Colorado Dental Plans: Annual DLR & Plan-Design Reporting Requirements Tighten Under Amended 4-2-99
CO| Amended Colorado Regulation 4-2-99 sets out how all carriers offering dental coverage plans, including prepaid dental plans, must calculate, categorize, and report their dental loss ratios (DLRs) by market segment using three years of experience, defining which expenditures count as clinical dental services, quality improvement activities, overhead/administrative costs, and nonprofit community benefit expenditures, and […]
ELANY Updates List of E&S Insurers
NY| The Excess Line Association of New York had added a new Company to the list of approves surplus lines insurers: Alien Insurer: NorthStandard Limited (Code: EC820), effective June 5, 2026. Click here to see ELANY Bulletin No. 2026-15
New Mexico OSI Seeks Input from Dental Insurers on Provider Credentialing Applications by June 17, 2026
NM| The New Mexico OSI issued a Notice on June 9, 2026 to all dental health care insurers writing dental policies in New Mexico stating they must contact their dental networks, identify which provider credentialing application(s) are currently used, and report this to OSI by emailing monica.snowden@osi.nm.gov no later than Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at […]
New Mexico OSI Announces 17.3% One-Time Premium Refund for Eligible Med Mal Providers
NM| New Mexico OSI Bulletin 2026-010 implements a one-time Medical Malpractice Premium Reduction (MMPR) funded by a $5 million legislative appropriation to subsidize 2025 private medical professional liability premiums for independent providers insured through specific qualifying carriers, providing a 17.3% refund of 2025 earned premium only to independent provider named insureds with separate limits, contingent […]
Louisiana LDI Issues New PBM Bulletin: 14-Day Window to Comply With Updated Dispensing Fee Rules
LA| Louisiana Department of Insurance Bulletin 2026-09 (June 5, 2026) notifies licensed PBMs that, upon the Governor’s signing of HB 1236, they will have 14 calendar days to update systems and comply with new professional dispensing fee requirements, including paying claims consistent with La. R.S. 22:1868(C)(1), retroactively adjusting any claims from January 1, 2026 through […]
Louisiana LDI Updates Standardized Credentialing Application: New Language Field, 120‑Day Attestation Now Effective
LA| Louisiana Bulletin 2026-08 announces that the Department of Insurance has immediately updated the Louisiana Standardized Credentialing Application on its website to stay aligned with NCQA requirements, adding a practitioner language field in the demographic section, removing prepopulated responses from the General Questions section, and revising the attestation to a single 120‑day signature validity period […]
New Montana Advisory: Updated 2027 QHP Certification Timeline and Rate Data Template Requirements
MT| Montana’s Commissioner of Securities and Insurance issued an advisory memorandum updating the 2027 QHP certification process and extending the initial rate filing deadline because the state timeline was compressed by the federal 2027 Final Rule. The memo says issuers must submit binder, form, and network information by May 20, 2026; rate filings are due […]
Michigan Adjusts Fire Insurance Escrow Limit Effective July 1, 2026
MI| Michigan DIFS Bulletin 2026-16-INS updates the annual fire insurance maximum escrow amount under Section 2227 of the Michigan Insurance Code for municipalities participating in the fire insurance withholding program, which permits eligible municipalities to escrow 25% of fire insurance settlements on covered real property losses, subject to statutory criteria and a CPI-based cap for […]
Texas TDI Approves NCCI Filing 01‑TX‑2025, Aligning WC Class Codes With Multistate Standards
TX| Texas Department of Insurance has approved NCCI Item 01‑TX‑2025, which converts many Texas‑specific workers’ compensation classifications and phraseologies to multistate codes, updates the hazard group table and dispute‑resolution rules, and replaces the Alternate Employer Endorsement with a new WC 00 03 01 A form; most accounts should see little or no premium impact, with […]
Maryland Bulletin 26-13: New Guidance Issued on Commercial EPIP Filings, Deadlines, and Bundling Flexibility
MD| Bulletin 26-13, issued by the Maryland Insurance Administration, explains how insurers must file forms and rates with the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) for commercially insured Equivalent Private Insurance Plans (EPIPs) under the Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) Program, emphasizing that EPIPs must be group, stand‑alone products that include both family and medical […]