with insurance supervisory officials, title insurers and rating organizations in other states, and may consult with them with respect to rate making and the application of rating systems.
4. 4. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.

(L. 2000 S.B. 894)

Effective 1-1-01

*Word "insurer" appears in original rolls.

**Word "agent" appears in original rolls.

(2002) Senate Bill 894 provision declared unconstitutional as a violation of the clear title requirement of Art. III, Section 23. Home Builders of Greater St. Louis v. State, 75 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.banc).