Pennsylvania Insurance Department News

Pennsylvania Regulators’ Rate Review Authority Gets a Boost

The law giving the Pennsylvania Insurance Department authority to review and disapprove rate increases in the small group health insurance market took effect on Wednesday. The law, Act 134, was signed into law by Governor Tom Corbett late last year. …

Penn. Insurance Department Forms New Health Insurance Assistance Unit

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced last week it has formed a new consumer unit to respond to questions about health insurance. “This new unit supplements our health insurance complaint-handling functions,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Consedine. “The unit will also allow …

Penn. Regulators Recovered $3.2M in Restitution for Consumers in 2011

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said its office of market regulation completed 334 enforcement actions and market conduct examinations in 2011. In all, the department issued 141 orders and adjudications, collected more than $900,000 in penalties and fines and recovered $3.2 …