Kevin McCarty

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  Florida Senate extends annuity law to all ages

  By Maria Wood  |  May 14, 2013

  The new law would also impose stricter criteria when recommending an exchange or replacement of an annuity.

• Florida’s workers’ comp rate going up

  By The Associated Press  |  October 26, 2012

  Workers' compensation insurance rates paid by Florida's employers are going up 6.1 percent on Jan. 1.

• Florida consumer advocate urges health care action

  By Bill Kaczor, Associated Press  |  July 20, 2012

  A consumer advocate urged Florida insurance officials on Thursday to seek public comment on essential health care benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act.

• MetLife's unclaimed property settlement could approach $700 million

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  April 24, 2012

  MetLife may be on the hook for as much as $700 million in unpaid life and annuity policies; other insurers are expected to follow.

• NAIC standard-setting rule questioned

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  March 1, 2012

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is being asked to explain the legal reasoning behind its decision to describe itself as a “standard-setting organization” rather than a trade group.

• The NAIC on implementation of MLR

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa  |  January 17, 2012

  Obama administration officials never improperly interfered with the deliberations regarding standards it recommended for implementing the healthcare reform law, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said in response to a congressional inquiry.

• NAIC passes broker compensation resolution

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 23, 2011

  A deeply divided plenary body of the NAIC passed a contentious resolution backed by health insurers and agents but not consumer groups late Tuesday that urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take “whatever immediate actions are available” to it to release agents and brokers from medical...

• NAIC: MLR action deferred

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 8, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has delayed until Nov. 22 a vote on a contentious resolution that would have asked the Department of Health and Human Services to unilaterally use its authority to exempt agent health commissions from the medical loss ratio, rather than waiting for Congress to act.

• Florida workers' comp rates jump

  By Bill Kaczor  |  October 25, 2011

  The premiums Florida's employers pay to insure workers for on-the-job injuries are going up by 8.9 percent on Jan. 1.

• NAHU, run aground by high costs, uncertainty, awaits rescue by H.R. 1206

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  October 7, 2011

  The 100,000 health insurance producers who belong to the National Association of Health Underwriters are hoping allies will help rescue them from what they see as an increasingly desperate situation – but relief isn’t necessarily on the way any time soon.