Demystifying Surplus Lines Group Insurance
The Down-Low on Data for Value-Based Enterprises and Their Participating Providers – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Investing in Resilience: How Extreme Weather is Reshaping Infrastructure Investment and Risk
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Preparing for 2026 – Mandatory Roth and Optional Super Catch-Up Contributions — Troutman Pepper Locke Podcast
Understanding the Surplus Lines Broker’s Role: Key Responsibilities and Regulatory Insights
42 CFR Part 2 Final Rule: What’s Changing and What Do You Need to Know? – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
Introducing Surplus Lines 360
Flood remains compliance challenge
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Preparing for 2026 – Top Five Health and Welfare Updates — Troutman Pepper Locke Podcast
Predictably Unpredictable: Considerations & Lessons Learned Regarding Force Majeure
The Standard Formula Podcast | Assessing Prudential Solvency Regimes in the Middle East
Criminal Health Care Fraud Enforcement: Projections for 2025 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast
The Standard Formula Podcast | Assessing Prudential Insurance Regulation in Japan
The Standard Formula Podcast | Unpacking the IAIS’ Adoption of the Insurance Capital Standard
Podcast - Rewriting the Narrative of Private Equity in Healthcare
AI Talk With Juliana Neelbauer - Episode Three - Cybersecurity Insurance: Coverage Challenges and Changes
Understanding Georgia's Civil Justice Climate With Commissioner John King — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2024
The Duty to Cooperate Under a Liability Policy
AI Talk With Juliana Neelbauer - Episode Two - Cybersecurity Insurance: The New Frontier of Risk Management
In a move aimed at tying reimbursement to patient outcomes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced the “Advancing Chronic Care with Effective Scalable Solutions” (ACCESS) model, a...more
Insurers often rely on introductory phrases in exclusions, such as the phrase “relating to,” to expand the scope of exclusions beyond all reasonable bounds. The Eleventh Circuit recently reaffirmed that insurance exclusions —...more
Losing a spouse is an overwhelming experience, and the practical tasks that follow can feel especially daunting. While every estate is different, having a clear roadmap of what to address and when can help you stay organized...more
The manner in which services are provided via telehealth has the potential to look very different for healthcare providers—particularly those providing services to Medicare patients—in 2026. As 2025 draws to a close, the...more
On June 17, 2025, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary launched a new priority review pilot program intended to accelerate FDA review for drug and biologic companies supporting U.S. national interests. Specifically, the...more
DOJ Once Again to Corporate Community: White Collar Criminal Enforcement Not Slowing Down - On December 9, at the Practising Law Institute White Collar Crime symposium in New York City, New York, Acting Chief Counselor of...more
Colorado House Bill 25-1002, effective January 1, 2026, amends Colorado Revised Statutes § 10-16-104(5.5) to require health benefit plans to use nationally recognized, not-for-profit clinical criteria when making coverage and...more
Please take note of the following December 2025 developments in the insurance industry. •NAIC Elections: On December 11, 2025, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected the following chief state...more
In this episode, John and Zachary unpack one of the hottest regulatory topics in surplus lines: group insurance. Learn how affiliated and unaffiliated groups are treated under the NRRA, why “home state” determination drives...more
On November 25, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or the “Agency”) released the 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (the “Proposed Rule”)....more
At the beginning of this year, the Trump administration issued a series of executive orders rewriting federal policy on employment programs addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Executive orders 14151 and...more
In Williams v. Bally Management Group, LLC, the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island became the first court to grant a motion to dismiss in a class action challenging Bally Management Group’s (Bally) tobacco...more
We get questions on administering benefits for employees on approved leaves year-round. But with the new year approaching, it is important to understand the tax issues affected by your administration of group health plan...more
On November 11 at 9:18 p.m., my phone erupted with the dings of incoming text messages advising me to go outside and “look north.” Those texts were soon followed by photos of the brilliant night sky above my small...more
U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Barrasso (R-WY) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to high-quality, coordinated health care. The ACO Assignment Improvement Act aims to increase...more
Republican leaders in the House released the text of their latest healthcare legislation, which would not extend the advanced premium tax credits (APTCs) that are set to expire on December 31, 2025....more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently certified a narrow damages class under ERISA and RICO in L.D. v. United Behavioral Health, a case involving allegations of inflated balance-billing...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, applying New York law, upheld an arbitration award allocating 100% of amounts incurred jointly by insured individuals and non-insured entities to covered...more
Deepfakes continue to be problematic for organizations and individuals. They are hard to detect and hard to respond to when used in an attack against a company....more
In a closely followed development, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted rules governing when a life reinsurance contract combining both yearly renewable term (YRT) and coinsurance components...more
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, applying Washington state law, has held that an environmental liability insurer breached its duty to defend in bad faith by relying on extrinsic...more
An Illinois Appellate Court, applying Illinois law, has held that an insured’s payroll overpayment following a ransomware attack on the insured’s payroll service provider was not “necessarily incurred,” such that coverage was...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has unveiled an ambitious proposal to establish an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights and to curb public subsidization of hyperscale AI data centers. Against the backdrop of a national debate...more
On 3 December 2025, the Italian Insurance Regulatory Authority (IVASS) published Order no. 163/2025. It introduces new information obligations for insurance companies and intermediaries regarding their precontractual...more
Welcome to the Winter edition of our Conyers Coverage newsletter. As always, we are pleased to bring you a jam-packed edition with timely legal and regulatory insights and details on industry developments from the Cayman...more