Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Insurance Department of Commonwealth

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, West American Insurance Company, and American Fire and Casualty Company (Petitioners) 1 from an order of the Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner) dismissing without a hearing Petitioners’ request for review of an extraordinary circumstances filing because Petitioners did not first file compliance rate filings under Section 1799.7 of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (Law), 75 Pa. C.S. § 1799.7. Section 1799.7 was added to the Law by Section 19 of the Act of February 7, 1990, P.L. 8 (Act 6).

Because the Insurance…