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Ben’s practice covers all major lines of insurance, including life, property and casualty, and health. He assists clients with insurance mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, licensing, investment compliance, and insurance holding company act issues. Ben also has experience organizing alternative risk transfer vehicles, such as captive insurance companies, and advising insurtech startups and emerging growth companies.

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In conjunction with the Locke Lord COVID-19 task force, we are reviewing, analyzing, and compiling regulatory updates to provide clients easy access to information during this unprecedented time.  If you have any questions on the subject matter below, do not hesitate to reach out.  The information below relates to state and federal bulletins, emergency orders, pending/enacted legislation, and other related actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Read More COVID-19 Daily Insurance Regulatory Updates To Keep You Informed During The Lockdown (April 6th, 2020)

In conjunction with the Locke Lord COVID-19 task force, we are reviewing, analyzing, and compiling regulatory updates to provide clients easy access to information during this unprecedented time.  If you have any questions on the subject matter below, do not hesitate to reach out.  The information below relates to state and federal bulletins, emergency orders, pending/enacted legislation, and other related actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More COVID-19 Daily Insurance Regulatory Updates To Keep You Informed During The Lockdown (April 3rd, 2020)

In conjunction with the Locke Lord COVID-19 task force, we are reviewing, analyzing, and compiling regulatory updates to provide clients easy access to information during this unprecedented time. If you have any questions on the subject matter below, do not hesitate to reach out. The information below relates to state and federal bulletins, emergency orders, pending/enacted legislation, and other related actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More COVID-19 Daily Insurance Regulatory Updates To Keep You Informed During The Lockdown (April 2nd, 2020 – Updated)

In conjunction with the Locke Lord COVID-19 task force, we are reviewing, analyzing, and compiling regulatory updates to provide clients easy access to information during this unprecedented time.  If you have any questions on the subject matter below, do not hesitate to reach out.  The information below relates to state and federal bulletins, emergency orders, pending/enacted legislation, and other related actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More COVID-19 Daily Insurance Regulatory Updates To Keep You Informed During The Lockdown (March 31st, 2020)

The insurance industry experienced significant and varied forms of new legislation and regulation during the last decade. Below, we highlight what we view as the top 10 of these legal and regulatory changes.
Read More Top 10 Insurance Laws And Regulations Of The Decade

Locke Lord corporate and regulatory insurance Partners Brian Casey and Ben Sykes will host an open organizational conference call for insurtechs and those interested in how insurtechs will be regulated going forward. The goal is to present a united voice for addressing the regulatory and legal challenges related to the adoption of new technologies-driven changes precipitated by insurtech businesses challenging and reforming insurance products, underwriting, distribution and claims models.
Read More Open Teleconference for the formation of InsurTech America, a coalition available to U.S.-based and non U.S.-based Insurtech companies transacting business in the U.S.

Locke Lord LLP and Novarica will look at new regulatory developments in analytics, use of data, and data security that have the potential to affect insurer technology strategy. This webinar covers the potential effects of regulation on the use of analytics and AI in life insurance underwriting, how privacy requirements may affect insurer data governance and MDM strategies, and how third-party data security requirements may affect distribution technology strategies.
Read More Complimentary Webinar: Insurance IT Strategy and Regulatory Compliance: AI, CCPA and NY DFS

Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group has teamed with Novarica, a leading insurance industry technology research, advisory services and consulting firm, to address the impact of evolving insurance regulation on information technology systems of insurance and reinsurance companies. Atlanta Partner Brian Casey, Co-Leader of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group, Hartford Office Managing Partner Ted Augustinos, member of the steering committee of the Firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, and Chicago Partner Ben Sykes co-authored the first installment of a quarterly report with Novarica on insurance technology strategy and regulatory compliance.…

Read More Insurance Technology Strategy and Regulatory Compliance, Vol. 1