Home State Definition — Surplus Lines 360
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurance Down Under: Analyzing Prudential Solvency Regimes in Australia and New Zealand
Things Every Policy Needs — Surplus Lines 360
Broker Licensing — Surplus Lines 360
The Standard Formula Podcast | South Korea in Focus: Analyzing One of Asia’s Most Dynamic Insurance Markets
Concierge Practices: Getting Started and Staying Compliant
Financial Responsibility in the Surplus Lines Market — Surplus Lines 360
Demystifying Surplus Lines Group Insurance — Surplus Lines 360
Understanding the Surplus Lines Broker’s Role: Key Responsibilities and Regulatory Insights — Surplus Lines 360
AI Underwriting Uncovered: Risks, Data, and Liability in Insurance – The Good Bot Podcast
Introducing Surplus Lines 360
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Daily Compliance News: October 9, 2025, The More Scrutiny Edition
Plan for Success: Navigating Pension De-Risking
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 77 – Financial Inclusion and Sustainability/Legal & Compliance Recruitment Trends with Lotte Schou Zibell, Ian Morrison, and Raoul Montgomery
The Road to Regulation: Vehicle Service Contracts Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
AI Today in 5: August 11, 2025, The ACHILLES Project Episode
AI Today in 5: August 8, 2025, The Don’t Wait Episode
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Innovation in Compliance: Integrating AI in Compliance and Risk Management with Jana Brost
The Connecticut State Senate confirmed Josh Hershman as the insurance commissioner on April 8, 2026. Hershman has served as interim insurance commissioner since December 12, 2025. Hershman previously was the CEO of Immigrant...more
As generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) becomes embedded in day-to-day commercial operations across virtually every sector, businesses are confronting a parallel rise in litigation and regulatory risk tied to AI...more
The Problem - The use of artificial intelligence, and thus the exposure associated with artificial intelligence, is exploding....more
In the complex landscape of insurance litigation, the question of whether and when an insurer should intervene in an underlying tort lawsuit is increasingly critical. With rising exposure to mixed claims – those involving...more
The transactional risk market entered 2026 from a position of strength. Even against a backdrop of uneven deal volume, persistent macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical volatility, M&A insurance continued to deepen its...more
A federal district court applying Maryland law held that claims arising out of securities issued by a company to an insured, prior to its acquisition by the insured, were not “Securities Claims” because the company was not a...more
Consider the numbers: an orthopedic specialist sidelined at age 42 by a degenerative spinal condition could forfeit millions in earnings. A cardiologist who suffers a stroke at 55 may not return to the operating room, losing...more
The recent force majeure notice issued by Formosa Petrochemical Corporation – due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and its global impact – is disrupting the availability of key petrochemical inputs across multiple...more
On March 23, 2026, the Producer Licensing (D) Task Force (“PLTF”) met at the Spring 2026 US National Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). In addition to routine matters, such as adoption of...more
The Reinsurance (E) Task Force (“RTF”) of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held a virtual meeting on March 2, 2026 in lieu of meeting in person at the NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting. In...more
A summary of the important professional liability topics by our expert team members for the first quarter. USPS POSTMARK PROCEDURE CHANGE- The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a significant operational change that...more
The Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience (EX) Task Force (the “NCRRTF” or the “Task Force”) of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) met on March 24, 2026 at the NAIC’s Spring 2026 National...more
Geopolitical pressures across the Middle East are generating legal and regulatory exposure that many businesses have yet to fully map. Sanctions realignments, conflict-driven capital flows and supply chain fragility are...more
Escalating tensions involving Iran—including maritime incidents affecting oil transport and alleged cyber and physical targeting of digital infrastructure in the Middle East—highlight a growing and underappreciated risk for...more
At the Spring 2026 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) in San Diego, California, the Executive (EX) Committee and Plenary held a meeting on March 25, 2026, in which they adopted...more
A recent decision by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (DCA) has significant implications for physicians and other practitioners who dispense medications to injured workers. In Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. Dep’t of...more
On March 16, 2026, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled in Scomed Supply v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company and Sedgwick Claims Management Services that Scomed, a supplier of medical goods, is not a health care...more
The working group and catastrophe subgroup advanced multiple Risk Based Capital (RBC) initiatives, including separating hurricane and earthquake PR100 experience, adding wildfire to the RBC Catastrophe Risk Charge (Rcat) with...more
While most of the country is engaged in basketball mania, the worker’s compensation community is huddling up to prepare for the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services’ (CMS) upcoming “full-court press” following its recent...more
GovCon Co., a successful government contractor, receives an email from the billing or accounting representative of a trusted subcontractor, Service Corporation, asking for payment of an outstanding invoice for $400,000,...more
Last week’s blog examined whether pretrial discovery methods — and depositions in particular — have been responsible for the dramatic decline in civil trials. While the available evidence suggests that liberal discovery rules...more
In recent years, ceding companies and reinsurers across major jurisdictions around the world have faced increasing scrutiny from insurance regulators regarding the use of cross-border asset-intensive reinsurance (“AIRe” or...more
From March 22–25, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its 2026 Spring National Meeting in San Diego, California. During the meeting, the Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology Committee, along...more
Effective January 1, 2026, Anthem (also known as Elevance Health) implemented its Facility Administrative Policy: Use of a Nonparticipating Care Provider for the states of Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,...more
In the eighth episode of our Surplus Lines 360 series, John Emmanuel and Zachary Lerner explore the definition of “home state” under the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA) — how it applies, the complexities of...more