Property insurers—Assistance to prevent or reduce severity of claims or losses—Impact on rates.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in addition to other information required by this chapter, a rate filing by a property insurer for a policy that includes risk mitigation and/or prevention goods and/or services under RCW 48.18.558, must demonstrate that its rates account for the expected costs of the goods and services and the reduction in expected claims costs resulting from either the goods or services, or both.
(2) This section does not apply to:
(a) A property insurer offering or providing risk mitigation and/or prevention goods and/or services through a pilot program established in RCW 48.18.558(6); or
(b) Disaster or emergency response activities of a property insurer.
NOTES:
Findings—2018 c 239: See note following RCW 48.18.558.