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How Does the Loss of Five Insurance Carriers In Indiana Affect You?

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The state of Indiana recently lost five individual health carriers from the market. For those working in the health insurance industry, this comes as no surprise. Below are the five companies that exited and the reasons for their departures:

American Community Mutual Insurance Co.

American Community left Indiana due to insolvency. The company had struggled for years to be profitable because of poor company leadership. Michigan’s Department of Insurance took over the company last year.

Pekin Insurance

 Though still practicing, especially in Illinois, Pekin Insurance is no longer active in the under-65 individual health market.

Guardian Life Insurance Co.

Guardian is a large, New York based insurance carrier. The individual health market in Indiana wasn’t a good fit for the company.

Cigna Corp

Cigna is a large group carrier that never offered significant individual health product in Indiana.

Aetna Inc

The loss of Aetna is a substantial blow to competition in Indiana’s individual health market.  Aetna offered a number of competitive products that were beginning to gain traction.  Recent statistics indicate the company still has more than 700 active policies in the state. 

Indiana’s health insurance market suffers from decreased competition. But the introduction of the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) has made the reward in the individual market too risky for these companies.  The MLR is the percentage of your premium dollars an insurance company spends on providing you with health care, as opposed to what is spent on overhead and administrative costs.

Anthem and United Health Care are the most competitive carriers in the state, followed by a few small carriers like Humana, Assurant, and Medical Mutual of Ohio.

Have you been affected by any of these changes?