Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 1994 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to eliminate the antitrust exemption applicable to the business of insurance, except with respect to specified activities including conduct involving: (1) historical loss data; (2) loss development; (3) standard policy forms; (4) insurance manuals; (5) public necessity market mechanisms; (6) historical underwriting capacity risk pools; (7) building inspections; (8) worker's compensation experience rating; (9) trending (i.e., the projection of developed losses to estimate current and future risks of loss) during a three-year transition period; (10) educational activities of a national or affiliated State trade association whose members are insurance agents; and (11) independent reports by an agent to a local trade association.
Specifies that, subsequent to the transition period, the independent purchase of a trend factor by a person engaged in the business of insurance from a person not engaged in providing insurance (and not affiliated with a person engaged in providing insurance) shall be presumed not to violate the antitrust laws.
Preserves current law regarding applicability of the non-antitrust aspects of the Federal Trade Commission Act to the business of insurance.
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) publish in the Federal Register, and make available to the public, historical underwriting capacity risk pool notifications; (2) issue letters in response to requests for a business review letter regarding the application of the antitrust laws to specified activities of an underwriting capacity risk pool of which a person engaged in the business of insurance is, or intends to become, a member; (3) conduct a study to determine the effect of this Act on such business; and (4) report to specified congressional leaders summarizing the results of the study.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 103-853.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 103-853.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 470.
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