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Wash. Rev. Code § 48.19.170 (2026)

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(1) Any person, whether domiciled within or outside this state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, may make application to the commissioner for a license as a rating organization for such kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof, if for casualty or surety insurances, or for such subdivision, class of risks or a part or combination thereof, if for other insurances, as are specified in its application, and shall file therewith:
(a) A copy of its constitution, its articles of agreement or association, or its certificate of incorporation, or trust agreement, and of its bylaws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business;
(b) A list of its members and a list of its subscribers;
(c) The name and address of a resident of this state upon whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting such rating organization may be served, and
(d) A statement of its qualifications as a rating organization.
(2) Any rating organization proposing to act as such as to insurance under standard form fire policies, shall be licensed only if all the following conditions are complied with:
(a) The applicant and the operators of such rating organization shall be domiciled in and shall actually reside in this state.
(b) The ownership of such rating organization shall be vested in trustees for all its subscribers under such trust agreement as is approved by the commissioner, and the rating organization shall be and shall be conducted as a nonprofit public service institution.
(c) Such rating organization shall not be connected with any insurer or insurers except to the extent that any such insurer may be a subscriber to its services.
[1947 c 79 s .19.17; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.19.17.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1960–1996 · leading case: Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 v. Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau, 558 P.2d 215 (Wash. 1976).
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Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 v. Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau, 558 P.2d 215 (Wash. 1976). · cites it 114× “The complaint alleges defendants are in violation of RCW 48.19.170 and the declaration of trust, as follows: (1) the trustees permit the subscriber insurance companies to direct the affairs of the Bureau, thereby violating their obligation to see the Bureau is operated…”
Ins. Co. of North Am. Companies v. Sullivan, 352 P.2d 193 (Wash. 1960). · cites it 6× “This latter entity (hereinafter referred to as the rating bureau) is an insurance rating organization, duly licensed under RCW 48.19.170 (Laws of 1947, chapter 79, § 19.”
Barnes v. Washington Nat. Gas Co., 591 P.2d 461 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “2d 215 (1976): We may place greater reliance than usual upon an administrative statutory interpretation in this case because the Commissioner has been entrusted with very broad discretion and responsibility in the administration of RCW 48.19.170(2)(b) and the other statutes…”
Credit Gen. Ins. v. Zewdu, 919 P.2d 93 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “The disapproval precluded the issuance, use, or delivery of the policy.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.19.170(1) — 1 case
Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 v. Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau, 558 P.2d 215 (Wash. 1976). “The complaint alleges defendants are in violation of RCW 48.19.170 and the declaration of trust, as follows: (1) the trustees permit the subscriber insurance companies to direct the affairs of the Bureau, thereby violating their obligation to see the Bureau is operated…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.19.170(2) — 2 cases
Retail Store Employees Union, Local 1001 v. Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau, 558 P.2d 215 (Wash. 1976). “The complaint alleges defendants are in violation of RCW 48.19.170 and the declaration of trust, as follows: (1) the trustees permit the subscriber insurance companies to direct the affairs of the Bureau, thereby violating their obligation to see the Bureau is operated…”
Ins. Co. of North Am. Companies v. Sullivan, 352 P.2d 193 (Wash. 1960). “This latter entity (hereinafter referred to as the rating bureau) is an insurance rating organization, duly licensed under RCW 48.19.170 (Laws of 1947, chapter 79, § 19.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.19.170(2)(b) — 3 cases
Barnes v. Washington Nat. Gas Co., 591 P.2d 461 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “2d 215 (1976): We may place greater reliance than usual upon an administrative statutory interpretation in this case because the Commissioner has been entrusted with very broad discretion and responsibility in the administration of RCW 48.19.170(2)(b) and the other statutes…”
Credit Gen. Ins. v. Zewdu, 919 P.2d 93 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “The disapproval precluded the issuance, use, or delivery of the policy.”
Ins. Co. of North Am. Companies v. Sullivan, 352 P.2d 193 (Wash. 1960). “This latter entity (hereinafter referred to as the rating bureau) is an insurance rating organization, duly licensed under RCW 48.19.170 (Laws of 1947, chapter 79, § 19.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.19.170(2)(c) — 1 case
Ins. Co. of North Am. Companies v. Sullivan, 352 P.2d 193 (Wash. 1960). “This latter entity (hereinafter referred to as the rating bureau) is an insurance rating organization, duly licensed under RCW 48.19.170 (Laws of 1947, chapter 79, § 19.”
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