| When you are shopping for health insurance it | | | | levied in the past 5-years by the AZ Department |
| would be helpful to know how often health | | | | of Insurance the Arizona arm of CGNA |
| insurance companies fail to provide the service | | | | Healthcare garbs the top spot. They were |
| you would expect. The Arizona Department of | | | | assessed the most fines.If you would like to read |
| Insurance has released a report listing fines and | | | | more about the performance of health insurance |
| complaints filed against health insurance companies | | | | companies you can find the full report online if |
| in the state.The report covers 27 insurers or | | | | you do a search for "Report on AZ Health |
| about 75% of the companies serving Arizona. | | | | Insurers". Chances are the insurance department |
| Does the report reflect health insurance | | | | or commission in your state issues a similar |
| performance in other states? I can't be sure, but | | | | report.Another fact we can learn from this |
| it does give us a peek into the workings of the | | | | Arizona report is that your state's insurance |
| health insurance industry.United Healthcare of | | | | regulatory body may be able to help you in a |
| Arizona is one of the major insurers in the state | | | | dispute with your insurance company. You can |
| and it had the highest number of complaints per | | | | find state insurance regulators on the internet by |
| insurance policy. Time Insurance and Mega Life | | | | doing a search for National Association of |
| And Health Insurance are smaller companies and | | | | Insurance Commissioners. The NAIC has a map |
| they had even high complaint ratios.In Arizona | | | | of the United States on their web page. Just click |
| Humana Health Plan satisfies the appeals of its | | | | on your state and you'll find your state's insurance |
| insured more than any other company. On the | | | | department information.Before you buy any policy |
| other hand the report shows that Mega resolves | | | | it would be sensible to learn just which health |
| fewer appeals to the satisfaction of the | | | | insurance companies fail to please consumers in |
| insured.When it comes to the number of fines | | | | your state. |