A bipartisan, companion Senate bill to the House bill excluding insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations will be introduced in a few days, although the political environment makes its passage uncertain.

A bipartisan bill providing broader workers’ compensation coverage to previously ineligible business entities in Pennsylvania was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett last week.

Two Pennsylvania insurance associations say they do not expect that a bill that calls for electing rather than appointing the state’s insurance commissioner to earn Pennsylvania General Assembly approval this year.

The Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters will hold its annual Day on the Hill April 20, giving its members from across the state an opportunity to meet in small groups with members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to discuss health insurance issues.

The Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters sent to its members March 15 a draft memo that it hopes its health insurance brokers will send to their clients who are business owners, seeking help in opposing federal health care reform.

A Pennsylvania health insurance trade group has hand-delivered letters to U.S. House members from the state, asking that a formal, open conference committee be held to create final federal health reform legislation.

Hours before the president was to outline his latest vision for health care reform, Philadelphia health care executives gathered to look closely at reform proposals, seeking to “separate fact from …  Read →

The Greater Philadelphia Association of Health Underwriters is planning a town hall meeting for its corporate partners Wednesday, Sept. 9, that it is billing as a “frank and open discussion …  Read →

Agents and brokers licensed in Pennsylvania will have their producer licensing renewals shifted to their birth month, starting later this year.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department will eliminate renewals tied to the …  Read →

With the four strokes of his pen, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took action on four health care reforms in the state, including the expansion of COBRA health and increasing the …  Read →