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By Allison Bell |
April 27, 2012
The three federal agencies in charge of implementing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 want to know how small employers' use of stop-loss programs, or insurance for self-insured health plans, affects the market for fully insured small group coverage.
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By Jenny Ivy |
April 26, 2012
According to a new report from The Kaiser Family Foundation, preliminary estimates project that insurers will have to return $1.3 billion to customers this year, including $426 million in the individual market, $377 million in the small group market, and $541 million in the large group market.
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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.
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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.
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By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal |
December 2, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
December 1, 2011
A GAO report released this week purports to demonstrate that early indicators show that the new medical loss ratio (MLR) standards mandated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have worked for most insurers in 2010.
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By Amanda McGrory |
November 23, 2011
The medical loss ratio provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is interfering with insurance brokers ability to make a living and harming consumers who rely on brokers for advice and customer service, according to a new survey by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
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By Mark Roberts |
November 23, 2011
In this uncertain market, as an employee it’s important to carefully evaluate your health care costs when making your annual enrollment decisions.
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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.
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By Staff Writer |
November 7, 2011
On Friday, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected its 2012 officers
