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Locke Lord and InsurTech NY will present a one-hour virtual  presentation on June 9 at noon ET addressing current issues facing insurtechs operating in the surplus lines space, including insurers, brokers, distribution partners and other vendors – and their various products – when seeking to access the non-admitted insurance market in today’s increasingly high-tech and digital world.
Read More Locke Lord and InsurTech NY Present CLE Surplus Lines Webinar for InsurTech Distributors

The Excess Line Association of New York (“ELANY”) delivered its April 2021 issue of the “E&S Empire Express,” a publication designed to provide an overview of ELANY’s recent activities, including employment changes, regulatory efforts, upcoming events, and general guidance.
Read More LL Surplus Lines Series (Entry 31): ELANY Issues Commentary on NY Cybersecurity Regulation Developments, E&S Diligent Search Modernization, Medical Malpractice E&S Reform, Punitive Damage Advocacy, Group Policy Prohibitions, Binding Authority Filing Requirements and other Topics of Note

We are happy to provide the 2021 edition of our Excess and Surplus Lines Law Manual. This edition reflects all of the pertinent changes in the surplus lines laws and regulations of the 50 states and U.S. territories during the past year. The website provides you with the ability to click on the states and territories of interest to view the updates.
Read More Excess and Surplus Lines Law Manual 2021 Update

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has now released a pair of alerts on the increase in cyberattacks on public facing insurance websites that provide instant quoting services to customers.  If you provide instant online quoting through your website, it is imperative that you review your system’s security and the methods you use to provide instant quotes.
Read More NYDFS Alerts Insurance Industry on Cyber Threats to Auto Quote Functions

Join us for a discussion of hot topics addressed at the Spring 2021 Virtual NAIC Meeting and other 2021 trends, including big data and AI, climate and resiliency, long-term care, delegated entities and annuity best interest model.
Read More NAIC Spring Meeting – Discussion of Hot Topics and Insurance Regulatory Trends in 2021

Both the New Jersey Assembly and Senate recently passed identical legislation that would ‎require insurers offering commercial coverage for loss or damage to property, including business ‎interruption, to provide insureds with a general summary of common insurance clauses in policies ‎for loss of use and occupancy of a commercial property, along with a disclosure relating to ‎pandemic and virus losses.‎…
Read More New Jersey Passes Legislation Requiring Insurers to Apprise Insureds of Particular Aspects of Their Business Interruption Coverage

New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) released its climate change guidance New York domestic insurers for comment on March 26, 2021. The Guidance, found here, seeks to support domestic insurers in managing the financial risks associated with climate change.
Read More New York Department of Financial Services Issues Proposed Guidance for Managing the Financial Risks of Climate Change

On March 24, Locke Lord lawyers Brian Casey, Benjamin Sykes and Daron Janis, along with Mitch Wein, Senior Vice President of Research and Consulting at Novarica, will look at new regulatory developments in analytics, data usage, and data security that have the potential to affect insurer technology strategy.
Read More Locke Lord Lawyers to Speak on Regulatory Developments in Analytics, Data Usage, and Data Security

Given increasing reliance on “managing general agents”, managing general underwriters, program administrators or managers, brokers, agents, coverholders, and other entities delegated insurer underwriting authority (collectively “Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises” or “DUAEs”), AM Best is seeking to implement a new “Performance Assessment” to evaluate the ability of DUAEs to provide services to their insurance partners.
Read More AM Best Seeks to Implement New Methodologies to Assess Underwriting Performance of Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises

On March 12, 2021, the Connecticut Committee on Insurance and Real Estate introduced S.B. No. 1047, An Act Concerning Insurance And Climate Change. The stated purpose of the bill is to require (1) the Insurance Commissioner to (A) develop and implement criteria for each insurer doing business in this state to annually submit a report to the commissioner concerning climate risk, and (B) annually submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance; and (2) each insurer doing business in this state to annually submit a report to the commissioner concerning climate risk.
Read More Connecticut’s Bill Concerning Insurance And Climate Change