Consedine v. Penn Treaty Network Am. Ins. Co.

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Decision Date	18 January 2013
Citation	63 A.3d 368
Parties	Michael F. CONSEDINE, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff v. PENN TREATY NETWORK AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Michael F. Consedine, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff v. American Network Insurance Company, Defendant. Re: Petition for Liquidation of Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company (In Rehabilitation) and American Network Insurance Company (In Rehabilitation).
Court	Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

63 A.3d 368

Michael F. CONSEDINE, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff

v.PENN TREATY NETWORK AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

Michael F. Consedine, Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff

v.American Network Insurance Company, Defendant.

Re: Petition for Liquidation of Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company (In Rehabilitation) and American Network Insurance Company (In Rehabilitation).

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Argued by Trial.

Closing Arguments Feb. 21 and 22, 2012.

Decided May 3, 2012.

Publication Ordered Dec. 28, 2012.

As Amended Jan. 18, 2013.

Thomas S. Harty, James R. Potts and Mia Meloni, Philadelphia, for rehabilitator.

Douglas Y. Christian, Damian L. DiNicola and Benjamin Schmidt, Philadelphia, for Penn Treaty American Corporation.

OPINION AND ORDER

OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

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                ¦I.  ¦Introduction                                           ¦374   ¦
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                ¦II. ¦Syllabus                                               ¦375   ¦
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                ¦III.¦Findings of Fact                                       ¦380   ¦
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                ¦   ¦A.¦Business and History of PTNA and ANIC ¦380 ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦i.   ¦The Companies                                       ¦380    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ii.  ¦The Companies' Products                             ¦380    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iii. ¦OldCo and NewCo Business                            ¦385    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iv.  ¦Reserves                                            ¦386    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦v.   ¦Reinsurance                                         ¦387    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vi.  ¦Financial Condition of the Companies                ¦387    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vii. ¦Conditions that Led to Rehabilitation               ¦388    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦viii.¦The Rehabilitation Orders                           ¦389    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ix.  ¦April 2009 Preliminary Report and Plan of           ¦390    ¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦     ¦Rehabilitation                                      ¦       ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦x.   ¦Rehabilitation Implementation Committee             ¦391    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦xi.  ¦Milliman August 2009 PowerPoint Projections         ¦391    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦xii. ¦Termination of New Premium Rate Increase Filings    ¦392    ¦
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                ¦    ¦B. ¦Companies' Statutory Surplus as of December 31, 2009¦393   ¦
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                ¦    ¦C. ¦Scope of Expert Evidence                            ¦394   ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦i.   ¦Rehabilitator's Experts                             ¦394    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ii.  ¦Intervenors' Experts                                ¦395    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iii. ¦Actuarial Projections of the Companies' Financial   ¦396    ¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦     ¦Conditions                                          ¦       ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iv.  ¦Actuarial Principles and Concerns                   ¦397    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦v.   ¦Changes in Milliman's Projections                   ¦399    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vi.  ¦Actuarial Caveats and Limitations                   ¦401    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vii. ¦Credibility of Data Used in Projections             ¦402    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦viii.¦Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 25               ¦402    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ix.  ¦Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 18               ¦403    ¦
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                ¦   ¦D.¦Milliman Expert Report and Testimony¦403 ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦i.  ¦Milliman Morbidity or Claim Costs Assumption       ¦403    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ii. ¦Milliman Morbidity Improvement Assumption          ¦407    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iii.¦Milliman Mortality Assumption                      ¦409    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iv. ¦Milliman Voluntary Lapsation Assumption            ¦409    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦v.  ¦Milliman Interest Rate Assumption                  ¦409    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vi. ¦Milliman Claim Adjudication and Wellness Assumption¦410    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vii.¦Milliman Premium Rate Increase Assumption          ¦411    ¦
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                ¦    ¦E.  ¦United Health Actuarial Services, Inc. Expert Report and  ¦412    ¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦Testimony                                                 ¦       ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦i.   ¦United Health Morbidity or Claim Costs Assumption   ¦413    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦ii.  ¦United Health Morbidity Improvement Assumption      ¦414    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iii. ¦United Health Mortality Assumption                  ¦414    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦iv.  ¦United Health Voluntary Lapsation Assumption        ¦414    ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦v.   ¦United Health Interest Rate Assumption              ¦415    ¦
                +----+----+-----+----------------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦vi.  ¦United Health Claim Adjudication and Wellness       ¦415    ¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦     ¦Assumption                                          ¦       ¦
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                ¦    ¦    ¦vii. ¦United Health Premium Rate Increase Assumption      ¦415    ¦
                +----+----+-----+----------------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦viii.¦United Health Agents' Commission Assumption         ¦419    ¦
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                ¦    ¦F.  ¦Gross Premium Reserve                                     ¦419    ¦
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                ¦    ¦G.  ¦Ernst & Young Report                                      ¦420    ¦
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                ¦    ¦H.  ¦State Regulation of Long–Term Care Insurance Rate Making  ¦421    ¦
                +----+----+----------------------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦    ¦I.  ¦Impact of Medical Advances on Future Long–Term Care       ¦424    ¦
                ¦    ¦    ¦Insurance Claims

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13 cases

In re Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pa.
- United States
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- January 29, 2024
...choices available under liquidation. The court referred to the experience of the liquidation of a long-term care insurer in Consedine v. Penn Treaty, 63 A.3d 368 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012) ("Penn Treaty"), affirmed Consedine v. Perm Treaty, 632 Pa. 272, 119 A.3d 313 (2015) (upholding Commonwealth C......
Ted Nickel & Office of the Comm'r of Ins. v. Wells Fargo Bank/Trustee of Bondholders, Bank of N.Y. Mellon & Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. (In re Rehab. of Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp.)
- United States
- Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- October 24, 2013
...is per se invalid unless every policyholder will fare as well in rehabilitation as in liquidation.” Consedine v. Penn Treaty Network Am. Ins. Co., 63 A.3d 368, 453 (Pa.Commw.Ct.2012). Rather, the Supreme Court's focus in Neblett was on whether the rehabilitation plan at issue in that case w......
In re Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pa. in Rehab.
- United States
- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
- August 24, 2021
...rights of some policyholders in order to minimize the potential harm to all of the affected parties." Consedine v. Penn Treaty Network American Insurance Co. , 63 A.3d 368, 452 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012) ( Penn Treaty ) (citing Mutual Fire II , 614 A.2d at 1094 ) (emphasis added). This authority in......
Commonwealth v. Infante
- United States
- Pennsylvania Superior Court
- March 6, 2013

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