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New Year, New Litigation Target: Voluntary Benefit Programs

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A large plaintiffs’ firm ended 2025 and kicked off 2026 with several ERISA lawsuits against different employee plan sponsors, alleging fiduciary duty violations concerning the management and administration of voluntary...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Breaking Down Inter-Provincial Barriers for Insurance Advisors: Ontario Chapter

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Over the past year, Canada’s federal and provincial governments have accelerated efforts to dismantle interprovincial labour‑mobility barriers. A key focus is enabling certified professionals, such as insurance advisors,...more

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2026 Health Care Fraud Year in Preview

One year into the second Trump administration, we have seen a continuation of some evergreen enforcement priorities as well as new fonts of potential risk and exposure. As in years past, the investigation and prosecution of...more

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New Year, First New York Appellate Decision on Workers’ Comp: A 1977 Case Resurfaces

We have the first New York Appellate Decision on workers’ compensation for the new year! And this is a real throwback case. 1977 accident. Total permanent disability established in 1991. That same year, the carrier agreed to...more

A&O Shearman

ESAs final joint guidelines for ESG stress testing

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The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs, comprising the European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) has published a final report...more

Mayer Brown

ERISA Litigation Targets Voluntary Benefits: What Employers Should Know

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In this episode of Employment and Benefits Unpacked, hosts Reginald Goeke, Rick Nowak, and Stephanie Vasconcellos examine several recent ERISA class actions asserting novel challenges to employer voluntary benefit programs...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Promising News on Insurance Coverage for False Claims Act Matters: Delaware Court Holds Civil Investigative Demand Is a “Claim”

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In a favorable decision for policyholders, on January 5, 2026, the Delaware Superior Court held that a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) met the definition of a “Claim” (not merely...more

Structured Consulting

How Lawyers Arrange Lawsuit Payments While Watching for Ethical Traps

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The path settlement funds take from a defendant to a personal injury plaintiff can radically change how much the plaintiff keeps. Often, slowing settlement negotiations to plan that path, or convince defendants to cooperate,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - January 2026

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our quarterly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (“State AGs”) across...more

Carlton Fields

Panelists Preview Potential Crypto/Insurance Hit Parade

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In October, the American Council of Life Insurers annual meeting featured a panel titled “Crypto, Life Insurance, and Regulation: The Next Frontier in Financial Innovation.” The panelists, including the author of this...more

A&O Shearman

Regulatory Monitoring - December 2025

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BaFin announced that it has launched a new survey on cum/cum transactions, following surveys in 2017, 2020 and 2021. The survey is aimed at the majority of German credit institutions, selected investment institutions and...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

CMS Fundamentally Restructures Skin Substitute Payment: Key Takeaways for Dermatologists, Wound Care Specialists

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is fundamentally changing how it classifies and pays for most skin substitutes. On October 31, CMS announced policy changes for skin substitute Medicare payments,...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Voluntary Benefits Are Not “Low-Risk”: A New Wave of ERISA Fiduciary Litigation

For many years, employers and benefits professionals have treated voluntary benefits such as accident, critical illness, cancer, and hospital indemnity insurance, as a relatively low-risk corner of the benefits landscape....more

Hogan Lovells

HL UK Pensions Law Digest 15 January 2026

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Welcome to our latest update, in which we cover:  Value for money (VFM): consultation Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP): consultation on the delivery of private sector dashboards Pension Protection Fund (PPF): FAQs about...more

K&L Gates LLP

Current Trends in Climate Change Litigation: A Snapshot of Risk and Insurance Considerations

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In recent years, climate change litigation has begun to impact an increasingly diverse range of businesses and their directors and officers. This trend has been highlighted in The Grantham Research Institute’s 2025 Report on...more

J.S. Held

Selecting the Right Appraiser or Umpire for the Insurance Appraisal Process

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In the world of insurance valuation disputes, the selection of the appraiser and umpire can significantly influence the outcome of an appraisal....more

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No Surprises Act implementation in 2026: The regulatory “to-do” list

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2025 certainly was a busy year in the regulatory world, with a slew of new regulations, models, and initiatives. Even so, the Trump administration still has a long regulatory (and deregulatory) “to-do” list for 2026 –...more

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Insured Versus Insured Exclusion Defeats Coverage for Class Action Filed by Former Director

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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, applying Wyoming law, held that an insured versus insured (“IvI”) exclusion barred coverage for an entire class action proceeding...more

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Proposed Federal Regulation Pushes for More Price Transparency in Health Plans

On December 23, 2025, three federal agencies released a proposed rule to make costs more transparent in health plans. The proposal aligns with an executive order that President Donald Trump issued in February 2025 to enforce...more

DLA Piper

EIOPA launches consultation on IRRD

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On 9 December 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published on its website a set of seven consultation papers to support the implementation of the Insurance Recovery and Resolution...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The OBBBA Is Here: What Health System Leaders Should Be Focused on Now

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted in July 2025, is no longer a policy debate or a future concern. It is already changing how coverage works, how Medicaid dollars flow, and how much operational friction health...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Supreme Court Declines Review in Guardian Flight, Leaving Intact Fifth Circuit Ruling That No Private Right of Action Exists to...

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On January 12, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari in Guardian Flight, leaving in place the Fifth Circuit’s June 2025 decision that we covered in our prior post (available here). As a result,...more

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Hong Kong Insurance Authority Issues Revised Guideline on Governance and Management of Fund(s) of Participating Business

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On 19 September 2025, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (Insurance Authority) issued a revised Guideline 34 on Governance and Management of Fund(s) of Participating Business (GL34), setting out expectations for sound and...more

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AI in Insurance: Innovation, Exposure, and the New Frontier of Claims and Liability

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As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the insurance landscape, insurers face a growing tension between automation and accountability. While AI offers unprecedented speed and efficiency in claims processing, it also...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — Payments Pros – The Payments...

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In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, guest host Taylor Gess dives into the rapidly evolving world of point-of-sale financing for medical and dental procedures with Troutman Pepper Locke...more

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