Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 399: Bringing Your A-Game to OCI (w/Sadie Jones)
PODCAST: Williams Mullen GovCon Perspectives - Recent Updates to the SWaM Certification Process in Virginia
Mind the Gap: Establishing Need/Gap in Coverage
IP|Trend: Inter Partes Review: What to Consider When Filing Your Petition
Law School Applications Crater
LXBN This Week Ep. 2: EEOC on Criminal Records & Transgender Discrimination, BP Oil Spill Arrest, AZ Immigration Law at SCOTUS
What You Need to Know About the New Classes of Treasury-Authorized Reinsurers in Advance of the August 9, 2024 Implementation Date - As we reported in our June 24, 2024 Legal Briefing, the US Department of the Treasury...more
Insurance applications are emerging as the first place insurers look to deny coverage. These often-contentious coverage fights are avoidable and, given their increasing frequency, emphasize the need for risk managers and...more
Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind” is an anthem to love and growing old. Among its many great lines is “wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” Can you tell I recently turned 40? But I write today not about what I...more
A 2021 survey by Finder.com reveals that roughly 15% of Americans admit to lying on a life insurance application. While significantly lower than the incidence of lying when procuring other types of insurance (auto, 29% and...more
For those considering forming an insurer domiciled in California, a key question arises: “What is an Organizational Securities Permit Application, and how do I draft it?” This Article provides an overview of the Application...more
On September 1, 2021, Texas HB 4030 went into effect, bringing with it several significant changes for Texas licensed (resident and non-resident) insurance professionals. As summarized below, HB 4030 implements several...more
Resolution powers and planning: IAIS application paper The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published an application paper on resolution powers and planning. In this paper, the IAIS provides...more
Now that Mississippi has enacted legislation legalizing the cultivation of hemp, you want to start a hemp company. You have your big idea and a business plan ready, but you begin to wonder whether you should be thinking about...more
As additional and conflicting guidance on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans is released by the Small Business Administration (SBA), uncertainty about eligibility and loan forgiveness has persisted. In connection with...more
In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published new procedures for federal deposit insurance applications from applicants that are not traditional community banks; federal banking regulators released...more
The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that private employers that are interested in the Deductible, Individual-Retrospective-Rating or One Claim programs must file an application by January 31, 2020, for the...more
The Southern District of New York federal confirmed an arbitral award related to a credit insurance policy claim over claims of manifest disregard of the law related to the materiality of misrepresentations in the insurance...more
The Kansas Insurance Department (“Department”) sent out an e-mail recently reminding TPAs that due to recent revisions to Kansas TPA statutes, any TPAs who held a Kansas TPA license as of March 2017 must submit either a...more
QBE Seguros brought a successful action declaring a marine insurance policy was void ab initio under the doctrine of uberrimae fidei and the breach of the warranty of truthfulness in the application for insurance....more
When is a misrepresentation material on an application for insurance coverage? The Ninth Circuit affirmed a decision from the Central District of California, finding that an answer on an application for D&O insurance was a...more
Recent court decisions across a variety of industries highlight the importance of submitting accurate and complete insurance applications and renewals. When submitting an insurance application, the applicant should accurately...more
In determining whether or not to provide insurance to a particular applicant, one thing that insurance companies typically rely on is the insurance application submitted by the prospective insured. The application is designed...more
Carriers rely on application representations regarding the existence of potential claims. Sometimes, the carrier learns after the fact that an applicant may not have reported all known potential claims. What can/should the...more