(1) A title insurer or title insurance agent may satisfy its obligation to file premium rates, rating manuals, and forms as required by the Title Insurers Act by becoming a member of, or a subscriber to, a rate service organization, organized and licensed under the insurance laws of this state, when the organization makes the filings, and by authorizing the director in writing to accept the filings on the title insurer’s behalf.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-1999

  • Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Insurer: shall include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) Nothing in the act shall be construed as requiring any title insurer or title insurance agent to become a member of, or a subscriber to, any rate service organization. Nothing in the act shall be construed as prohibiting the filing of deviations from rate service organization filings by any member or subscriber.