Locke Lord’s Insurance & Reinsurance Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of insurance. For further information on any of the subjects covered in the newsletter, please contact one of the members of our Insurance team.

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Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has recently announced that it will now require online applications for most individual insurance related licenses.

Paper applications will no longer be accepted if an online license application is available.

Not all applications are web-based. Some license types are still required to be submitted using
Read More TDI to Require Online Applications for Insurance Licenses

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The program will feature updates on some of the biggest trending topics for the insurance industry in 2018:

  • Hurricane Maria: A Caribbean Cat and the Puerto Rico Insurance Experience
  • Insurance


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On August 31, 2018, the California Legislature passed a number of bills addressing various issues related to wildfires that have ravaged the state in recent years.  The following bills relate to insurance in connection with past and future wildfires:

SB-901 addresses a range of wildfire-related issues.  The bill will ease
Read More California Electric Utilities’ Problems are Above Smokey the Bear’s Pay Grade!

As we reported last on July 11, 2018, New York State and New York City recently passed several anti-harassment laws in the wake of the #MeToo movement that will soon require employers to provide annual sexual harassment prevention training to all workers, distribute a comprehensive sexual harassment prevention policy, and
Read More Update on Sexual Harassment Laws in New York: Today, Posting and Information Sheets Must be Distributed

Update: the Governor of California, signed Senate Bill 1121 on September 23, 2018, ratifying the amendments described below.

On August 31, 2018, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 1121, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).  The CCPA, which contains the broadest consumer data privacy protections
Read More California Amends Consumer Data Privacy Act, but Leaves Material Provisions Unchanged and Questions Unanswered

Locke Lord LLP Senior Counsel Jon Gillum has been serving on the Planning Committee for a joint effort by the Insurance Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Austin Bar Association to increase the involvement of Texas insurance regulatory attorneys in bar activities. On August 29, 2018, Gillum
Read More Locke Lord LLP Attorney Jon Gillum Contributes to Inaugural Insurance Regulatory Event in Austin

On August 26, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto to insurance omnibus legislation, Senate Bill 1737.  The amendatory veto deletes provisions in the bill related to short-term limited-duration health plans and worker’s compensation insurance.  Portions of the bill concerning captive insurance regulation, domestic stock company division
Read More Illinois Governor Issues Amendatory Veto to Insurance Omnibus Legislation

Maryland officials will formally announce Wednesday that the federal government has approved an ACA state innovation waiver intended to help shore up Maryland’s individual health insurance market, which has suffered from skyrocketing premiums and declining participation by healthier persons following the repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate. The plan will
Read More Maryland Obtains Waiver for Health Reinsurance Program

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