Jay Rockefeller

• 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.

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  Preparing for the Next Wave of Data—the Black Box

  By Greg Horn  |  October 21, 2011

  There's a large focus today on using event data recorder and onboard diagnostic port devices to gather driving-habit data to more accurately underwrite risk.

• Rockefeller Objects To MLR Agent Exemption; NAIC To Hold Hearing

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 16, 2011

  Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Va., called out the National Association of Health Underwriters and Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, saying their lobbying for agent exemptions from the medical loss ratio “will cost American consumers $1 billion in benefits.”

• Protesters Take On Lobbyists At NAIC In Battle Over Medical Loss Ratio Rules

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 30, 2010

  Protesters who say insurance company lobbyists are working to undermine state efforts to implement the federal health care reform law interrupted the summer meeting here of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

• Regulators Adopt MLR Form, Debate HC Law, Recognize Agents

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 18, 2010

  Regulators adopted a medical loss ratio form that leans more toward a narrow medical loss ratio (MLR) definition opposed by the industry, but the discussion revealed sharply divided opinions on the federal reforms.

• Rockefeller Threatens Public Option Revival If MLR Watered Down

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 4, 2010

  Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., failed to win a commitment from federal and state insurance regulators for regulations imposing tight control on administrative costs in health care insurance premiums.

• Rockefeller Threatens Public Option Revival If MLR Watered Down

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 3, 2010

  Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., failed to win a commitment from federal and state insurance regulators for regulations imposing tight control on administrative costs in health care insurance premiums.

• Senate Committee Passes Distracted Driving Bill

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 10, 2010

  The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved legislation that would offer grants to states that enact laws prohibiting texting and using a handheld device while driving.