Starting January 1, 2016, the Affordable Care Act amends the size of the small group health insurance market from 2-50 to 1-100. However, the Obama Administration has indicated that those fully insured groups that have 51-100 insureds may be allowed to keep their policies and remain in the large group market via a transitional policy akin to the transitional policies that were allowed in the small group market. The Department previously discussed the small group transitional policies in a notice, “Transitional Policies Revised,” issued April 30, 2014.

AGENCY RENEWAL PROCESS

Agency licenses will expire April 30, 2015.

All 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, 2015:

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To: All Interested Parties

Recently enacted Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3805(3) (2010) and § 44-7,105 (2012) prevent prepaid dental service plans, insurance policies, self-funded employee benefit plans, and prepaid limited health organization plans from dictating the price of dental services that they do not cover. Sections 44-3805 and 44- 7,105 do not provide a definition of the term “covered service.” Insurance and dental professionals implementing § 44-3805 and § 44-7,105 have discovered that “covered service” is subject to two interpretations.

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To: All Companies Authorized to Sell Insurance in Nebraska

The Consumer Affairs Division has now begun to transmit complaint information electronically. To assist in this effort, please send an email with your NAIC number and the name of your compliance contact along with his/her email address, fax number and direct-dial phone number to DOI.ConsumerAffairs@nebraska.gov.