Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The annuity regulatory landscape
The Intersection of Big Data and Insurance Regulation
InsurTech and the Changing Distribution Model
Last week, both the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) acted on official guidance pertaining to accelerated underwriting by life insurance...more
On May 23, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 3 (the “Letter”). The Letter is addressed to “all insurers authorized to write property/casualty insurance...more
On April 24, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published Proposed Rule Making for the 13th Amendment to Insurance Regulation 17, 20 and 20-A (Proposed Amendment), which purports to implement...more
On Jan, 17, 2024 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a proposed circular letter addressing the use of artificial intelligence systems (AIS) and external consumer data and information sources...more
New York’s Department of Financial Services releases proposed guidance on AI and other data sources in insurance underwriting and pricing — and you’ll note plenty of influence from Colorado’s governance regulation and the...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
This year started off with a surge of enthusiasm among US proponents of increased climate-related financial risk disclosure by insurers and others: - Soon after the late-2021 Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 event in...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its 2021 Update on New York Domestic Insurers’ Management of the Financial Risks from Climate Change, analyzing 2021 survey responses from the National Association of...more
As concerns about the ecological and financial impacts of climate change have grown in recent years, so has the interest of insurance regulators in the exposure of the insurance industry to the risks raised by climate change...more
In our report published on April 26, 2022, we discussed the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) Circular Letter No. 5 in which it reminded the industry that acquiring less than 10% of an insurer’s voting...more
Kentucky became the latest state to adopt the NAIC insurance data security model law with Governor Andy Beshear’s signing of House Bill 474. The new law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, and gives covered licensees one or two...more
Following on the heels of the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) and the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Connecticut Department...more
On April 19, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter No. 5, reminding owners and potential purchasers of shares of insurance companies that acquiring less than 10% of the company’s...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
Climate change continues to preoccupy the public and policymakers, and a number of legal and regulatory initiatives in the US, UK, and elsewhere are currently underway that may affect insurers. This report provides a...more
On November 15, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) finalized guidance, originally proposed in March 2021, on how New York-domestic insurers should manage climate change risk. See, Guidance for New...more
On November 3, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced the creation of a new Climate Risk Division (the Division) that is tasked with integrating climate risks into DFS’s supervision of regulated...more
New York has joined the handful of states that are now accepting applications from non-US reinsurers for recognition as a reciprocal jurisdiction reinsurer under new rules that allow US domestic ceding insurers to receive...more
In 2010, the NAIC adopted the Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey (Survey) “for state insurance regulators, investors, and consumers to identify trends, vulnerabilities, and best practices by collecting information about...more
Last week (March 25, 2021), the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released for public comment proposed guidance for New York domestic insurers on managing financial risks from climate change (the...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 5 (2021) (Circular Letter) relating to insurer diversity in the boardroom and C-suite. The Circular Letter outlines new...more
There continues to be significant regulatory activity related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on the insurance industry, as well as claims for damages due to looting and vandalism following the recent civil...more