Insurance Law

Progress report on health law’s risk adjustment rule; Status check on state-based exchanges – News-Medical.Net

News outlets offer updates regarding state progress related to developing the health law’s insurance exchanges, the timing for risk adjustment rules and the release of the final federal rule on the health insurance premium tax credit. 

Court Could Thwart Obama With Clinton Law in Contraception Face-Off With Church Groups – Daily Beast

The Supreme Court could use a Bill Clinton–era law against infringing on religious practices to sidestep its own precedent and rule in favor of Christian organizations that want to kill the administration’s requirement that health-insurance …

The health insurance plans, they are a-changing – Washington Post

Health insurance plans will have to beef up on benefits if they want to stay in business under Obamacare, according to a new study out Wednesday afternoon from Health Affairs. The health overhaul law mandates a wave of new requirements … Continue reading

Insurance Law Podcast Examines Challenges Of Cyber Risk – Insurance News Net

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A.M. Best Co. has released the latest installment of the Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely insurance issues from an attorney’s point of view. This episode addresses the impact of cyber risk on the …

No Helmet? Buy Life Insurance: Bay City insurance agent’s sign on motorcycle helmet law captures eyes and interest – MLive.com

BAY CITY — For Farm Bureau Insurance Agent Michael Hayes, picking a message for the sign outside his business at 505 S. Euclid in Bay City can be a little tricky. In the year or so he’s owned the business, … Continue reading

Lawmaker Calls PIP Car Insurance Law Flawed – The Ledger

TALLAHASSEE | A glitch in a new state law reforming no-fault car insurance could allow companies to deny claims, a lawmaker is alleging. Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, penned a letter to Gov. Rick Scott spelling out what he described … Continue reading

Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese sues over health insurance rule [Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas] – Insurance News Net

It also calls the president’s proposed changes meaningless since they aren’t part of the law. The diocese provides health insurance coverage through a self-funded plan that works within church tenets and does not cover abortion or sterilization drugs or services.

My uninsured car got hit. Can I make a claim? – NASDAQ

Answer:  Your car insurance policy may have expired … No-pay, no-play states have laws in place that limit your auto accident claim recovery if you’re uninsured. Most of these laws deal with bodily injury claims, which you don’t have.

Insurance Law Podcast Examines the Challenges of Cyber Risk – StreetInsider.com

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A.M. Best Co. has released the latest installment of the Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely insurance issues from an attorney’s point of view. The latest episode features attorney Bruce Raymond from …

Progress Report On Health Law’s Risk Adjustment Rule, State-Based Exchanges – Kaiser Health News

News outlets offer updates regarding state progress related to developing the health law’s insurance exchanges, the timing for risk adjustment rules and the release of the final federal rule on the health insurance premium tax credit.