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Insurer Fined $487,000 for Selling Bogus ACA Health Insurance Policies

Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart today announced she has fined Companion Life Insurance Company $487,000.00 for numerous violations of Delaware’s insurance code, including misrepresenting its limited benefit and short term health insurance plans as compliant with the Affordable Care Act.




Delaware Department of Insurance and NAIC Offer Nationwide Life Insurance Policy Locator Tool

The Delaware Department of Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced a national service that provides consumers with search capabilities to help find a deceased person’s lost life insurance policies and annuities.




Commissioner Stewart Offers Tax Solution for Captive Insurers

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has issued a bulletin which provides guidance to make it easier for captive insurers to comply with the new requirements within the federal Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act. Captive Insurance Bulletin No. 6 establishes procedures so that owners of captive insurance companies may satisfy the PATH Act’s new mandates for owning captives.




Retirement Planning for All Ages: Commissioner Stewart Supports National Retirement Planning Week

National Retirement Planning Week runs from April 11 to 15, and Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart joins with the National Retirement Planning Coalition to recommend that Delawareans of all ages take time to review their existing retirement strategy, or to formulate a plan if they don’t already have one.




Commissioner Stewart: Beware of Unscrupulous Tax Preparers

Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has received reports of tax preparers who are wrongly informing Delawareans without health insurance that they are subject to penalty payments under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Some unscrupulous preparers actually tell clients that the payments can be paid directly to that preparer, who then pockets the money.







 Pages Tagged With: "Department of Insurance"

Insurer Fined $487,000 for Selling Bogus ACA Health Insurance Policies

Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart today announced she has fined Companion Life Insurance Company $487,000.00 for numerous violations of Delaware’s insurance code, including misrepresenting its limited benefit and short term health insurance plans as compliant with the Affordable Care Act.




Delaware Department of Insurance and NAIC Offer Nationwide Life Insurance Policy Locator Tool

The Delaware Department of Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced a national service that provides consumers with search capabilities to help find a deceased person’s lost life insurance policies and annuities.




Commissioner Stewart Offers Tax Solution for Captive Insurers

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has issued a bulletin which provides guidance to make it easier for captive insurers to comply with the new requirements within the federal Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act. Captive Insurance Bulletin No. 6 establishes procedures so that owners of captive insurance companies may satisfy the PATH Act’s new mandates for owning captives.




Retirement Planning for All Ages: Commissioner Stewart Supports National Retirement Planning Week

National Retirement Planning Week runs from April 11 to 15, and Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart joins with the National Retirement Planning Coalition to recommend that Delawareans of all ages take time to review their existing retirement strategy, or to formulate a plan if they don’t already have one.




Commissioner Stewart: Beware of Unscrupulous Tax Preparers

Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has received reports of tax preparers who are wrongly informing Delawareans without health insurance that they are subject to penalty payments under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Some unscrupulous preparers actually tell clients that the payments can be paid directly to that preparer, who then pockets the money.