Highmark, Inc.; Rate Increase Filing for Medicare Supplement Forms; Rate Filing [40 Pa.B. 4820]
[Saturday, August 21, 2010]By filing No. 1-MGP(AA)-IRx-10-HBS-1990, Highmark, Inc., d/b/a Highmark Blue Shield, requests approval to increase its premium rates for its Central Pennsylvania Attained Age MedigapBlue Plans (NAIC's 1990 standardized Medigap plan I with Rx). The filing requests an overall increase of about 5.0% or $10.30 PMPM. This will affect about 138 members and produce additional premium income of about $1,418 per month. The requested effective date of these changes is January 1, 2011.
Unless formal administrative action is taken prior to November 4, 2010, the subject filing may be deemed approved by operation of law.
A copy of the filing is available on the Insurance Department's web site at www.insurance.pa.gov. To access the filing, under ''How to Find . . .'' click on ''View Current Rate Filings.''
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Michael Gurgiolo, Actuary, Insurance Department, Insurance Product Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, mgurgiolo@state.pa.us, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
JOEL SCOTT ARIO,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1549. Filed for public inspection August 20, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
