2092 Highmark Blue Shield; authority to increase rates for individual Medigap Blue plans E and I for central Pennsylvania; filing 1-MB/EI-03-HBS

Highmark Blue Shield; Authority to Increase Rates for Individual Medigap Blue Plans E and I for Central Pennsylvania; Filing 1-MB/EI-03-HBS

[33 Pa.B. 5393]

   Highmark Blue Shield has filed for approval of increased rates for Medigap Blue Plans E and I for central Pennsylvania. The filing requests an increase of 7.3% for each plan. The rate increase will impact about 3,240 subscribers and produce additional annual income of approximately $400,000. The requested effective date of the increase is January 1, 2004.

   Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's regional offices in Harrisburg.

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Michael Gurgiolo, Actuary, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation and Market Enforcement, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120 within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

M. DIANE KOKEN,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2092. Filed for public inspection October 24, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]