The Standard Formula Podcast | The SFCR and Other Public Reporting: A Solvency II Cornerstone
Unlock Privacy ROI: Why Making Cross-Functional Allies is Key
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?
State All Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) can provide users with broad insights about the health of our populations and the performance of our health care system, across payers (insurers) and over time, and may be used to: ...more
Launched in July 2024, Death Clock is an application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict when its users will die. Death Clock trained its AI model using over 1,200 life expectancy studies. It then uses the...more
In Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 847 (Fehr), the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the representative plaintiffs’ appeal seeking post-certification leave to amend their statement of claim and to...more
Santa is not the only person who should be making a list and checking it twice this December. All sponsors of self-insured medical plans should also make sure that they double-check their year end to do lists....more
Internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs) should take note of a critical new group capital standard adopted by a global insurance standard-setting body. This could have an effect on capital requirements for these large...more
As a part of our Quarterly Practice Group Update, we are pleased to produce yet another installment with examples of our continued success in the area of fraud litigation. ...more
Decisions, decisions, decisions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump Administration will have its hands full making decisions about Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models...more
A California federal district court recently compelled arbitration of a reinsurance dispute, finding that it “had little difficulty concluding that this case falls within the parties’ arbitration agreement.” Truck Insurance...more
Under a long anticipated Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule that took effect in October, casualty insurers face risks of incurring Civil Money Penalties (CMPs) if they fit the Section 111 definition of...more
Representation & Warranty Insurance (“RWI”) is specialty insurance coverage purchased for M&A deals which provides third-party insurance coverage for certain breaches of the Seller’s representations and warranties in the...more
Historically, the U.S. Department of Justice has directed its efforts on combatting healthcare fraud by focusing on persons and companies who defraud or attempt to defraud federally funded healthcare programs, such as...more
Introduction - As 2025 rapidly approaches, we look back at some of the key decisions, trends, and developments impacting the U.S. insurance industry in 2024 and provide a forecast of potential trends and developments for...more
Do you serve as a director or officer of a company that is largely—but not wholly—owned by another company? If yes, this week’s D&O Notebook article is for you. My colleague Walker Newell discusses “short form” mergers,...more
Hospitals and health insurance companies will bear the brunt of several new legal requirements taking effect on January 1, 2025. These requirements stem from the 2024 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly...more
Introduction: Overview of Site Inspections & Scope Development - Construction consulting experts are often engaged by insurance companies, attorneys, or others to assess reported damage to property and determine the scope...more
The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking, insurance, and financial services industries has led the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or Department) to publish an Industry Letter on...more
On November 27, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) will be releasing new regulations governing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Beginning with legislation in 2021, New York has been active in...more
On November 21, 2024, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) released a regulatory notice on managing culture risk (the “Notice”). The Notice follows industry feedback on OSFI’s February 2023...more
In State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Coway USA, Inc., No. 22-cv-3516, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 192849, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (District Court) considered whether the plaintiff...more
As 2024 comes to an end, we are pleased to present our traditional End-of-Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate SW Benefits Updates. Part 1 addressed health and welfare plan...more
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) mandates that group health plans and health insurance issuers that offer mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits must provide such benefits...more
When commercial landlords negotiate leases with prospective tenants, they understandably focus on key commercial terms, such as rental rate and renewal options. While that focus is justified, landlords should never overlook...more
The good news for insurance buyers is that the North Atlantic Hurricane season has not significantly impacted property rates or coverage, and rates are continuing the trend of decreases that we noted in our last update....more
Although the Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services believe that wellness programs are delivering on their promise of improving health and reducing costs, one type has...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently settled with American Life Insurance Company (“ALICO”), a Delaware-based subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., for $178,421, addressing apparent...more