New Delaware Guidance Confirms CPT Codes for Annual Behavioral Health Well Checks Remain Unchanged in 2026
DE| Delaware Domestic and Foreign Insurers Bulletin No. 134, revised in March 26, 2026, reminds all insurance carriers that effective January 1, 2024, they must provide coverage for an annual behavioral health well check pursuant to House Bill 303, which added identical sections 3370E and 3571Z to Title 18 of the Delaware Insurance Code requiring […]
Risk of Penalties & Perjury: CA Insurance Commissioner Targets Undisclosed Formula Edits in Rate Exhibits
CA| Bulletin 2026-2 from the California Insurance Commissioner reminds all Proposition 103 prior-approval property and casualty insurers that rate applications must use the Department’s official Prior Approval Application, Templates, Standard Exhibits, and SIS Exhibits without altering any of the Department’s proprietary formulas, and that any adjustments must instead be disclosed and explained in the Filing […]
Public Notice: Online Guam Tax Portals Unavailable Until Further Notice After FY2025 Contract Lapse
GU| GuamTax.com and MyGuamTax.com services have been temporarily suspended because their licensing and support services expired on September 30, 2025, and will remain unavailable until these services are renewed. See Notice Below
SLIP+ FOR STATES Sends Reminder That Kansas Filings Begin on April 1, 2026
US| SLIP+ releases eNews reminder that Kansas policies effective on or after January 1, 2026, and endorsements on those policies, should be filed in SLIP+ See copy of reminder below:
New Delaware Bulletin Reinforces Patient?Centered Step Therapy Exceptions, Limits Carrier Use of Biosimilars
DE| Delaware Department of Insurance Bulletin No. 165 reiterates that insurers, health service corporations, and managed care organizations writing individual and group coverage subject to Title 18 must maintain clear, accessible step therapy exception processes as required under 18 Del. C. §§ 3381 and 3591, preserving the central role of a providers clinical judgment in […]
New MN Bulletin Clarifies Filing Rules for FORTIFIED Homeowners Rate Discounts
MN| Administrative Bulletin 2026-1 instructs Minnesota homeowners insurers on how to file actuarially justified premium discounts or rate reductions for IBHS FORTIFIED-designated properties under Minn. Stat. § 65A.298, including required SERFF filings, threshold discount levels for the wind/hail portion of premium, and Commerces case-by-case review standards starting March 23, 2026, without disturbing previously approved filings. […]
California DOI Issues 2026 Reminder: Report Background Changes Within 30 Days or Face Discipline
CA| The Notice, issued March 20, 2026 by the California Department of Insurance, reminds all admitted insurers, producers, bail agents, independent and public adjusters, education providers, and other interested parties that California Insurance Code section 1729.2 requires all licensees, applicants, and specified unlicensed control persons listed on business entity licenses or applications to report any […]
Maine Issues 2027 ACA Filing Bulletin: Key Deadlines and Requirements for Individual & Small Group Plans
ME| Bulletin 493 from the Maine Bureau of Insurance sets uniform 2027 filing timelines and content requirements for non-grandfathered individual and small group health and stand-alone dental plans in the merged market, including detailed rules for rate development, plan naming, Clear Choice and HSA designations, MGARA shadow Silver rates, and comprehensive SERFF form and rate […]
Texas Approves New Workers Comp Class Code for Clerical Telecommuters, Effective July 1, 2026
TX| Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner’s Order No. 2026-9844 approves NCCI Item B-1451, which amends the NCCI Basic Manual in Texas to establish workers compensation classification code 8871 for clerical telecommuter employees whose duties are clerical, who telecommute at least 50% of the time, and whose employers basic classification does not already include clerical employees, […]
Nebraska DOI Greenlights Use of Insurance Consultants for Medicare Advantage SalesWith Key Conditions on Fees and Compliance
NE| The Nebraska Department of Insurance issues advisory Guidance Document IGD-B9 to clarify that insurance consultants may be used to sell Medicare Advantage plans in Nebraska, in light of some carriers reducing or removing producer commissions. Consultants differ from producers because they charge consumers a reasonable fee for advice and placement instead of receiving carrier […]