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Massachusetts health insurers sue over rejected rate increases
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- April 6 2010
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans have sued the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) after the DOI's decision last week to reject most proposed rate increases for small businesses for the current calendar quarter
Scottish Court rejects insurers' challenge over compensation for pleural plaques
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- January 13 2010
The Scottish Court has upheld legislation that maintains the right to compensation for pleural plaques sufferers in Scotland
Supreme Court of Canada considers the meaning of 'accident' under a group policy
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- Canada
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- January 22 2010
In the case of Co-operators Life Insurance v Gibbens, 2009 SCC 59, the insured contracted herpes through unprotected sex and, as a result, developed transverse myelitis, a rare complication of herpes, which left him paralysed from the waist down
Iowa enacts law requiring 30-day rate hike notice from health insurers
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- April 15 2010
On April 9, 2010, Iowa's governor Chet Culver signed measures (Senate File 2201) designed to create greater transparency and disclosure of health insurance premiums, and to expand the rights of consumers prior to any rate increases by insurance companies
Federal funding for temporary high-risk insurance pool program to begin Summer 2010
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- USA
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- June 8 2010
In July 2010, some of the first money allocated by the new health care reform law will start flowing to states that have elected to participate in the federal temporary high-risk insurance pool program
Health care legislation imposes tax on annuity income
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- USA
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- April 26 2010
The Health Care and Reconciliation Act (the "Act"), signed into law on March 30, 2010, imposes a tax on annuity income to help pay for the multi-billion dollar reform package set forth in both the Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010
Rhode Island 2011 budget - tax implications for surplus lines insurers and medical malpractice joint underwriters association
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- June 16 2010
The 2011 Rhode Island state budget, which was enacted as HB 7397A and signed into law June 2, 2010, amends the taxation statutes applicable to surplus lines insurers and the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriters Association
Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate February 1, 2010
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- February 1 2010
Healthcare reform efforts remained in flux last week, as President Obama sought to repackage his party's priorities in the wake of the shocking Republican victory in Massachusetts on January 19
Ninth Circuit: automobile insurer did not engage in bad faith by refusing to pre-authorize treatment under PIP coverage
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- USA
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- February 2 2010
In Sadler v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, No. 08-35859 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2009), the insureds sued their insurer for bad faith, among other claims, arising from their insurer’s refusal to pre-authorize surgery under the personal injury protection (“PIP”) provision of the automobile insurance policy
HHS awards consumer assistance grants
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- October 25 2010
The following day, HHS announced $30 million in grants in conjunction with another portion of Public Law 111-148 - the effort to strengthen consumer assistance programs
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