FIN 2017-1 FAQs

FIN 2017-1 applies to the revisions of all individual and group product filing submissions, except for Long-Term Care advertising.

Requests to reopen for amendment purposes can be made to filings that have reflected a status of “Closed-Approved” for fewer than 90 days and the forms have not yet been issued.  Keep in mind that no new forms can be added to approved filings.  

A filing may be reopened at any time for the specific purposes stated in Section I.C.1 of FIN 2017-1.

A request to reopen is usually addressed by the Insurance Compact Office within one business day, unless follow-up is required to determine what you wish to revise and why. You should submit a request when you have the amendment materials ready to submit. A reopened filing will be closed after 10 calendar days if the revised material has not been added. 

If form or actuarial objections have not been issued in the pending filing, new forms or revisions to pending forms can be made. Additional state fees may be required if adding new forms. If form or actuarial objections have been issued in the pending filing, revisions to pending forms can be made. If the revision is not in response to an objection, an amended filing fee will be due. No new forms can be added to pending filings once objections have been issued unless specifically requested by the reviewer.

Typos are strictly construed in determining if it is appropriate to reopen a filing to amend. 

The following would be considered appropriate situations to request that a filing be reopened to revise a typo: 

• A company has identified a transposed numeral in a closed-approved filing.
• A company has identified a misspelled word, and the correction to the word does not change the meaning of the sentence or provision. 
• A company has identified a formatting error, or misplaced section headers.
• A company has identified an inconsistency between the form and actuarial memorandum.

If the “typographical fix” changes the intent of the meaning, then it is not a typographical fix. If the revision changes the meaning of the sentence or provision, it could impact compliance with Uniform Standards.

If you are not sure whether your revision is a typographical error, please contact the Insurance Compact Office.

Supporting Documentation Update (SDU) is a new filing type implemented to accommodate revisions to information provided on the Supporting Documentation tab of the original filing, such as the Statement of Variability or actuarial material. No forms can appear under the Form Schedule tab of the SDU submission. This filing type can be utilized when the supporting documentation of several filings are impacted by utilizing one SDU submission and using the associated filings feature to link the SDU submission to the affected filings. For example, if the company is changing the process by which an electronic application is authenticated, the SDU submission can be associated to all filings containing applications that are affected by this change.

State fees may be required for SDU submissions. In the FIN, please reference Appendix B: Supporting Documentation Submission Fees by State to determine what states require fees and the associated amounts for this filing type. As with any filing, fees apply on a per-company basis.

For SDU submissions, utilize the TOI and sub-TOI from the original filing. The original filing is being updated so the TOI and sub-TOI should match. If the SDU submission applies to original filings with different TOIs, choose the most frequently used TOI among the original filings.

No, the SDU filing type cannot be used to accommodate revisions to product forms.  This would be inconsistent with the premise of an SDU filing, which is to update material submitted on the Supporting Documentation tab. In fact, no forms can appear under the form schedule tab of the SDU submission.

This is addressed in Section II.C.2.c of FIN 2017-1. Please provide the approved form showing the revised bracketing as an attachment to the Supporting Documentation tab. Do not replace the approved form in the original filing.

Yes, the review time for SDU submissions is typically shorter than review times for other submissions, at approximately 30 days instead of 60 days.

No. There is no change to any fee amount on the IIPRC Filing Fee Schedule in relation to FIN 2017-1.

An amendment occurs when an approved filing is reopened for a revision. The criteria for an amendment filing fee is that it is half the current filing fee of the original submission. 

For purposes of filing fees, an SDU submission is not an amendment because it is a new filing submission. The criteria for SDU submission filing fees is the same as for a new filing, and depends on whether the revision being submitted requires actuarial review based on the uniform standards to which the revision is subject (i.e. form review only, actuarial review only or both form and actuarial review required). The amount of the filing fee can be ascertained from the IIPRC Filing Fee Schedule reference document located on the Industry Resources page of the Insurance Compact website.

Yes, the Compact office has issued additional guidance on FIN 2017-1 through a series of Weekly Tips. To access these Weekly Tips, search the News section of the Insurance Compact website by the FIN citation.