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: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Friday , January 28, 2011 Seattle Times weighs in on health insurer surpluses Speaking of our legislation involving large surpluses held by nonprofit health insurers , the Seattle Times just posted an editorial on the . topic It recounts testimony at Thursday's hearing in a state House of Representatives : committee The companies testified against any penalty for piling up surplus , raising the specter of earthquakes , epidemics and President Obama's health-care reform . The first two might bite into their holdings , and the third , they said , surely would . They said they need every cent they . have How much is enough asked Rep . Kevin Van De Wege , . D-Sequim Their answer was a thing: : : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Friday , January 28, 2011 Kreidler re : health insurer surpluses : How much is enough On Wednesday and Thursday , Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler testified in front of Senate and House committees about his proposal to limit further contributions to non-profit health insurers' already-large . surpluses Here's an excerpt from the Senate : hearing Posted by Rich R . at OIC at 3:24 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Older Post Home Search This Blog Loading . Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler About this blog This is the official blog of the Washington state insurance commissioner's office . Got a question Contact us at
: : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Monday , January 24, 2011 Non-profit health insurer surpluses : Hearings scheduled for Weds and Thurs The state House of Representatives and state Senate are holding hearings this week on some of our key bills . We want : to Limit the rate increases of nonprofit health insurers once they build up a large cash surplus Make health insurer rate filings public , like Oregon does . nbsp Much of the data is now considered a trade secret , meaning we can't release . it Renew our authority now set to expire at the end of this year to review individual health insurance . rates The first hearing only includes the surplus bill , HB 1301 SB 5247. It's at 8 a.m . on Wednesday in Hearing Room 4 of