Susan Voss

• 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.

• Damage from Irene appears to be less than feared

  August 29, 2011

  Tropical Storm Irene's trek up the East Coast caused less damage than many had feared, a bit of reassuring news for a fragile economy.

• NAIC warns against health care loophole

  By Heather Trese  |  August 15, 2011

  New multi-state plans may be held to different standards thanks to ambiguous language in the law, NAIC said.