The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
Flood Basics still causing pain for some
The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
Best Practices for Negotiating Manuscript Exclusions
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights - Episode 1: A Primer for Providers When Insurance Companies Refuse to Pay
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Technical Provisions
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 2)
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV | Bad Faith Law
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
D&O Insurance Myths (Part 1)
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Third Country Branches and Cross-Border Provision of Services
Standard Formula Podcast | Reinsurance and Risk Transfer: Risk Mitigation Under the Solvency II Regime
Hinshaw Releases Second Edition of Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Transaction Insurance Solutions
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding Insurance Resolution Regimes
The Risk Roundtable: Demystifying the Intersection Between NJ Workers' Comp & Employment Practice Liability
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Tax Insurance 101
Insurance for the Cannabis Industry: Risks & Challenges
On July 11, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released Insurance Circular Letter No. 7, which establishes guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”) and external consumer data...more
The United States (US) has seen an explosion of litigation in recent years relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), referred to by some as “forever chemicals” because they are slow to degrade and can...more
On 26 June 2024, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the findings of its multi-firm review of how insurance firms are implementing the Consumer Duty. In particular, the FCA was seeking to...more
There's been a flurry of regulatory activity in the UK and Europe over the past few weeks. Here's a look at the highlights. The EU has renewed its determination that the solvency regime for US-headquartered insurers and...more
On February 26, 2024, the Connecticut Insurance Department (the CID) adopted Bulletin No. MC-25 on the “Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Insurance” (Connecticut Bulletin). This Connecticut Bulletin is similar to the...more
On March 1, 2024, New Mexico joined a growing number of states in enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain health care transactions. Senate Bill 15 (S.B. 15), which adds a new section to the New Mexico...more
On 27 December 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement in connection with OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT technology. This lawsuit is part of the first wave of...more
“The Standard Formula” host Rob Chaplin is joined in this episode by colleague Theo Charalambous as they map out the intricacies of the U.K.’s matching adjustment regime for insurers, which will soon be reformed. The...more
A&B Abstract: Under New Mexico’s Insurance Code, it has been a long-standing requirement that lenders may not condition a loan of money on the procurement of insurance from any particular insurer, agent, solicitor, or...more
“The Standard Formula” podcast continues its Back to Basics series — a deep dive into the Solvency II regime — discussing the regime’s provisions regarding third country branches and the cross-border provision of services. ...more
In July, the Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released an exposure draft of its model bulletin titled “Use of Algorithms, Predictive Models, and...more
On July 17, 2023, the Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology (H) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released for comment a highly anticipated model bulletin (Model Bulletin) on...more
The concept of “control” of insurers received significant attention from state insurance regulators last year and will receive even more in 2023. We wrote a brief report in April 2022 following the New York Department of...more
We previously reported on regulators’ increased attention to the use of big data systems, including external consumer data and information sources, algorithms and predictive models. Recent announcements in Colorado, Louisiana...more
Internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs) will want to consider the implications of recent guidance from international insurance regulators on capital standards. These standards mandate the relevant amounts of capital...more
If anyone believed that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) release of proposed climate change-related disclosure requirements last month might have been an isolated matter, of immediate importance only to the...more
After a variety of promises concerning climate change-related regulatory development activity last year, forward movement has been relatively slow. The leading exception has been the New York Department of Financial Services...more
On 23 December 2021 IVASS published a set of clarifications regarding a number of Italian provisions governing the insurance distribution activity. Following a series of meetings held between the Italian insurance...more
For much of the past 10 years, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and individual state insurance regulators have highlighted their awareness of the increasing number of insurers controlled by private...more
The insurance industry was front and center before, during and after the first days of the United Nations’ (UN) climate change summit, Conference of the Parties (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, which concluded earlier this...more
As a leading jurisdiction for the domicile of captive insurance companies and, more recently, reinsurance companies (together “insurance vehicles”), the laws of the Cayman Islands have a central role and require careful...more
In the few short weeks since our last report on climate change and the US insurance industry, the volume of climate change news has been extraordinarily high. The range of developments has been broad to say the very...more
In addition to dramatically changing the policies of former President Trump on the pandemic, the economy, immigration, and other key issues, the Biden Administration is likely to substantially increase the federal...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
In late November 2020, we published a high-level review of insurance regulatory developments relating to climate change, available here. In the six weeks since, regulators and industry participants on both sides of the...more