The Texas Department Insurance (“TDI”) Commissioner Cassie Brown issued an order decreasing the surplus lines stamping fee from .075% to .04% of gross premium resulting from surplus lines insurance contracts. The decrease...more
On March 11, 2021, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded his prior orders regarding premium relief for any line of insurance in California where the measures of risk have become substantially overstated as a...more
How Can Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Parity Laws Help Battle the Overdose Epidemic? Learn the Answers—and Catch Up on the Most Recent State and Federal Developments—at a New Webinar from the AMA and Manatt. ...more
We have been carefully monitoring the litigation filed across the country, where businesses are seeking coverage for the business interruption losses arising from the government closure orders issued to address COVID-19. Some...more
- California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued Bulletin 2020-3 requiring insurers to refund premiums to policyholders of several lines of insurance, including automobile insurance, workers compensation and property...more
On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance issued a bulletin clarifying the applicability of Texas’ small and large employer health plan laws and regulations to individual coverage...more
• The California Supreme Court clarifies application of the “principal object and purpose” test, finding that a self-storage operator’s indemnification plans are not subject to regulation under the Insurance Code. •...more
In two previous posts, on April 19, 2016 and June 21, 2016, we reported on the EquityComp workers’ compensation program offered by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries Applied Underwriters (Applied) and California Insurance...more
Under a ruling this week from the California Insurance Commissioner, your company may be insured under an unenforceable workers’ compensation program. You may also be entitled to a refund of premiums paid to California...more
After 24 years of service with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), General Counsel Sara Wait will be retiring in December 2015. Wait has had a distinguished career at TDI after starting as a law clerk in TDI’s...more
Dave Jones identifies himself to voters as an activist Insurance Commissioner who champions the insurance consumers’ rights. This is the guy who took on the insurance industry practice of side arbitration agreements in...more