The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
The Chartwell Chronicles: Artificial Intelligence
Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 4: What to Do When Insurance Companies Deny Behavioral Health Claims
Flood Basics still causing pain for some
The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights - Episode 1: A Primer for Providers When Insurance Companies Refuse to Pay
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Technical Provisions
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 2)
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV | Bad Faith Law
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 1)
Maximizing Commercial Property Insurance in a Hardening Market
2024 “Insurance” New Year’s Resolutions
Policyholder Beware: Insured-Insurer Communications May Not Be Privileged
Three Negotiation Tips for Policy Renewal
Does Your Insurance Cover Your Tracking Tools?
Video: Braidwood v. Becerra – Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Coverage Provision – Thought Leaders in Health Law
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
In this WG Alert, you will find the 2025 Schedule of disabilities chart for New Jersey workers’ compensation claims. The Statutory maximum and minimum for 2025 have increased to $1,159 and $309 respectively. There were no...more
On October 28, CMS requested public comment on four proposed information collections (ICRs) it intends to impose on drug manufacturers and pharmacies in order to effectuate maximum fair prices (MFP) under the Inflation...more
In the wake of a federally declared disaster, employees may face issues with their benefit plans. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group discusses what plan administrators should know and the agency guidance...more
This article, the first in a multi-part series on M&A in insurance, considers the change of control regime under the Bermuda Insurance Act 1978 (the “Insurance Act”) as it applies to shareholder controllers of Bermuda...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement to its occasional consultation paper (CP6/24). The statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to the consultation paper, as well as the...more
California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1120 into law, which is known as the Physicians Make Decisions Act. At a high level, the Act aims to safeguard patient access to treatments by mandating a certain level of health...more
On September 28, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1120 Health Care Coverage: Utilization Review into law, amending § 1367.01 of the Health and Safety Code and § 10123.135 of the state’s Insurance Code....more
On Sept. 30, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana released an opinion and order excluding the opinions of a proposed lithium-ion battery expert. The now dismissed case, American Home Assurance...more
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with BCBSM, Inc. d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and HMO Minnesota d/b/a Blue Plus (collectively, “Blue Cross”) to resolve allegations that the insurer...more
Share Federal regulators recently won a large legal victory when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld several provisions of the rule regulating Qualified Payment Amount (“QPA”) calculations under the No Surprises Act...more
In this episode of “Don’t Take No for An Answer,” Eric Jesse, partner in Lowenstein Sandler’s Insurance Recovery Group, is joined by Alexander B. Corson to discuss bad faith in insurance claims. Highlighting a recent example...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule with comment...more
While we all are focused on the election results, let’s take a quick break to digest some regs and eggs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “spoiled” all of us in the health policy world with a huge buffet of...more
In private securities class actions, the motion to dismiss is critical. A victory can mean a quick and relatively inexpensive conclusion to litigation. A loss can mean many months of expensive and intrusive discovery. This...more
On October 7, 2024, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case dealing with whether an insurance company owes a defense in cases where the defendant, a fossil fuel company, is being sued by county governments for...more
Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law Senate Bill No. 1241 on Oct. 31, 2024, which modifies the Insurance Department Act of 1921 by simplifying licensing under the Insurance Producer Licensing Act (the Act)....more
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Final Rule [CMS-1809-F],...more
When you suffer serious injuries in an auto accident, proving what happened (and who was at fault) is essential for recovering the financial compensation you deserve. While Florida personal injury lawyers can use various...more
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B...more
Have Medicare physician fee-for-service payment rates increased for X-ray services? How have remote patient monitoring prices evolved over the last five years? How much is your service paid in Alaska compared to Alabama?...more
Late this past summer, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new initiative to crackdown on corporate misconduct. Beginning August 1, whistleblowers can submit original information to the DOJ regarding various types of...more
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on … well, everything. The insurance industry is not immune from these impacts; it has been affected by AI in countless...more
Insurance coverage requirements for mental health and substance use disorders (“MH/SUDs”) is changing in a way that impacts group health plans, employers, and behavioral health providers. These changes are due to final rules...more
On October 10, 2024, the Alberta Superintendent of Insurance issued Interpretation Bulletin 05-2024 (“Bulletin”) on the insurance regulatory treatment of motor vehicle warranty contracts, dealership loyalty programs and...more