Iowa Admin. Code r. 191-15.13 - Records maintenance
(1)
Complaint and business records.
a. An insurer shall maintain its books,
records, documents and other business records in such an order that data
regarding complaints, claims, rating, underwriting and marketing are accessible
and retrievable for examination by the insurance commissioner.
b. An insurer shall maintain a complete
record of all the complaints received since the date of its last examination by
the insurer's state of domicile or port-of-entry state. This record shall
indicate the total number of complaints, the classification of each complaint
by line of insurance, the nature of each complaint, the disposition of each
complaint, and the time it took to process each complaint. Appendix III sets
forth the minimum information required to be contained in the complaint
record.
(2)
Insurer's control over advertisements. Every insurer shall
establish and at all times maintain a system of control over the content, form,
and method of dissemination of all advertisements that explain a particular
policy. All such advertisements, whether written, created, designed or
presented by the insurer or its appointed producer, shall be the responsibility
of the insurer whose particular policies are so advertised. As part of this
requirement, each insurer shall maintain at its home or principal office a
complete file containing a specimen copy of every printed, published or
prepared advertisement of its policies, with a notation indicating the manner
and extent of distribution and the form number of any policy advertised. Such
file shall be subject to inspection by the insurance division. All such
advertisements shall be maintained for a period of either four years or until
the filing of the next regular report on examination of the insurer, whichever
is the longer period of time.
(3)
Education and training materials. Every insurer shall
establish and maintain a system of control over the content and form of all
material used by the insurer or any of its employees for the recruitment,
training, and education of producers in the sale of insurance. Upon request,
copies of these materials shall be made available to the
commissioner.
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(1) Complaint and business records.
a. An insurer shall maintain its books, records, documents and other business records in such an order that data regarding complaints, claims, rating, underwriting and marketing are accessible and retrievable for examination by the insurance commissioner.
b. An insurer shall maintain a complete record of all the complaints received since the date of its last examination by the insurer's state of domicile or port-of-entry state. This record shall indicate the total number of complaints, their classification by line of insurance, the nature of each complaint, the disposition of each complaint, and the time it took to process each complaint. Appendix III sets forth the minimum information required to be contained in the complaint record.
(2) Insurer's control over advertisements. Every insurer shall establish and at all times maintain a system of control over the content, form, and method of dissemination of all advertisements which explain a particular policy. All such advertisements, whether written, created, designed or presented by the insurer or its appointed producer, shall be the responsibility of the insurer whose particular policies are so advertised. As part of this requirement, each insurer shall maintain at its home or principal office a complete file containing a specimen copy of every printed, published or prepared advertisement of its policies, with a notation indicating the manner and extent of distribution and the form number of any policy advertised. Such file shall be subject to inspection by the insurance division. All such advertisements shall be maintained for a period of either four years or until the filing of the next regular report on examination of the insurer, whichever is the longer period of time.
(3) Education and training materials. Every insurer shall establish and maintain a system of control over the content and form of all material used by the insurer or any of its employees for the recruitment, training, and education of producers in the sale of insurance. Upon request, copies of these materials shall be made available to the commissioner.