Filed-Rate Doctrine Applies To Intermediaries, Washington High Court Rules

Mealey's (September 14, 2021, 1:27 PM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — The filed-rate doctrine applies not only to insurers but also to intermediaries, such as mortgage loan brokers and servicers who participate “in the procurement of the policy from insurers,” the Washington Supreme Court ruled Sept. 2 in answering a question in a force-placed insurance dispute certified to it by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....