Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:14-103.5

  • Rate: means that cost of insurance per exposure unit whether expressed as a single number or as a prospective loss cost with an adjustment to account for the treatment of expenses, profit, and individual insurer variation in loss experience, prior to any application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations, and does not include minimum premium. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:14-101.5

With respect to each classification of risk in the construction industry, the rating organization shall file with the commissioner a contracting classification premium program, which is a method of computing premiums, that does not impose a higher premium solely because of an employer’s higher rate of wages.