Broker Licensing — Surplus Lines 360
The Standard Formula Podcast | South Korea in Focus: Analyzing One of Asia’s Most Dynamic Insurance Markets
Direct Procurement — Surplus Lines 360
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 Responsibility 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
Key Takeaways: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) deferred $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funds to Minnesota over program integrity concerns....more
News Briefs - Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extended for Two Years - Medicare telehealth flexibilities have been extended for two years, keeping reimbursement for a wide range of virtual services through the end of 2027....more
On February 24, 2026, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Insurance and Annuities Illustrations Working Group made its debut appearance. As a prelude, Ben Slutsker, director of life actuarial valuation...more
On February 27, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register to gather stakeholder feedback on 13 topics that may be included in a potential...more
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently finalized a narrowly crafted, initial set of implementing regulations (Regulations) for California’s climate‑reporting statutes (i.e., SB 253 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...more
On March 4, 2026, the Florida Senate approved Senate Bill 1028 (SB 1028), introduced by Senator Joe Gruters, which would establish both an admitted and a surplus lines clearinghouse for Citizens Property Insurance commercial...more
On March 3, 2026, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will mobilize its Political Risk Insurance and Guaranty products to stabilize international commerce and...more
With winter slowly fading out, some spring cleaning of old employment policies may be in order. Recent Title VII decisions should prompt wary employers to dust off their anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies and...more
Divorce reshapes nearly every aspect of a client’s legal and financial life, yet estate planning consequences are frequently overlooked. Many individuals assume that once a divorce is filed, their estranged spouse is...more
The recoverability of future medical damages is frequently a contested issue in personal injury cases involving alleged permanent injuries. In a recent decision, the New Jersey Appellate Division provided guidance on when a...more
On March 4, the IRS issued an information collection request under the Paperwork Reduction Act (“PRA”) regarding the ACA’s external review process’ notice and disclosure requirements and the No Surprises Act (“NSA”). The PRA...more
This month’s Friday Five covers recent decisions on credibility pertaining to long COVID symptoms, weighing of disability evidence, overpayment accounting, preemption of state law claims, and a motion to compel discovery on...more
In a decision that further defines the power of an appraiser, a Texas federal court analyzed the enforceability of an appraisal award where appraisers specifically determined that damage was caused by wind and hail in...more
In early March, word came that Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is investigating New York’s Medicaid program—claiming it is riddled with fraud and waste....more
In a recent decision, the English Court of Appeal considered the construction and effect of a hierarchy clause in reinsurance agreements. The issue arose because the Appellant, GIC Re, India, Corporate Member Ltd (GIC) had...more
New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James reached a $2.5 million settlement with health insurer EmblemHealth following an investigation of the behavioral health provider “ghost networks.” “Ghost networks” are provider...more
On January 26, 2026, CMS released the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2027 for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Capitation Rate and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (the “Advance Notice”). In the...more
Truck accidents rarely involve just two parties like typical car crashes, because the commercial trucking industry operates through complex networks of trucking companies, drivers, cargo loaders, maintenance contractors, and...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on February 27, 2026, that signals a potential expansion of federal health care fraud, waste, and abuse enforcement. While the RFI...more
Orrick’s Tech Exit Series provides practical guidance for tech companies looking toward an exit. Our market-leading London M&A and Private Equity team writes instalments of the series with contributions from specialists...more
The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (CAA 2026) and recent regulatory developments could potentially dramatically overhaul reporting and disclosure requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and give new...more
Governor Proposes Major Auto Tort Reforms- To combat high auto rates, New York’s proposed budget includes several tort‑reform measures: Pare Down Joint and Several Liability- The proposal would narrow New York’s...more
On 3 February 2026, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its Consultation Paper on a Supervisory Statement on the Authorisation and Ongoing Supervision of (Re‑)Insurance Undertakings...more
Key Takeaways - Courts are increasingly enforcing mental health parity protections. A recent federal court decision allowed a lawsuit to proceed where a health plan allegedly imposed stricter coverage requirements on...more
A New Jersey School can proceed on the basis that broken glass may qualify as a pollutant. The court denied the insurer’s motion to dismiss, holding that the school plausibly alleged coverage under a policy provision...more