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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2012
The insurance industry and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners are mobilizing to thwart an effort to add an amendment repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act to legislation scheduled to be taken up by the House Monday.
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By Elizabeth Festa & Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 2, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 4, 2011
State insurance regulators delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support insurance agents’ demands for an exemption from the healthcare reform law’s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 28, 2011
State insurance regulators Sunday delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provision of the health care reform law.
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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.”
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 7, 2011
Concerns about a doomsday scenario for broker-dealers and their agents under a uniform fiduciary standard are premature, according to an underwriter for professional liability insurance.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 1, 2011
The Obama administration said it plans to fight a federal district court decision that found the health care reform law unconstitutional, while others maintain the ultimate decision will rest with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 1, 2010
Trade groups representing agents who sell health insurance are seeking congressional support for legislation that will exempt agent commissions from the medical loss ratio formula recently approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 30, 2010
Trade groups representing agents who sell health insurance are seeking congressional support for legislation that will exempt agent commissions from the medical loss ratio formula recently approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 24, 2010
Health insurance agents and brokers are mobilizing to persuade Congress to get producer commissions out of health insurance minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.
