Delaware regulators support medical pre-authorization legislation
A bill penalizing insurers for denying coverage of medically necessary tests is moving forward in the Delaware House of Representatives with the support of state insurance regulators. Karen Weldin...
View ArticleDelaware welcomes Marathon Financial as latest captive insurer
The Delaware Department of Insurance recently announced the re-domestication of Marathon Financial Insurance Co. from South Carolina as the state’s latest captive insurer. Karen Weldin Stewart Marathon...
View ArticleBlue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware looking for ‘strategic partner’
Update: View the latest on this topic. In what might become a trend, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware is looking to build a “strategic partnership” with another Blue Cross or Blue Shield affiliate in...
View ArticleHighmark, Del. Blues’ deal gets attorney general scrutiny
Delaware’s attorney general publicly asked Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) and Pennsylvania-based Highmark to explain the effects of their affiliation agreement. Delaware Attorney General...
View ArticleDelaware Blues fined $325,000 for pre-authorization ‘deficiencies’
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart fined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware $325,000 for “deficiencies” in its nuclear cardiac imaging testing pre-authorization process. Over the last...
View ArticleHHS finds no cause to exempt Del. from medical loss ratio requirement
Delaware’s request to exempt two state health insurers from the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision under the federal health care reform was rejected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....
View ArticleDelaware fines Allstate, Encompass over handling of auto policies
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart fined Allstate Insurance Co. and Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violating state insurance laws, which the insurers blamed on...
View ArticleDelaware approves Highmark-BCBSD affiliation, on 49 conditions
Delaware’s insurance commissioner approved the affiliation between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) and Highmark, imposing 49 conditions designed to protect consumers and BCBSD. Karen Weldin...
View ArticleBlue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has Highmark name now
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has a new name, reflecting its affiliation with Highmark, the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based health insurance company. The new name – Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware...
View ArticleCommissioners re-elected in Delaware, North Carolina, other states
Voters in Delaware, North Carolina and three other states re-elected incumbent insurance commissioners in the Nov. 6 election. Karen Weldin Stewart Karen Weldin Stewart, a Democrat, received about...
View ArticleDelaware insurance department recovers nearly $1 million
Delaware’s Consumer Services Division has recovered $940,995.72 for consumers during the first six months of the year, according to Delaware Department of Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart....
View ArticleDel. regulator sees ‘outstanding’ state, federal health reform issues
Applauding federal health reform as a “landmark piece of legislation,” Delaware’s insurance commissioner voiced support for retaining the independence of state regulators, but also sees issues to...
View ArticleWeldin Stewart probing test denials as legislator questions her work
Amid a wave of criticism focused on her and the state’s insurance office, Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has announced a meeting to focus on denials of medically necessary tests...
View ArticleDel. insurance commissioner defends staffing of captives bureau
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart defended staffing the state’s new captive insurance bureau without requesting bids or conducting a formal search before a joint legislative panel....
View ArticleNAIFA-Del. Career Conference scheduled for May 4
The former dean of the Wharton School of Business and Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart are among the speakers at this year’s National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisor...
View ArticleDelaware regulators support medical pre-authorization legislation
A bill penalizing insurers for denying coverage of medically necessary tests is moving forward in the Delaware House of Representatives with the support of state insurance regulators. Karen Weldin...
View ArticleDel. settles with three life insurers for $320,000
The Delaware Department of Insurance has reached settlement agreements totaling more than $320,000 with three companies related to payouts of proceeds owed in life insurance policies, annuity contracts...
View ArticleDelaware will not permit extended Obamacare plans
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced that the recent Obama administration decision to allow for the two-year extension of health plans that are not compliant with the...
View ArticleCounty sheriff to mount election campaign for Delaware insurance commissioner
New Castle County Sheriff Trinidad Navarro, a Democrat, plans to announce this week that he will launch a 2016 campaign to become Delaware’s next insurance commissioner. Trinidad Navarro Navarro’s...
View ArticleDel. Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart named insurance ‘pioneer’
Trade publication Captive Review magazine has named Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart to its first Enterprise Risk Captive Pioneers list, recognizing 20 of the “key influencers” in...
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