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Even sophisticated purchasers of commercial general liability and property coverage are often only vaguely aware of the market standing behind the companies that provide their direct (or primary) insurance. In reality, the global market is an essential element of the insurance marketplace without which even the most well-capitalized primary insurance companies would be severely limited in both the volume of business they could write and the level of catastrophic loss they could endure. In this article, the authors look at the definitions and concepts that are the basic features of the market and examine how market operations directly affect the primary insurance market and, in turns, its consumers. As reinsurer underwriting becomes more di...
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This final rule implements standards for States related to reinsurance and risk adjustment, and for health insurance issuers related to reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment consistent with title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, referred to collectively as the Affordable Care Act. These programs will mitigate the impact of potential adverse selection and stabilize premiums in the individual and small group markets as insurance reforms and the Affordable Insurance Exchanges (``Exchanges'') are implemented, starting in 2014. The transitional State-based reinsurance program serves to reduce uncertainty by sharing risk in the individual market through making payments for high claims costs f...
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In August 2008, Costa Rican President Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez signed into law Costa Rica's new Ley Reguladora del Mercado de Seguros, thereby ending t...
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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This notice is a request for information (RFI) to gain market information on entities that could administer a transitional reinsurance program. This RFI will inform one or more future Requests for Proposals (RFP). This RFI solicits information about entities that could function as a reinsurance entity for the transitional reinsurance program. CMS or one or more States may contract for services required to fulfill the statutory and regulatory requirements of the reinsurance entity.
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Originally published April 27, 2011
Keywords: reinsurance sidecars, special-purpose reinsurers, checklist, reinsurance contracts
Reinsurance sid...
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This notice establishes a timeframe by which plan sponsors participating in the (ERRP) are expected to use ERRP reimbursement funds. Sponsors are expected to use such funds as soon as possible, but not later than December 31, 2014.
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This notice announces that CMS, based on the projected availability of funding under the (ERRP), is exercising its authority under the ERRP regulations at 45 CFR 149.45(a) to deny ERRP reimbursement requests, in their entirety, that include claims that are incurred after December 31, 2011. Therefore, plan sponsors must not include such claims in their Claim Lists and Summary Cost Data submitted in support of a reimbursement request. Should circumstances related to the availability of ERRP funding change, CMS may issue a new notice announcing approval of ERRP reimbursement request that include claims incurred after December 31, 2011.
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* Earnings per diluted share rose to $1.78 (net income) and $1.72 (operating income*)
* Premiums up 13 percent to $1.8 billion
* Operating return on...