Oxford Health to refund $50 million to small businesses
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Oxford Health Insurance Inc. will refund $50 million to about 37,000 small businesses in the New York metro area, including nearly 7,000 in the Lower Hudson Valley, who were overcharged on their policies, the state Insurance Department said today.
The department reviewed Oxford after the insurer reported that its loss ratio for small group policies in 2006 was below the 75 percent minimum. The company said the benefits it paid amounted to 70.6 percent of its overall premiums that year.
The affected products are Oxford’s small group Freedom Plan Direct, Freedom Plan Metro and Freedom Plan EPO. The settlement does not affect Oxford’s small group and direct pay HMO and “point of service†policyholders.
The small business policyholders have about 300,000 employees and family members. The refunds average $1,360 per business, about 5.5 percent of the total average annual premium in 2006, but the refund will vary depending on the number of covered individuals.
The state said that Oxford will be contacting its clients about the settlement. It estimated that 15 percent of the affected businesses were in Westchester, 2.9 percent were in Rockland, and just under 1 percent were in Putnam.
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