Election Day — November 5, 2024 — approaches with close races and high stakes. We have cleared through the coverage and prognostication for a more insurance-focused outlook. As we settle in Tuesday night with snacks, clicker...more
Election outcomes affect every industry. Insurance, however, is unique in the range of elected policymakers who can impact it directly — insurance commissioners, governors and Congress (not to mention state legislatures and...more
We are less than a week from a presidential election, with control of Congress in play. Meanwhile, shifts in state legislatures have the potential to change the direction of policymaking and impact the redistricting process....more
State insurance departments across the country are continuing to provide guidance in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Faegre Drinker has aggregated a list of current guidance from state departments of insurance...more
As the run-up to the 2020 presidential election gathers steam, it’s easy to gloss over the major gubernatorial and insurance commissioner races slated for Fall 2019. These oddly scheduled elections (we’ve nicknamed them the...more
As baseball season gets underway, we’re reminded that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. In Illinois, with a new Governor inaugurated in January and a mountain of fiscal challenges, you might say that you can’t...more
Last November’s election saw four newly elected insurance commissioners and 20 new governors (seven of which represent a shift from Republican to Democratic party affiliation). Meanwhile, influential insurance commissioners...more
Election Day is less than six weeks away, and a lot of attention is being paid (rightfully so) to the federal midterm and gubernatorial elections. But if you’re in the insurance industry, odds are you’re eyeing the...more
In April 2018, the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation issued a regulatory bulletin prescribing that auto insurers using sex or gender as a factor in setting rates must accommodate consumers who designate their sex as...more