{"id":30333,"date":"2026-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/bulletin\/de-pc-insurers-gis-based-premium-allocation-now-mandatory-under-reissued-bulletin-151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:00:00","slug":"de-pc-insurers-gis-based-premium-allocation-now-mandatory-under-reissued-bulletin-151","status":"publish","type":"bulletin","link":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/bulletin\/de-pc-insurers-gis-based-premium-allocation-now-mandatory-under-reissued-bulletin-151\/","title":{"rendered":"DE P&amp;C Insurers: GIS-Based Premium Allocation Now Mandatory Under Reissued Bulletin 151"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DE<\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance.delaware.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/domestic-foreign-insurers-bulletin-no151-reissued.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REISSUED Bull<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insurance.delaware.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/domestic-foreign-insurers-bulletin-no151-reissued.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insurance.delaware.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/domestic-foreign-insurers-bulletin-no151-reissued.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tin No. 151<\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reiterates that all property and casualty insurers writing business in Delaware must strictly comply with 18 Del. C. \u00a7 705 geographic premium allocation and reporting requirements,<\/span> using GIS tools and updated HB 371-driven processes, to ensure accurate distribution of premium-tax-based funds to fire companies and avoid potential enforcement action for late or inaccurate filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key Points:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mandatory use of electronic GIS tracking to allocate and report written premiums<\/strong> by specific Delaware jurisdictions (City of Wilmington, New Castle County outside Wilmington, Kent County, Sussex County), with \u201cCity of Wilmington\u201d defined by four zip codes effective January 1, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhanced reporting and timing rules under HB 371, including insurer reports due March 1<\/strong>, an extended Department deadline to report to the State Treasurer (to May 15), a single annual fire company payment, and updated State Treasurer payment and DVFA reporting requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Explicit compliance expectations<\/strong>, with the Department warning that failure to timely and accurately provide Section 705 information may trigger regulatory review and enforcement under 18 Del. C. \u00a7\u00a7 329 and 520.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/insurance.delaware.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/domestic-foreign-insurers-bulletin-no151-reissued.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to see DE REISSUED Bulletin No. 151<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21524,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"department":[252],"state":[274],"class_list":["post-30333","bulletin","type-bulletin","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-department-of-insurance","state-delaware"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulletin\/30333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulletin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bulletin"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bulletin\/30333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=30333"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=30333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}