Marcy Morrison, commissioner of the Division of Insurance, will retire at the end of November. Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper will appoint her replacement as part of his transition plans for 2011. But Morrison doesn’t plan to wait. “Typically, December and January are a slow time of year,” she said. “And insurance companies are going to want [...] [...]
Health premiums continue to rise, but the Divison of Insurance says reform measures have very little to do with those increases. Marcy Morrison, commissioner of insurance, said she decided to set the record straight to address rumors that premium increases were due to federal health care reform legislation. “It’s a hot issue for many people, [...] [...]
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The Colorado Division of Insurance enacted emergency regulation today to keep child-only individual insurance policies in effect. The new regulation requires insurance carriers that offer the child-only policies to provide two open enrollment periods, a move designed to keep carriers in the market, as well as ease fears that parents will enroll children only after [...] [...]
IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. has been fined $71,100 by the Colorado Division of Insurance for practices that violate state law. The division discovered that the company, better known as Ameriprise Auto and Home Insurance Co.) was engaging in a practice known as, “steering,” or illegally pushing business to certain repair shops using rebates or [...] [...]
Coloradoans who used American Underwriters Insurance will receive more than $875,000 in refunds from the Kansas-based insurance company. The Colorado Division of Insurance found that company used inaccurate rates and overcharged Colorado clients. The inaccuracies were discovered during a yearlong review of every insurance company offering credit insurance products in Colorado, an effort to ensure [...] [...]
Fewer small employers provided health benefits to their employees in 2009, according to a report released by the Colorado Division of Insurance.. “Small employers play a key role in Colorado’s overall insurance market and this year’s report digs deeper into the data,” said Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison. “With health premiums continuing to rise for many [...] [...]
The Colorado Division of Insurance levied two fines against insurance companies that operate in Colorado. United Healthcare of Colorado received a $211,000 fine and United Healthcare Insurance Company received a $246,000 fine. Commissioner Marcy Morrison said that conduct examinations for calendar year 2007 found that the companies had provided incomplete information in certificates of creditable coverage, [...] [...]