Document {$docnum} : Docket No. 99-14 : Hearing Decision : Bureau of Insurance

STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
BUREAU OF INSURANCE

In Re:

Application of Associated Hospital Service of Maine d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine to convert to a Stock Insurer
and Voluntarily Liquidate and Dissolve

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Applicants’ Motion for Confidential Treatment of Portions of the Comparative Premium Rate Analysis

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In Re:

Application of Anthem Health Plan of Maine, Inc. to Acquire the Assets of Associated Hospital Service of Maine d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine and Related Transactions

Docket No. INS-99-14

(CONSOLIDATED)

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Pursuant to the Superintendent’s Protective Order of October, 19,, 1999, Applicants request confidential treatment for limited portions of the Comparative Premium Rate Analysis filed on November 4, 1999.

The information for which confidential treatment is sought are the following:

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1.	9, ¶ 1	Quantification of projected reductions in expenses
2.	12, ¶’s 5	Quantification of projected operating gain
3.	13, ¶’s 3, 4 , 5	Quantification of target rate of return and projected operating gain
4.	15,¶5	Quantification of projected operating gain
5.	Charts 2A, 2B, 3, 4,	Projections of premium rates by class of business
6.	Charts 6, 7, 8	Projections of changes in premium rates by class of business
7.	P10032	Projections for full calendar year 1999 and for years 2000-2003 for Anthem BCBSME
8.	P10033	Projections for full calendar year 1999 and for years 2000-2003 for BCBSME (No conversion)
9.	P 10034	Membership Projections for Years 1999-2003

The information summarized in this table reflects proprietary business projections of, respectively, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine and Anthem Insurance Companies that were supplied to Milliman & Robertson on a confidential basis for purposes of the latter’s analysis of comparative premium rates. This information is self-evidently proprietary and competitively sensitive, as from it a competitor could obtain valuable information about BCBSME’s or Anthem BCBSME’s future business plans and activities.

Accordingly, BCBSME request confidential treatment for this information.

Date: November 4, 1999

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Robert S. Frank

HARVEY & FRANK

Two City Center

Suite 402

Portland, Maine 04112-0126

(207) 775-1300

Attorneys for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine

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Catherine R Connors.

PIERCE ATWOOD

One Monument Square

Portland, Maine 04101

(207) 791-1100

Attorneys for Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.