Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 08:00 am

Categories: Companies, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced a market conduct examination of Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, which sells health insurance in North Dakota as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND).


Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 08:00 am

Categories: Legislation

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today reminded North Dakota consumers that the new state law regulating how health insurance companies pay out-of-network air ambulance claims became effective Jan. 1, 2018.


Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Producers

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced that as of Dec. 8, 2017, veterans who have taken or plan to take any of the nine North Dakota insurance producer exams after June 1, 2017, qualify to be reimbursed for their exam fee through a partnership between the North Dakota Insurance Department and the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP), a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced the North Dakota Insurance Department has recovered more than $5.5 million for North Dakota life insurance beneficiaries through the examination of 30 top life insurers’ use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF).


Monday, October 30, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – As the 2018 Open Enrollment Period will begin on Nov. 1 and end Dec. 15, many North Dakotans must soon make critical decisions about their 2018 health insurance amid a barrage of news and opinions regarding healthcare.


Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today confirmed that Sanford Health Plan will offer coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange for individual health insurance plans in some North Dakota counties for 2018.


Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread announced yesterday in a live television interview that after careful consideration, following President Donald Trump’s announcement regarding non-payments of cost sharing reductions (CSRs) to insurance carriers, he will deny any additional rate increases to individual health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant plans to be offered in North Dakota beginning Jan. 1, 2018.


Friday, October 13, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers, Medicare

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread will kick off a series of eight, statewide Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Events in Grand Forks on Tuesday, Oct. 17.


Friday, October 6, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Consumers, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Insurance Department today announced the approved health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant individual and group plans to be offered in North Dakota beginning Jan. 1, 2018.


Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 08:00 am

Categories: Companies, Consumers, Health Insurance

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today confirmed that the Insurance Department was informed late Wednesday, Sept. 27, that Medica does not intend to sign an agreement with the federal government to offer coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange for their individual health insurance in North Dakota for 2018.