Join Locke Lord, InsurTech NY and InsurTech Hartford for the next installment of the InsurTech Legal Academy webinar series on legal and regulatory issues impacting the InsurTech industry. Each quarter, we’ll tackle a new important topic.
You’re Invited: InsurTech Legal Academy Webinar Presented by Locke Lord and InsurTechNY
Join Locke Lord and InsurTechNY for their InsurTech Academy webinar series on legal and regulatory issues impacting the InsurTech industry. Each quarter, we’ll tackle a new important topic, starting with a primer on surplus lines insurance for InsurTechs.
Illinois Passes Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
Illinois has passed Senate Bill 2176 which is effective as of June 25,2021, repeals the state’s former non-UETA “Electronic Commerce Security Act”, and includes the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), making Illinois the 49th state to have adopted UETA and leaving New York as the only non-UETA state.
California’s New Mini-CFPB Law Largely Parallels Its Federal Cousin
Atlanta Partner Brian Casey, Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice, and Austin Senior Counsel Jon Gillum co-authored an article for Insurance Journal discussing California’s recently adopted amendments to its financial code, resulting in what is now known as the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CFPL).
Locke Lord Partners Author 2020 Insurance Year in Review Article for Insurance Journal
Atlanta Partner and Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Brian Casey, Chicago Partner Ben Sykes and New York Partner Zachary Lerner co-authored a two-part article for Insurance Journal discussing the top insurance regulatory developments of 2020, examining a year that brought many changes to the industry.
Okla. Ruling Highlights Nuances In Drafting Service Contracts
Atlanta Partner Brian Casey and Austin Senior Counsel Jon Gillum co-authored an article for Law360 examining the Oklahoma Supreme Court opinion in Sparks v. Old Republic Hoe Protection Co. Inc. which held that what appeared (and was likely intended) to be a service contract was actually an insurance contract by way of also being a warranty, thereby preventing enforcement of an arbitration clause in the contract.
Join Us for a Complimentary Webinar on Insurance IT Strategy and Regulatory Compliance – April 23, 2020
Webinar: Insurance IT Strategy and Regulatory Compliance: CCPA, Biometric and Genetic Information Privacy Laws, and Chatbots
Top 10 Insurance Laws And Regulations Of The Decade
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.
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 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.
Complimentary Webinar: Insurance IT Strategy and Regulatory Compliance: AI, CCPA and NY DFS
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.