Governing Committee Meeting - September 25, 2026

A meeting of the Governing Committee was held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 @ 10:30 AM.

New Governing Committee Member

The Chair welcomed newly appointed Governing Committee member Mr. Gavin Traverso from the MAPFRE U.S.A. Corporation and Ms. Tricia Sabulis from the Michaud Insurance Agency.

2027 Governing Committee Schedule

CAR’s President announced the 2026 Governing Committee schedule. Dates are February 9th, April 13th, June 15th, September 21st, November 16th. All meetings will start at 10:30 a.m. except for the November meeting that will be preceded by the Annual Meeting at 10:30.

2027 Advisory Committee Appointments

CAR is now accepting requests from Member Companies and producers for 2027 advisory committee appointments. Requests are due October 2, 2026, and should be submitted to Robin Tigges at rtigges@commauto.com.

Compliance and Operations Committee

The Governing Committee approved the amendments to the following CAR Rules, procedures manuals, and statistical plans:

1. Chapter XI – Compliance Audit of the Assigned Risk Company Procedures Manual and
   Chapter IX – Compliance Audit of the Manual of Administrative Procedures clarifying requirements for valid SIU referrals pursuant to the Claims Performance Standards.
   
   

A bulletin will be distributed with additional information.

Commercial Automobile Committee

The Governing Committee approved the following recommended changes to CAR endorsement forms, manual rules, and procedures:

1. Adoption of the Primary & Noncontributory and Waiver of Subrogation endorsements and corresponding addition of Rule 47 to the Commercial Automobile Insurance Manual.
   
   
2. Finding that a market need does not exist for the appointment of new non-voluntary contracted ERP’s.
   

Actuarial Committee

The Governing Committee approved the amendments to Rule 29 – Assignment Process reflective of the revised methodology and the resulting credit factors for policies effective April 1, 2027, and later.

A bulletin will be distributed with additional information.