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HRS §431:10C-205

How to challenge an insurance rate or rule

If an insurance company applies a rate, rule, or classification that you think is unfair, you can ask the insurance commissioner in writing to review it. The commissioner will hold a hearing if there is a good reason. After the hearing, the commissioner can order the insurer to fix the problem or stop using the unfair rate or rule.

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The statute, as written — Rate review: request by aggrieved party

(a) Any person aggrieved by the application as to such person of any classification, rule, standard, rate, or rating plan made, followed, or adopted by an insurer may make written request to the commissioner to review such application and grant the relief requested. If the commissioner finds that probable cause for the complaint exists or that the complaint charges a violation of this article or any applicable provision of article 14, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing on the complaint. The hearing shall be subject to the procedure provided in section 431:14-118. (b) If, after a hearing conducted pursuant to subsection (a), the commissioner finds that the complainant is entitled to relief or that any classification, rule, standard, rate, rating territory, or rating plan violates this article or any applicable provisions of article 14, the commissioner shall issue an order granting the complainant's claim for relief or prohibiting the insurer from using such classification, rule, standard, rate, rating territory, or rating plan. The order shall contain the commissioner's findings of fact and conclusions of law, including a specification of the respects in which a violation of this article or article 14 exists and specifying a reasonable time period within which the insurer shall comply with the terms of the order. Any such order shall be subject to judicial review in the manner provided in chapter 91.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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