Insurance News Releases: 1997

(Beginning 05/1997)

The table below shows NYS Insurance Department news releases issued during 1997.

The first column contains the Release Date and second column contains the Subject.

Release Date	Subject
12/31/1997	Insurance Dept. Denies Preferred Care's Rate Increase
12/24/1997	Department Ranks Health Insurers According to Complaints
12/23/1997	Department Fines Oxford Health Plans $3 Million; Company also Ordered to Make $500,000 in Restitution
12/17/1997	Superintendent Levin Consolidates Department Operations for More Efficient and Effective Regulation
12/10/1997	Pataki Administration to End Discrimination Against Policyholders Who Need Self-Injectable Drugs
12/02/1997	NY Department to Allow Lloyd's of London's Surplus Lines Business to be Funded at 50% of Gross Liabilities
12/01/1997	Independent Health Rate Hearing
11/12/1997	North American Healthcare Rate Hearing
11/12/1997	Independent Health Rate Hearing
11/06/1997	North Medical Community Health Plan Rate Hearing
11/05/1997	Health Services Medical Corporation Rate Hearing
11/05/1997	Preferred Care Rate Hearing
11/04/1997	Health Now Rate Hearing
11/04/1997	Dept. Cuts MVP Health Plan Rate Request in Half
10/30/1997	Vacco, Levin Announce Agreement With NY's Second Largest HMO
10/30/1997	Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Rate Hearing
10/20/1997	Department Opens Permanent Office on Long Island
10/14/1997	Governor Signs Bill To Remove Uninsured Drivers From Roads
09/30/1997	Superintendent Levin Commends Volcker Action on Dormant Swiss Accounts
09/26/1997	Governor Pataki Signs Bill Requiring HMOs To Pay Within 45 Days
09/16/1997	Mark Gardner Named Deputy Superintendent
09/10/1997	Governor Pataki & Superintendent Levin Announce Deal For Home Mutual & New York Merchant Bakers Insurance Cos.
09/09/1997	Bonnie Steingart Named Insurance Dept. General Counsel
09/08/1997	NY State Insurance Dept. Launches New Internet Website
08/27/1997	Department Revokes Insurance Licenses of Albert Lawrence, A.W. Lawrence & Company Inc.
08/27/1997	MVP Health Plan Rate Hearing
08/21/1997	Insurance Department Now At 25 Beaver St.
08/14/1997	Governor Pataki Signs Captive Legislation Promoting Economic Development And New Businesses To The State
08/13/1997	Governor Pataki Seeks Justice For Holocaust Victims; Major Investigation Is Launched Into European Insurers
07/23/1997	Department Sets Medical Malpractice Rates For Physicians For 2nd Year In A Row, Most Doctors Will See No Rate Increase
07/16/1997	Governor Announces Workers' Compensation Rate Cut
06/25/1997	Governor Creates State Office to Aid Holocaust Survivors, Heirs
06/19/1997	Governor Offers Insurance Bill That Protects Consumers - Legislation Would Strengthen and Expand Insurance Industry
05/20/1997	Neil D. Levin Confirmed by the NYS Senate as Superintendent of the State Insurance Department
05/09/1997	Governor Pataki Announces Major Investigation into the Claims Paying Practices of HMOs
05/08/1997	Governor Names Commission on the Recovery of Holocaust Victims' Assets