Colorado Governor, John Hickenlooper, has picked Michael Conway as the interim Colorado Insurance Commissioner beginning January 1, 2018.  Michael Conway started at the Colorado Division of Insurance in March 2016.   He most recently served as Deputy Commissioner for Consumer and Compliance Services.  Mr. Conway previously worked in the Insurance Unit…
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Title: Dissecting the Amendments to Florida’s Viatical Settlement Act – Plus, a brief update on Delaware’s Amended Viatical Settlements Act
Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2018
Time: 12:00 pm Central / 1:00 pm Eastern

This program will discuss the 2017 amendments to Florida’s Viatical Settlement Act that became…
Read More Reminder – You are invited to a Complimentary CLE Webinar for Clients and Friends of Locke Lord LLP

A Cornhusker by birth, I’ve always had a special affinity for Nebraska, and particularly Omaha, where I was raised. My only regret is that I was neither old nor rich enough to participate in Mr.Buffet’s original partnership. Notwithstanding the frequent kvetching about the arbitration process, it is still the most…
Read More NEBRASKA: A Good Home for Berkshire Hathaway, but not for Reinsurance Agreements

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.

In This Issue:

  1. Are We Covered by the EU GDPR?

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At its recent December 11th meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Governing Committee of the Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) is reported to have approved an assessment for its insurance company members of over $64 million in relation to a currently estimated $90 million gross loss for the TFPA from…
Read More Insurers Brace for a Texas-sized Assessment for FAIR Plan Members

At the NAIC’s Innovation and Technology Task Force meeting held last week in Hawaii, the American Insurance Association (“AIA”) urged state insurance regulators to adopt legislation that would create “sandboxes” wherein certain regulatory requirements would be waived for insurers looking to pilot innovative insurance products, services and technologies. AIA asserted…
Read More American Insurance Association Urges NAIC to Create Regulatory “Sandboxes”

You are invited to a Complimentary Webinar for Clients and Friends of Locke Lord LLP

Title: Dissecting the Amendments to Florida’s Viatical Settlement Act – Plus, a brief update on Delaware’s Amended Viatical Settlements Act
Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2018
Time: 12:00 pm Central / 1:00 pm…
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The 2017 United States Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended on November 30, was the most expensive ever according to one report. Disaster modelers Chuck Watson and Mark Johnson concluded that total damages for the season, which included Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, topped $202 billion. The staggering financial losses…
Read More 2017 Hurricane Season the Costliest on Record

Locke Lord’s Regulatory & Transactional Insurance Practice Group is pleased to be a part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meetings throughout the year. Being present at the NAIC national meetings and talking directly with attendees is one way that we stay abreast of industry trends, a critical component…
Read More Locke Lord and NAIC – Fall 2017 Meeting Information

The wine country wildfires of October 2017 are expected to have caused greater losses than any other in U.S. history.  AON Benfield predicts that on an aggregated basis, “this is costliest insured wildfire event ever recorded.”  Back on October 31, 2017, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones revealed that the then…
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