1547 Independence Blue Cross: Non-group rate increase for Basic Blue Cross, Personal Choice and Special Care; filing no. 7-P-96

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Independence Blue Cross; Non-Group Rate Increase for Basic Blue Cross, Personal Choice and Special Care; Filing No. 7-P-96

[26 Pa.B. 4481]

   By filing no. 7-P-96, Independence Blue Cross submits for Insurance Department approval a request to increase the premium rates for its Non-Group line of business namely, Basic Blue Cross, 6.5%; Personal Choice, 9.0%; and Special Care, 9.0%. An effective date of November 1, 1996 is requested.

   The proposed rate increase will affect approximately 54,000 contracts and will produce additional premium income of about $5.34 million per year.

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

   Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections, to Bharat Patel, Actuary, Insurance Department, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

LINDA S. KAISER,   
Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1547. Filed for public inspection September 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]