CONSUMER ALERT: Enrollees of Cigna or Preferred Medical Plan Should Select Another Plan Immediately
By Space Coast Daily // December 17, 2015
will no longer be providing coverage to policyholders on the Exchange for plan year 2016
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation strongly urges consumers who purchased health insurance coverage on the Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchange) in 2015 through either Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company or Preferred Medical Plan, Inc., to take action immediately and select another plan, if they have not already done so.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has primary responsibility for regulation, compliance and enforcement of statutes related to the business of insurance and the monitoring of industry markets.
The Office has been notified that Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Preferred Medical Plan, Inc. will no longer be providing coverage to policyholders on the Exchange for plan year 2016.
A majority of these affected policyholders are located in the South Florida region.
The open enrollment deadline for an existing policyholder to make this change is Thursday, December 17, 2015. Policyholders who fail to take action will lose coverage on January 1, 2016.