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In this week?s Best Practices Weekly Tip Roundup, the Insurance Compact Office reminds filers submitting temporary insurance agreements, application supplements, riders, endorsements, amendments, and/or applications to identify which forms will be used with which policies or contracts. For example, if a rider will be used with a policy filed in the same filing as the rider, and with another policy approved last year, the older filing should be associated with the new filing containing the rider. If a form is filed separate from a policy with which it will be used, it is even more important for filing fee and review purposes to associate any filing containing forms with which the newly filed form will be used. A good guideline is to associate any filings referenced in the Filing Description field.

Is your product filing submission a Supporting Documentation Update (SDU)? The original filing that is being updated should be linked via the Associated Filings feature, per Section II of Filing Information Notice 2017-1. Bonus tip: Make sure the same states are included in the SDU filing that are on the filing being updated.

Compact reviewers invite filers to revisit the following time-saving resources pertaining to Associated Filings:

Adding Associated Filings to a Compact Filing & How to View Associated Filings ? This resource is published to the Insurer Resources page of the Insurance Compact website, and contains step-by-step, illustrated instructions on how to associate a filing in SERFF.
Associated Filings FAQ ? This comprehensive tip answers the most frequently asked questions regarding Associated Filings.
If you have any questions about the Associated Filings feature, or about filing with the Insurance Compact in general, please contact the Insurance Compact Office.