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 (June 22, 2020)

Locke Lord’s Geoffrey Etherington and Tara Trifon are speaking at ExecuSummit’s webinar, “Resolving Disputes During & Post COVID-19” on July 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Their session, “Drafting Agreements/ Website terms and conditions,” will discuss issues and considerations while drafting agreements and website terms & conditions where ODR is going to be the method for resolving disputes.
Read More Etherington and Trifon to Present “Drafting Agreements/Website T&C” at ExecuSummit’s COVID-19 Webinar

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 (June 18, 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 (June 17, 2020)

The Illinois Department of Insurance has adopted a new rule, 50 Ill. Adm. Code 630, Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure, effective May 29, 2020.  The new rule will require corporate governance reporting for insurers and provides for the confidential treatment of this information.
Read More Illinois Department of Insurance Adopts Rule to Require Corporate Governance Reporting for Insurers

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 (June 16, 2020)

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.
Read More Okla. Ruling Highlights Nuances In Drafting Service Contracts

The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) adopted final rule, 11 NYCRR 82.1,4,5, and 6 (Insurance Regulation 203)(the “Amendments”), authorizing the Superintendent to act as the Group-Wide Supervisor (“GWS”) for an Internationally Active Insurance Group (“IAIG”) having a nexus to New York, effective June 3, 2020.
Read More New York Adopts Rule Authorizing the Superintendent to Act as the Group-Wide Supervisor for Internationally Active Insurance Groups

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 (June 15, 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 (June 12, 2020)