Nebraska Department of Insurance

Stakeholder Meetings Scheduled for Planning and Development of a Health Insurance Exchange

The Nebraska Department of Insurance will be hosting several public stakeholder meetings. These meetings are designed to solicit information from stakeholders and members of the public regarding the issues surrounding Nebraska’s available options for the planning and development of a Health Insurance Exchange.

Meetings will be held in all three congressional districts. The stakeholder meetings currently scheduled are as follows:

Scottsbluff/Gering: 2/17/2011
Gering Civic Center
1050 M St, Gering, NE
Time: 5:30-9:00 PM

NOTICE - Agency License Renewal Procedure May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012

To: The Insurance Agency Addressed

AGENCY RENEWAL PROCESS

Your agency license will expire April 30, 2011.

Non-resident agency renewals are available online at www.nipr.com.

Agencies may also be renewed by returning the following to the Department no later than March 15, 2011:

NOTICE - Employer-Sponsored Small Group Health Insurance Requirement

To: All Companies Writing Health Insurance in Nebraska

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the number of employees required for purposes of the issuance of small group health insurance has been increased to 100, however, a state may opt to keep that number at 50, which is current Nebraska law.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION - Amendment of Chapter 71 of the Insurance Department Rules

Chapter 71 of the Insurance Department Rules was filed with the Secretary of State for adoption on October 28, 2010, with an implementation date of November 2, 2010.

NOTICE - Hospital-Medical Liability Surcharge Determination for the Year 2011

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NOTICE OF HEARING - In the Matter of the Acquisition of Control of Firstcomp Insurance Company

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NOTICE - CHIP Rate Adjustment

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION - Amendment of 210 NEB. ADMIN. R. & REG. 55 of the Insurance Department Rules and Regulations

Chapter 55 of the Insurance Department Rules and Regulations was filed with the Secretary of State on August 17, 2010, with an implementation date of January 1, 2011.

NOTICE OF HEARING - Chapter 71, Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Regulation

The Director of the Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. §84-901 to §84-909 for the proposed amendment of Title 210, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 71, Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Regulation. Chapter 71 established a methodology using X factors (mortality adjustments) in the deficiency reserve calculation that allows life insurers to adjust the standard valuation mortality to mortality that more closely approximates the expected mortality experience for their policies subject to this regulation.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION - Amendment of Chapter 69 of the Insurance Department Rules and Regulations

Chapter 69 of the Insurance Department Rules and Regulations has now been filed with the Secretary of State for adoption.