This bulletin announces a call for rate information for the Texas Small Employer Health Benefit Plan Rate Guide to be published by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).
All carriers offering Small Employer Health Benefit Plans in Texas after September 15, 2009, are required to respond to this request. The guide will allow small employers to compare premium rates by plan design and carrier. The rate guide will also assist small employers in understanding factors that impact premium rates and how these factors will increase or decrease premium rates. You should only submit data for Small Employer Health Benefit Plans that have been approved and are offered for sale in Texas on and after September 15, 2009.
Carriers must provide the required information under authority of Section 38.001 of the Texas Insurance Code.
The deadline for submitting the requested information is Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
Companies should enter their rates directly into a password-protected web page on the TDI website. The web address for the data collection form is:
https://wwwapps.tdi.state.tx.us/inter/asproot/consumer/sergcall/sergcall_login.asp?Page=login
All rate information should be for rates in effect on September 15, 2009. The website provides detailed instructions on entering the requested information. Carriers are responsible for the accuracy of the data submitted.
If you have additional questions, please call Chia Chang Lee at 512-305-6793 or e-mail him at chia-chang.lee@tdi.state.tx.us, or contact Melissa Hield at 512-322-4349, melissa.hield@tdi.state.tx.us
Mike Geeslin
Commissioner of Insurance