National Association of Insurance Commissioners

• New York faults 17 life insurers for shifting risks

  By Michael Virtanen  |  June 13, 2013

  New York financial officials on Wednesday criticized 17 New York-based life insurers for shifting $48 billion of claim risks to affiliates elsewhere with lower reserve and collateral requirements.

• Carrier group fights for Medigap

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 21, 2013

  AHIP touted a report this week showing an increase in Medigap enrollment as a way to push back against proposed taxes against the program.

• How should insurers pay their PPACA fees?

  By Allison Bell  |  May 3, 2013

  A team at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is trying to figure out how health insurers should get the cash to pay their Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act fees.

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  Is the dental market the big loser in the PPACA?

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  April 17, 2013

  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may have mandated dental insurance for children, but the new law does not address coverage for adults.

• What will PPACA do to the non-exchange market?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 10, 2013

  A team of state insurance regulators is trying to figure out how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act might affect — or not — health plans that operate outside the PPACA health insurance exchange system.

• NAIC task force eyes group market

  By Allison Bell  |  April 9, 2013

  Members of the Regulatory Framework Task Force are wondering whether they should develop a new model law and a new model regulation that could shake up the entire group health insurance market.

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  Dental extracted

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  March 1, 2013

  Is the dental market the big loser in the PPACA?

• Insurers slam new reform rules

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  February 25, 2013

  The health insurance industry is arguing that new health reform regulations just issued by the Obama administration will result in sudden and sharp cost increases for health care.

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  States’ choices set up national health experiment

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  February 19, 2013

  President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds?

• Contingent deferred annuities need more state-level regulation

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  January 11, 2013

  Some annuities that guarantee lifetime withdrawal are not well-regulated and could pose a risk to consumers, according to the Government Accounting Office.