NU Online News Service, June 3, 12:05 p.m. EDT

Commissions received by property and casualty agencies from their benefits divisions could be affected by new medical loss ratio standards state regulators are required to institute, but regulators so far have not committed to a date for implementation.

While moving expeditiously to establish uniform rules and standards for MLRs by the end of the year, state insurance regulators say they can't commit themselves to an exact timeline.

Jane Cline, president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and West Virginia insurance commissioner; and Therese Vaughn, NAIC chief executive officer, made the comment in a letter to officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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