Category Archives: Health Insurance

Breaking: D.C. Circuit Nixes ACA Premium Subsidies

Posted on July 22, 2014 by

(Of course there would be breaking news while I’m out of the office…) In any event, the D.C. Circuit this morning nixed the premium subsidies at the heart of the Affordable Care Act, effectively taking the “affordable” out of the … Continue reading →

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2014 Indiana Legislative Update #3

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

The gay marriage bill may be getting all the media attention in Indiana these days, but there’s so much more going on in the General Assembly, as shown in the third Indiana Legislative Update from our friends at Bose Public … Continue reading →

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IDOI Issues Bulletin on Mandatory ILHIGA Disclaimer

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

On October 7th, 2013, the Indiana Department of Insurance released Bulletin 200 (Indiana Life and Health Guaranty Association Disclaimer), which requires ILHIGA member insurers to include the “Summary Document” (attached to the Bulletin) with every policy or contract to a … Continue reading →

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Jones Presents at National Business Institute’s “Insurance Law 2013” Seminar

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

On February 28, 2013, Brian Jones–co-chair of the firm’s insurance group and the founder of this blog–presented at the National Business Institute’s “Insurance Law 2013” Seminar in Indianapolis, Indiana.  His topics were “Indiana Insurance Law 2012” and “Current Issues in … Continue reading →

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Indiana Department of Insurance Issues Bulletin Regarding Certification of Independent Review Organizations

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

The Indiana Department of Insurance recently published an updated Bulletin setting forth the procedures for certification of independent review organizations (“IROs”) with respect to the external review grievance process.  Click here for a copy. In accordance with the federal Patient … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS: Obamacare Constitutional

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

In what may be the most highly anticipated Supreme Court decision in this century so far, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 margin, just declared that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act is CONSTITUTIONAL as a tax.  The opinion was … Continue reading →

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Again, the “Re” Part of Reinsurance is Important

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

If you’re not an insurer, can you buy reinsurance?  “No” would seem to be the simple answer.  OK, what if you sell a stop-loss policy to a self-funded benefit plan?  The benefit plan is kind of like an insurer, so … Continue reading →

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Tenth Circuit Decides Haunted House’s Insurers Must Share Costs

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

We in the Bose Insurance Group always appreciate good stories and good writing.  And when you can combine both in law, that’s even better.  Tenth Circuit Judge Gorsuch had some hair-raising fun writing the opinion in Western World Insurance Co. v. … Continue reading →

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Indiana Guaranty Fund Tax Credits Under Legislative Review

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

It is likely that the Indiana General Assembly will study the basis for, and continued utility of, tax credits allowed for insurance guaranty fund assessments during the 2012 interim.  Currently, both life and health and property & casualty fund assessments … Continue reading →

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Indiana Serious About Health Rates

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Our recent experience with the Indiana Department of Insurance on behalf of several prominent health insurers makes clear that the department is taking health insurance rate review very seriously.  In addition to retaining a prominent firm to provide actuarial review … Continue reading →

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