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Hawaii Updates 2026 List of Qualified Reciprocal Reinsurers and Jurisdictions

HI| The Hawaii Insurance Division has updated their list of reinsurers that have satisfied Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 431-4A and Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 168 requirements to qualify and maintain status as reciprocal reinsurers, along with their associated alien numbers. It explains that the Insurance Commissioner must publish a list of reciprocal jurisdictions, which includes […]

Connecticut Issues New 2026 Health Rate Filing Rules: What Carriers Need to Know About ARPA Expiration, Benchmarks, and Transparency

CT| Bulletin No. HC-81-26, from the Connecticut Insurance Department, sets comprehensive guidelines for all individual, small group, and large group health insurance rate filings, requiring carriers to submit SERFF filings aligned with federal PPACA/HHS rate review rules, including preliminary justifications, URRT, HIOS tables, and detailed actuarial support such as historical experience, trends, risk adjustment estimates, […]

Connecticut Issues New PBM & Mail-Order Pharmacy Profit Reporting Rules for Health Carriers

CT| Bulletin No. HC-134 from the Connecticut Insurance Department notifies all Connecticut health carriers that, under CGS §38a-479uuu, they must file an “Annual Report on Pricing and Profit” detailing the pricing arrangements and profits between the carrier and each pharmacy benefit manager or mail-order pharmacy with which they do business, to the extent such information […]

Connecticut Sets June 1, 2026 Deadline for 2027 Individual and Small Group ACA Filing

CT| Connecticut Bulletin HC‑90‑26 sets out ACA‑related filing rules for non‑grandfathered individual and small employer health plans (on and off Access Health CT) for plan years beginning January 1, 2027, including essential health benefit requirements, detailed form and rate filing procedures, key June 1, 2026 deadlines, and ongoing obligations for small group rate filings, formularies, […]

Conduent Cybersecurity Breach: Missouri Calls on Carriers to Report Impact on Policyholders

MO| The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance issued Insurance Bulletin 26-08 on May 5, 2026, as an addendum to Bulletin 26-05, to address the Conduent Business Services, LLC cybersecurity breach and its impact on Missouri-regulated entities and consumers. Conduent, which provides document processing, payment integrity, and back-office services to insurers and others, discovered on […]

Louisiana Cracks Down on Unlicensed Insurance: Due Diligence Required for All TPA Agreements

LA| Bulletin 2026-07 from the Louisiana Department of Insurance reminds all licensed third-party administrators (TPAs) that they must exercise due diligence before entering agreements with any entity offering insurance products or services in Louisiana, including verifying that such entities are properly licensed under Louisiana law and that contracts comply with applicable statutes. The bulletin notes […]

Montana Releases 2027 Phramacy Network Adequacy Template and Instructions

MT| The Montana CSI‘s 2027 Network Adequacy Pharmacy Workbook Instructions: This template must be completed and submitted if an issuer requires insureds to use preferred pharmacies or offers better pricing for prescription drugs obtained at a preferred pharmacy. See the attached workbook for full details on file naming, worksheet protection, in‑network indicators, pharmacy listing rules, […]

Alabama Issues PY 2027 ACA Timeline: Confirms QHP and Non-QHP Filing Dates

AL| Bulletin No. 2026-02, from the Alabama Department of Insurance, provides PY 2027 ACA filing guidance to all health insurance issuers, health care service plans, and HMOs writing in Alabama. The department will follow the federal PY 2027 Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Data Submission and Certification Timeline and applies the same timetable to non‑QHP form […]