NEW YORK – Yuliya Feldman has joined Troutman Pepper Locke as a partner in the firm’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group in New York. She brings deep experience in strategic transactions, regulatory compliance, and reinsurance to one of the nation’s most recognized insurance practices.

Read More Troutman Pepper Locke Continues Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Growth With Addition of New York Partner Yuliya Feldman

CHICAGO – Baird Allis, former vice president and associate general counsel at Kemper Corporation, has rejoined Troutman Pepper Locke as a partner in the firm’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group in Chicago.

Read More Former Kemper Vice President and Associate General Counsel Baird Allis Rejoins Troutman Pepper Locke as Partner in Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice

Across every part of the insurance industry, our attorneys are at work and the recognition is following. This blog has featured updates about state rate filing overhauls and market conduct enforcement, surplus lines diligent-effort requirements and NRRA home state complexities, NAIC annuity illustration practices, captive structures for InsurTechs, and professional liability coverage decisions. Keeping pace with that range takes a legal team that can move between transactions, regulations, and disputes with ease and precision.

Read More Troutman Pepper Locke Earns Expanded Chambers USA Recognition for Insurance Transactional, Regulatory, and Litigation Work

Increased use and influence of artificial intelligence systems by companies and consumers bring with them new and dynamic oversight, compliance, governance and disclosure challenges. Legal and risk management professionals must develop processes and policies for AI tools that work within the requirements of the law as it is today, while also anticipating the coming wave of legal, regulatory and technological changes. Over the next few months, Locke Lord lawyers will tackle some of the most pressing AI concerns in a series of complimentary webinars discussing practical, real-world challenges facing organizations.
Read More Join Us for the First in Our Series on AI

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection and cyber risk management.
Read More December 2023 Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: A Busy Year-End (States, EU, UK, Incident Response and Litigation)

At the December National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall National Meeting, the Surplus Lines Working Group adopted changes to the IID Plan of Operation.  The updated Plan of Operation incorporates, among others, the changes noted in our October posting below.  The 2023 Plan of Operation is now available at the “Documents” tab of the Surplus Lines Working Group home page.”

On October 19, 2022, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Surplus Lines Working Group exposed proposed changes to the International Insurers Department (IID) Plan of Operation applicable to insurers domiciled outside the U.S. (alien) participating in the U.S. insurance market.
Read More Update: LL Surplus Lines Series (Entry 35): Surplus Lines Working Group Exposes Changes to IID Plan of Operation for Alien Insurers