379.338. Agreement to adhere prohibited, exception. - Missouri Statutes

Agreement to adhere prohibited, exception.

379.338. Members and subscribers of rating or advisoryorganizations may use the rates, rating systems, underwritingrules or policy forms of such organizations, either consistentlyor intermittently, but, except as provided in sections 379.331and 379.336, shall not agree with each other or ratingorganizations or others to adhere thereto. The fact that two ormore admitted insurers, whether or not members or subscribers ofa rating or advisory organization, use either consistently orintermittently, the rates or rating systems made or adopted by arating organization, or the underwriting rules or policy formsprepared by a rating or advisory organization, shall not besufficient in itself to support a finding that an agreement to soadhere exists, and may be used only for the purpose ofsupplementing or explaining direct evidence of the existence ofany such agreement.

(L. 1972 S.B. 547 § 11)