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NAIC: Medigap cuts would cause 'massive change' for insurers

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is staunchly opposed to cutting the Medicare supplement insurance program, making that position clear in a recent letter to Congress . Many

Insurance agents, brokers shouldn't be except from MLR

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has joined a growing number of people calling on the nation's insurance commissioners to oppose draft legislation that would exempt insurance agents from new

Medical-loss ratio could include fraud prevention

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wants insurers' fraud prevention efforts, such as investments in technology, to count as quality improvements for calculating the medical-loss ratio (MLR) that health

Insurers lose battle as NAIC approves tough MLR rules

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has unanimously backed tough medical-loss ratio (MLR) rules requiring insurers to direct 80 to 85 percent of their premiums to medical care,

HHS: Insurers can't make it harder to enroll kids with pre-existing conditions

HHS will not allow health insurers to have different rules for individual policies sold for children with medical problems than for healthy kids, according to Kaiser Health News. Instead, they have

Draft MLR rule does not capitulate to all insurer demands

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued a draft proposal of final medical-loss ratio rules on Thursday that would determine spending rules for health insurers, CaliforniaHealthline

Premiums, policies increased 7 percent from 2008 to 2009

Insurance companies took in 7 percent more revenue from premiums from individual, group and other policies in 2009 than in the previous year, even as the number of people with coverage fell, the

SPOTLIGHT: Insurance commissioners approve 2010 medical loss ratio form

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) this week overwhelmingly approved a form for medical loss ratio reporting, the NAIC announced in a press release. You can find the

NAIC weighs in on premium rate increases and medical-loss ratios

Exactly what constitutes a reasonable vs. unreasonable premium rate increase is a question that even the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has trouble answering, reports the