Insurance Law

Opponents of health insurance mandate finding tough road to ballot – Boston Herald

Bridget Fay, treasurer of the campaign to repeal the state’s requirement that residents obtain health insurance – a move that backers say would lead to the unraveling of the entire law – said supporters have collected about 10,000 …

Insurer Trade Group Urges Florida to Curb Auto Insurance ‘Fraud Tax’ – Insurance Journal

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has released a report detailing what it sees as the problems with the current PIP  provision in its no-fault auto insurance law and offering several legislative proposals.

No-fault law reform bid must be fair – Port Huron Times-Herald

The new item on Republican lawmakers’ agenda is changing the state’s no-fault insurance law. Michigan motorists must pay an annual fee to support a statewide insurance fund that provides lifetime medical care to auto accident victims with severe …

Insurance Reform Needed to Lower Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates, California Consumer Watchdog Testifies in New York – YAHOO!

NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The author of California’s insurance regulatory reform law testified in New York City today that insurance rate regulation is key to preventing medical malpractice insurance companies from price gouging …

Farmers Insurance Reminds Oklahomans That a New Law Effective November 1 Will Have Dramatic Impact on All Drivers in the State – Yahoo Finance

TULSA, Okla., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Farmers Insurance, one of Oklahoma’s largest automobile insurers, wants to advise all residents in the state that a new law, which goes into effect on November 1, will have a significant effect on … Continue reading

Insurance Reform Needed to Lower Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates, California Consumer Watchdog Testifies in New York – PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The author of California’s insurance regulatory reform law testified in New York City today that insurance rate regulation is key to preventing medical malpractice insurance companies from price gouging …

Disability-insurance brokers criticize planned N.J. tax break – Courier-Post

who claim to represent the bulk of the market for private disability insurance, said the new law will force rates up for those companies not in the state system, perhaps leading to layoffs there. One client, a conglomeration of temporary … Continue reading

Most Ohio union workers affected by insurance rule – Yahoo Finance

Licking Valley Local Schools employees pay nearly 36 percent toward health insurance and make $31,000 a year on average … the campaign defending the sweeping law, as a nod to basic fairness. The campaign’s commercial also includes a reference to … Continue reading

State lowers 2012 health insurance rates for Excellus, MVP – Democrat and Chronicle

Under the state’s new prior approval law, the state Department of Financial Services annually reviews the community-rated category of health insurers’ premium package. This year, the state reduced, on average, proposed rates for 10 health …

How many Americans will gain insurance under health reform? Good question. – Washington Post

That’s the additional number of people that the Congressional Budget Office estimates will gain insurance coverage under the health reform law. It’s generally taken as fact–but it probably shouldn’t be. Two new studies published in Health Affairs …