Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Financial Responsibilities in the Surplus Lines Market — Surplus Lines 360
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion Podcast - Voluntary Benefits and the Rising Risk for Employers
Demystifying Surplus Lines Group Insurance — Surplus Lines 360
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 — Surplus Lines 360
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
Key Takeaways - Court approves landmark settlement expanding access to proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT). Final approval of an $8.75 million ERISA class action settlement requires UnitedHealthcare to revise its PBRT...more
Pension Schemes Bill: release of surplus Comments from the Minister of State on the new power to release surplus; Pensions Commission and further lifetime allowance regulations...more
As of January 1, 2026, California law no longer allows for pain, suffering, or disfigurement damages in survival actions. This change marks the expiration of a temporary statutory amendment that allowed such damages, and a...more
2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for health care reimbursement. From major CMS payment rules to evolving disclosure requirements, AI scrutiny, and mounting pressure on providers across the care continuum, the 2026...more
Have you ever driven down the road and seen a mountain of smoke rising from a nearby field? Unless you were in the middle of a raging forest fire, what you likely saw was a prescribed burn. A landowner intentionally setting...more
New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed into law A3451/S2950 to greatly expand employer coverage and employee eligibility under the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA) on Jan. 18, 2026, as one of his last acts before leaving office....more
Earlier this week, we released a +Insight called “Healthcare in 2026: A preview” that lays out major legislative and regulatory healthcare actions that we expect to see in 2026....more
The Superior Court of Delaware, applying Delaware law, has held that a federal civil investigative demand (“CID”) issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) qualified as a “Claim” under a managed care errors and omissions...more
Insurers must generally pay statutory preaward interest on Minnesota appraisal awards under commercial and residential property policies unless the policy expressly prohibits such interest. Recent decisions confirm that...more
This alert provides a summary and takeaways from the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement of False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. ...more
With 2026 underway, the AFS Health Care team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the health care industry this year....more
On December 9, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided clarifying guidance in Notice 2026-5 (the Notice) regarding several account-based health plan provisions contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)....more
The Departments of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Health and Human Services (HHS) and Labor (DOL) (together, the Departments) published proposed rules on December 23, 2025 (Proposed Rule), aimed at improving...more
As of 2025, 54% of all Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA). The average Medicare beneficiary had a choice of over 42 options in which to enroll in 2025, and the total number of plans was over 3,700...more
Plaintiff class action lawyers believe that they have found a new type of employee benefit program to go after for potential fiduciary breach violations – voluntary benefits. On December 23, 2025, Schlichter Bogard LLC filed...more
On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review whether providers have a private right to enforce Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) awards under the No Surprises Act (NSA). This leaves in place the June 2025...more
The construction industry faces unique cybersecurity challenges that distinguish it from other sectors. With complex payment structures, multiple stakeholders, and extensive use of mobile technology on job sites, construction...more
On 9 January the Financial Services Regulation Committee of the UK Parliament’s House of Lords published its report on “Private markets: Unknown unknowns” (the Report)....more
On December 22, 2025, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the Board) issued a final rule that rescinded a 2023 policy statement and that in turn issued a new policy statement....more
As discussed in our January 6, 2026 post, British Columbia has introduced the long‑awaited Restricted Insurance Agent Licence Regulation, which will take effect on January 1, 2027, creating a new licensing framework in the...more
Early on January 20, 2026, the House Appropriations Committee released the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes the last of the 12 fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills: Labor-Health and Human Services...more
The U.S. Senate is out of session this week, and all action is expected to take place in the U.S. House of Representatives following the release of a package containing the final four appropriations bills. The text of the...more
On 15 January 2026, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published its supervisory priorities for 2026, outlining in letters its sector-specific priorities for the coming year to all banks, building societies (a form...more
Winter storms test more than plows and salt supplies – they test an association’s preparedness. When snow and ice accumulate, community associations must act quickly, balancing safety, budgets and legal obligations. Missteps...more
In Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Group v. Aetna, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut addressed a motion filed by petitioner Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Group to allow discovery of the reasons...more