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Commercial insurance pricing trends in the fourth quarter followed the same pattern buyers experienced through most of 2023. Property premiums have finally started to moderate— this is a trend we noticed earlier in 2023 and...more
As 2024 rapidly approaches, we look back at some of the key decisions, trends, and developments impacting the U.S. insurance industry in 2023 and look ahead at some trends and cases to watch in 2024. Insurers continue to...more
The “balancing act” of insurance regulation across jurisdictions, policymakers, and stakeholders took center stage at the 18th Annual Networks Financial Institute Insurance Public Policy Summit on May 17 in Washington D.C....more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2023 Spring National Meeting March 21-25 in Louisville, Kentucky. The agenda for this National Meeting was limited, with a number of NAIC working groups...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2022 Fall National Meeting from December 12-16 in Tampa, Florida. The agenda for this National Meeting was limited, with a number of NAIC working groups...more
Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee Adopts Request for Modernized Privacy Protections Model Law; Receives Working Group Reports - The Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee met on...more
As part of our five year anniversary celebrations of our law firm opening in Bermuda, we put together the original version of this summary report highlighting the latest developments and trends in the Bermuda legal and...more
The Lloyd’s Market Association (the “LMA”) recently released four model clauses to exclude coverage for “war” from cyber insurance policies. The exclusions align with the requirement that all insurance policies written at...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2021 Fall National Meeting from December 11 to 16 in San Diego, California. The meeting was held in a hybrid in-person and remote format due to the ongoing...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2021 Summer National Meeting from August 14 to 17 in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting was held in a hybrid in-person and remote format due to the ongoing COVID-19...more
The cyber insurance market size is currently valued in the billions, and this does not include insurance policies that do not explicitly mention cyber incidents but may nevertheless cover them. With this in mind,...more
Covered entities received two cybersecurity wake up calls from insurance regulators this month. As we have reported, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its long-awaited first cyber enforcement...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Spring National Meeting from April 5 through 9 in Orlando, Florida. This meeting was distinguished by a very large class of new commissioners (15 in...more
Our Insurance Horizons 2018 brochure considers the impact of technology, interest rates, protectionism, excess capacity in the reinsurance market and cyber risk. We also look in detail at M&A in the industry, sanctions and...more
ECB Publishes Opinion on Proposed Regulation Amending EBA Regulation - The European Central Bank ("ECB") published an opinion (CON/2018/19) (dated April 11, 2018) on a proposed Regulation amending (among other things) the...more
A quiet Monday appears to be leading to a busy Tuesday morning, with Qualcomm upping its bid for NXP (in a move that could help it fend off Broadcom) and Albertson’s looking to join forces with what’s left of Rite Aid Corp...more
Farella’s Insurance Recovery Group lawyers regularly collaborate with and learn from different players and functions within the insurance industry. To provide more value to our readers, we have reached out to a series of...more
• NAIC recently adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law that follows the risk assessment-based approach of the New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation. This signals the growing influence of the New York Regulation,...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 2017 Summer National Meeting from August 5-9. Commissioners, staff and interested parties alike converged in Philadelphia...more
OCIE Highlights Frequent Topics for Compliance Deficiencies for Investment Advisers - On Feb. 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published...more
Court Overturns RESPA Ruling and Holds That the CFPB is Unconstitutionally Structured The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overturned an enforcement action under Section 8 of the...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2016 Spring National Meeting from April 1 through April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana. As host, Louisiana provided beautiful weather and bountiful great food....more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2016 National Meeting, which was held from April 3 – 6 in New Orleans, offered insight into numerous issues being considered by state commissioners nationwide....more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2015 Summer National Meeting from August 13 through August 18 in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was notable for the number of new insurance commissioners...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met for its Spring National Meeting in Orlando, Florida from March 29 through April 1. Typical for the first national meeting of the year, much activity was focused...more