federal healthcare-reform law

• NAIC Resolution Supports Excluding Agent Commissions from MLR

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 23, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners late Tuesday approved a resolution asking both the Department of Health and Human Services and Congress to act promptly to exempt insurance agents from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

• NAIC Drops Support Of MLR-Exemption Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 21, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has decided an indirect, behind-the-scenes approach to reducing the strain on health-insurance agents through the medical-loss ratio (MLR) provision will be most effective.

• NAIC Drops Support for Agent MLR Exemption

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 12, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners today dropped its support for exempting insurance agents’ commissions from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

• NAIC Task Force Supports Removal of Agent Commissions from MLRs

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 1, 2011

  A National Association of Insurance Commissioners task force said it will support House legislation that would remove agent commissions from the medical loss ratio.

• Healthcare Reform: What Now?

  By Ted Besesparis  |  June 3, 2010

  Now that the healthcare reform bill with of its final changes has been signed into law, what will its impact be on professional insurance agents and their customers?