The Exchanges Subgroup at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved a draft white paper that compares the roles navigators and producers might play in a new system of health insurance exchanges.

Benefits groups fear conflicts in federal swaps regulations could accidentally make all swaps transactions involving swaps dealers and retirement plans illegal.

A company that helps states administer Medicaid programs says it thinks Navigators may have only a temporary role in the new health insurance exchange system.

The Indiana Department of Insurance is asking federal regulators to waive the new minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) requirement for insurers in the Indiana individual health insurance market.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has taken another look at how federal health insurance subsidies might perform in a health exchange environment, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has updated an exchange governance draft.

The new Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio requirement may be leading to health insurance rate cuts in some communities, Charles Boorady says.

A U.S. Treasury Department advisory committee is wondering whether the department could come up with new types of financial instruments that could help pension managers do a better job of handling plan obligations.

The House Rules Committee plans to discuss the rules governing House floor debate on H.R. 1213 – a bill that would repeal federal health insurance exchange funding requirements