Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) The excess loss funding program of a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance.
(B) As a condition to the issuance and maintenance of a certificate of authority, a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall purchase individual stop-loss insurance from insurers authorized to transact business in this state with a deductible retention of no more than five per cent of the arrangement's annual aggregate premium up to one million dollars and no more than two and one-half per cent of the arrangement's annual aggregate premium above that amount. The arrangement also shall purchase, as a condition to the issuance and maintenance of a certificate of authority, aggregate stop-loss insurance from insurers authorized to transact business in this state with a deductible retention of no more than one hundred twenty-five per cent of its projected claims for the succeeding fiscal year.
(C) Any excess or stop-loss insurance policy purchased by a multiple employer welfare arrangement shall provide that the superintendent must be notified by the arrangement of the cancellation of the policy for any reason, including the failure of the arrangement to pay any applicable premium.
(D) No excess or stop-loss insurance policy purchased by a multiple employer welfare arrangement shall do any of the following on the basis of actual or expected claims for an individual or an individual's given diagnosis:
(1) Assign a different attachment point for that individual;
(2) Assign a deductible to that individual that must be met before excess or stop-loss insurance applies;
(3) Deny excess or stop-loss insurance coverage to that individual.