In addition to other activities not expressly prohibited by this article, rating organizations and advisory organizations are authorized, on behalf of their members and subscribers, to:
(1) Develop statistical plans including territorial and class definitions;
(2) Collect statistical data from members, subscribers, or any other source;
(3) Prepare and distribute prospective loss costs;
(4) Prepare and distribute factors, calculations or formulas pertaining to classification, territory, increased limits, and other variables;
(5) Prepare and distribute manuals of rating rules and rating schedules that do not include final rates, expenses provisions, profit provisions, or minimum premiums;
(6) Distribute information that is required or directed to be filed with the commissioner;
(7) Conduct research and on-site inspections in order to prepare classifications of public fire defenses;
(8) Consult with public officials regarding public fire protection as it would affect members, subscribers, and others;
(9) Conduct research and collect statistics in order to discover, identify, and classify information relating to causes or prevention of losses;
(10) Prepare policy forms and endorsements and consult with members, subscribers, and others relative to their use and application;
(11) Conduct research and on-site inspections for the purpose of providing risk information relating to individual structures;
(12) Collect, compile, and distribute past and current prices of individual insurers and publish that information;
(13) File final rates, at the direction of the commissioner, for residual market mechanisms; and
(14) Furnish any other services, as approved or directed by the commissioner, related to those enumerated in this section.