As agent groups in Maryland await word of who will be their next insurance commissioner, they are hoping Ralph S. Tyler’s successor mirrors his open communication style.

Prior to leaving office as Maryland’s insurance commissioner, Ralph S. Tyler says his agency will provide state legislators with recommendations on how to better govern the reserve levels of non-profit health insurers.

Much like Goldilocks, when it comes to assessing its hundreds of millions of dollars in reserve funds, regional insurer CareFirst feels it is not too big, nor too small, but just right.

A little less than a week before it was to decide whether the reserves of a CareFirst subsidiary is “unreasonably large,” Washington, D.C., insurance regulators are delaying their final verdict until the end of December.

Regional health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is making available $1 million in grant funding for programs aimed at improving maternal and child health care in Northern Virginia.

CareFirst has issued a …  Read →

Maryland legislators joined CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in introducing a $1.6 billion universal health care coverage bill, featuring a mandate that could penalize those not gaining coverage with a tax of …  Read →