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ANNUAL SURVEY ON HEALTH INSURANCE

BULLETIN B 20-05

TO: ALL INSURERS AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT HEALTH INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF ALASKA AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

RE: ANNUAL SURVEY ON HEALTH INSURANCE

AS 21.06.110 requires the director to report on an annual basis “statistical information regarding
health insurance, including the number of individual and group policies sold or terminated in the
state” and “the annual percentage of health claims paid in the state that meets the requirements of
AS 21.36.495(a) and (d).” In addition, the Division reminds health care insurers that they must
include a certificate of compliance regarding grievances per 3 AAC 28.932(e)(1) with their response
to this survey. Bulletin B 18-10 notified insurers and described the process of submitting a certificate
of compliance related to utilization review procedures under 3 AAC 28.916 in SERFF by May 1.
The division will also accept this required document as an attachment to this survey. In order to
comply with these requirements, all insurers licensed to transact health insurance business in Alaska
must respond with a completed survey and attached certificate(s) of compliance, or a statement that
your company reported no direct premiums or paid claims on their annual statement, via email to
the division at insinfo@alaska.gov by May 1, 2020.

Please note that stop loss insurance is considered health insurance in Alaska. Therefore, stop
loss insurance must be reported on this survey.

All companies that report any direct premiums or paid claims in the annual statement must submit a
survey, and unless otherwise described in the instructions for out-of-state policies, the direct
premiums and paid claims must match the annual statement data. If your company does not report
the foregoing, simply respond by sending an e-mail to the division at insinfo@alaska.gov with “NO
DATA TO REPORT” in the body of the e-mail along with contact information. Include the full
company name and NAIC number in the subject line.

In completing the survey, please take care to review and follow the survey instructions. The
information provided in this survey is used in analyzing the health insurance market in Alaska, and
summary data from the survey is reported to the Alaska legislature and to the public. It is critical that
you provide accurate information. Before sending the completed form to the division, please verify
that the premium and claim data balance to the premium and claim data reported in the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners Annual Statement State Page for Alaska or explain the
difference, as described in the survey instructions.

The bulletin and survey are available on the Internet and must be completed in Microsoft Excel and
submitted electronically. To access this survey on the Internet, go to the Alaska Division of
Insurance web page at: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/ins/Resources/Bulletins.aspx

Select Bulletin B20-05

1. Open “INS_2020_Health_Survey.xlsx” and save to your hard drive.
2. Open Microsoft Excel and the document you just saved.
3. Fill in the data requested on the survey form and save the document with the following format
“ABC Ins Co NAIC 12345 2020.xls”.
4. E-mail the completed survey and certificate(s) of compliance (for health care insurers) as
attachments to the division at insinfo@alaska.gov

If you have questions regarding the survey or instructions, contact Jake Lauten by phone, (907) 465-
5471, or by e-mail at Jacob.Lauten@alaska.gov.

Dated March 12, 2020


Lori Wing-Heier, Director

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Created 3/13/2020 10:42:59 AM by jlwillard

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Department: Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Category: Public Notices
Sub-Category:
Location(s): Statewide
Project/Regulation #: B20-05
 
Publish Date: 3/13/2020
Archive Date: 5/1/2020
 
Events/Deadlines: