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  Category: Insurance Commissioner


Health Insurance Rates Decrease 5.8%

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019

July 1, 2019  Dover, DE—Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBS) has submitted its required annual rate filing to the Delaware Department of Insurance. After years of substantial increases, Delaware’s Marketplace has stabilized and premiums have decreased. Highmark BCBS, the only insurer continuing to offer insurance coverage in Delaware’s individual market, has proposed […]




Data Breach – 95,000 Delawareans Impacted

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019 DOVER, DE – The Delaware Department of Insurance recently received notice of a data security breach suffered by Dominion National, an insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits. On April 24, 2019, through its investigation of an internal alert, Dominion National discovered that servers containing enrollment data, demographic details, and personal […]




Sussex County Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019

 Sussex County Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud June 14, 2019 DOVER, DE – Arlene Belfield, 51, of Lincoln DE, was arrested on Thursday, June 13th, 2019 by Capital Police, following an investigation by the Delaware Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau. The charges allege that in November, 2017, Arlene Belfield, pretending to be her terminally […]




Public Comment Period Open for Delaware 1332 State Innovation Waiver

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019

June 5, 2019 DOVER, DE –Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that the Delaware Department of Insurance has posted Delaware’s 1332 Waiver Application (the “Application”) for public comment. The period during which members of the public may comment on the proposed Application runs until June 29, 2019. Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act […]




Steve Kinion named to Captive Review Power 50

Captive | Captive Insurance | Date Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019

Dover, DE –  For the eighth year in a row, Delaware’s captive insurance director, Steve Kinion, has been named to Captive Review’s Power 50.  The Power 50 represents the fifty most powerful and influential individuals in today’s global captive insurance industry.  Over 3,000 insurance professionals worldwide cast their votes to select the Power 50.  Since […]







  Category: Insurance Commissioner

Health Insurance Rates Decrease 5.8%

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019

July 1, 2019  Dover, DE—Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBS) has submitted its required annual rate filing to the Delaware Department of Insurance. After years of substantial increases, Delaware’s Marketplace has stabilized and premiums have decreased. Highmark BCBS, the only insurer continuing to offer insurance coverage in Delaware’s individual market, has proposed […]




Data Breach – 95,000 Delawareans Impacted

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

June 26, 2019 DOVER, DE – The Delaware Department of Insurance recently received notice of a data security breach suffered by Dominion National, an insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits. On April 24, 2019, through its investigation of an internal alert, Dominion National discovered that servers containing enrollment data, demographic details, and personal […]




Sussex County Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019

 Sussex County Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud June 14, 2019 DOVER, DE – Arlene Belfield, 51, of Lincoln DE, was arrested on Thursday, June 13th, 2019 by Capital Police, following an investigation by the Delaware Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau. The charges allege that in November, 2017, Arlene Belfield, pretending to be her terminally […]




Public Comment Period Open for Delaware 1332 State Innovation Waiver

Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019

June 5, 2019 DOVER, DE –Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that the Delaware Department of Insurance has posted Delaware’s 1332 Waiver Application (the “Application”) for public comment. The period during which members of the public may comment on the proposed Application runs until June 29, 2019. Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act […]




Steve Kinion named to Captive Review Power 50

Captive | Captive Insurance | Date Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019

Dover, DE –  For the eighth year in a row, Delaware’s captive insurance director, Steve Kinion, has been named to Captive Review’s Power 50.  The Power 50 represents the fifty most powerful and influential individuals in today’s global captive insurance industry.  Over 3,000 insurance professionals worldwide cast their votes to select the Power 50.  Since […]