Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Petersen International Underwriters Expands Medicare Bridge Plan
Aug 11 2010 // Petersen International Underwriters main product line up, the Bridge Plan, is now renewable annually without any additional health qualifications on each anniversary date. “This plan is now guaranteed to renew...
Kipper Named Deputy Commissioner in Louisiana Insurance Department
Aug 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has named Scott Kipper as the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Health. “This is a critical time for the Department of Insurance as we...
Illinois Insurance Regulators Want More Oversight on Health Rates
Aug 9 2010 // Illinois regulators will ask lawmakers for the authority to approve or deny health insurance rate increases, saying residents need protection from skyrocketing costs that aren’t justified. Currently there is nothing...
Calif. Imposes Regulations To Prevent Illegal Insurance Recissions
Aug 6 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has imposed regulations designed to combat illegal rescissions. The rules take effect on August 18. Currently, health insurers may only rescind policies under very specific,...
Missouri Votes to Block Obama Health Insurance Mandate
Aug 4 2010 // Missouri voters Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill, approving a measure that would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. With 78 percent of precincts reporting,...
Some States Cheered by Virginia Healthcare Decision
Aug 3 2010 // Nearly half of all U.S. states are fighting President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms and those that have taken the battle to court were heartened Monday by a judge’s decision to let Virginia proceed with its...
Calif. Launches Online Tool for Health Insurance Rate Filings
Jul 27 2010 // Furthering his commitment increase public scrutiny of health insurance rate filings, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that consumers can now be notified via e-mail when new health insurance rate...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Legislative Session Successful
Jul 20 2010 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reports that the recent state legislative session was successful for insurance bills, as far as the Louisiana Department of Insurance is concerned. A large number of bills in...
Webinar to Help P/C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
Jul 19 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
Obama Administration Asks Health Insurers to Embrace Reforms Now
Jul 9 2010 // U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has bashed insurers over rate increases, is seeking their help in making medical coverage accessible for more patients in the years before major reforms take effect. Sebelius,...
Health Insurer to Pay Connecticut $250K for Data Breach
Jul 8 2010 // A California-based health insurance company has agreed to pay Connecticut $250,000 for losing a disk drive containing private information of 1.5 million customers, including nearly 450,000 state residents. Attorney General...
How P&C Agents Can Benefit from Upcoming Health Insurance Boom
Jul 7 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
U.S. Launches Pre-Existing Condition Health Insurance Plan
Jul 1 2010 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health...
Webinar to Help P&C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
Jul 1 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
Ohio Orders Health Insurer to Refund $6M to Policyholders
Jun 30 2010 // More than 45,000 Ohioans will receive a refund or credit from Community Insurance Co., also known as Anthem, according to Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson. The Ohio Department of Insurance alleges that Anthem has been...
Illinois to Keep Sharp Eye on High-Risk Insurance Pool
Jun 28 2010 // Illinois may be one of the first states to start providing health insurance in a new high-risk pool funded under national health overhaul, but enrollment will be limited, eligibility requirements tight and coverage may not...
Judge Tells Louisiana to Reconsider Health Insurance Contract
Jun 23 2010 // A judge on June 21 ordered the state of Louisiana to reconsider its award of a contract to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to administer the HMO health plan for state workers, retirees and their dependents. Humana...
Florida to Hold Hearing on Federal Healthcare Reform Impact
Apr 19 2010 // Florida regulatory officials are preparing for the implementation of the new healthcare reform law. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said his Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) will use a May 4 joint public...
Some Health Insurers Shifting Costs Ahead of New Loss Ratio Mandate
Apr 19 2010 // Some of the largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices to book administration costs as medical costs in an attempt to circumvent new industry reforms, according to a recent U.S. Senate...
President Obama Signs Jobless Aid, Flood Insurance Extension
Apr 15 2010 // Congress Thursday voted to restore jobless benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans who had lost them during a partisan standoff in the Senate over spending. [The bill also reauthorizes the federal flood insurance...
