Yellow Gas Piping in Your Home May Pose a Safety Risk
The Delaware Department of Insurance, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) are teaming up to educate homeowners on a potential safety risk involving yellow flexible gas piping. The gas piping is known as corrugated stainless steel tubing, or “yellow CSST.”
Insurance Department Posts Health Insurance Rate Requests
The Dept. of Insurance has posted the health insurance rate requests for 2016. The DOI will hold public information sessions on June 15 and June 16, and will accept public comments through July 15, 2015.
Highmark, Aetna Request Significant Health Insurance Rate Increases
Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced today that she has received rate request filings from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and Aetna, Inc. for individual and small group plans to be offered on Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace in 2016.
Businesses Can Continue To Purchase Large Group Health Insurance Plans
Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced that Aetna Health, Inc. and Highmark BlueCross BlueShield Delaware will offer businesses employing 51 to 100 workers the opportunity to renew their group health insurance policies at “large group” rates for policy plan years beginning on or before October 1, 2016.
Do Your Homework Before Using Home-Share Rental Services
If you use, or plan on using, a peer-to-peer home rental service (such as Airbnb) you should make sure you have the proper insurance coverage in case there’s an accident or something gets broken.
