Tag: Karen Weldin Stewart
In Which We Find Karen Weldin Stewart Abandoning Delaware Consumers Again
Back in June, we discussed the actions of KWS to apply for waivers from the medical cost ratio rule for two insurance companies so that they can continue to pay commissions to brokers and sales agents. Since then, HHS has finalized its rule that requires that the costs to pay premiums or other support to brokers and sales agents be categorized as Administrative Costs and therefore included to the maximum 20% overhead allowed by the ACA. Delaware’s own Insurance Commissioner voted in a recent NAICS action to vote on a resolution that recommends that Congress exempt the fees insurance agents and brokers from medical loss ratio calculations (pdf) and that HHS revive their rulemaking to exclude brokers and agents from the the administrative costs of insurance companies.
Karen Weldin Stewart: Bag of Hammers
I was driving around the other day and heard Karen Weldin Stewart on the Jensen Show. Do yourself a favor and listen to the interview. She reminds me of the way that Rich Kotite was when he was the Eagles coach. He did great at the beginning of the game when he had scripted the plays. It all went downhill from there.
IC’s Office Still Losing Money
The Insurance Commissioner’s captive insurance initiative is still losing money but it’s losing less than it used to.
Karen Weldin Stewart Doesn’t Like Open Government
A tipster sent me this link to the newly proposed regulations for FOIA requests to the Insurance Commissioners office. There are a few things that look somewhat odd to me. First, there will be no public hearing on these regulations. Not a big surprise, given the IC’s record of backroom dealings. The public has until […]
Legislative Pre-Game Show Plus Rant: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
OK, folks, it’s rant time. The obligatory and halfhearted hearing into the Insurance Commissioner’s office can only be described as pathetic. Based on published reports and what was reported at DL, there appeared to have been next-to-no preparation by the respective committee members. Little in the way of followup questions. And the weak post-hearing handwringing […]
Tornoe’s Toon: Markell vs. Goliath(s)
As a cartoonist, I’m very rarely afforded the opportunity to do a “positive” cartoon. But Gov. Markell has overcome a lot of obstacles thrown at Delaware amid this terrible recession, including the recent sale of the shut-down Valero refinery in Delaware City to PBF Energy. So I felt it was proper to give him some […]
My Interview With Karen Weldin Stewart Post-Hearing
I ask KWS about the resignation of her controller yesterday. I also ask about contractors v. state employees. I probably shouldn’t have helped her find the answers, but let me know what you think. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWFqoJXlukw[/youtube]
Live Video of the KWS Hearing
This may or may not work, but hopefully there will be a live stream of the hearing for Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. My fingers are crossed…
KWS Pre-Game Show
This afternoon is the hearing in Dover about the Insurance Commissioner’s job performance. The hearing is supposed to cover the denial of coverage for stress tests for Delaware residents and the Captive Insurance Bureau but I imagine a lot of issues will arise in the hearing. I know that our very own liberalgeek plans on […]
Questions for the Insurance Commissioner
Next week, a joint committee will be holding a hearing with the Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart to discuss a BCBS issue and allegations raised by the partisan, Caesar Rodney Institute. DelawareLiberal may be in attendance at the hearing, but all of the questions will be issued by the members of the committee. However, I […]
Bryon Short Calls for Investigation of Insurance Commissioner’s Office
I have received a number of tips through various mediums in the past hour that Rep. Bryon Short is calling for hearing into the allegations that have been leveled at Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart by the partisan thinktank, The Caesar Rodney Institute. Lee Williams, who was unable to really get to the bottom […]
Insurance Commissioner Enlists Local Help
Last night I received an inscrutable email from my fellow blogger and former Sussex County Republican Chair, Dave Burris. This is not unusual, I rarely understand what he is talking about. But I just received a press release that makes even less sense.
Karen Weldin Stewart, The Delaware Insurance Commissioner, has enlisted the help of David Burris of Milford to assist the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) in local outreach and public relations.
Good Times… Good Times
I just went back to take a look at the old DL endorsement post from October 2008. I stated that DL did not endorse in the Insurance Commissioner race in one of the threads today. This is true. It is interesting looking at the comments that this non-endorsement generated.
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