On April 29, 2016 it was announced that David Altmaier has been appointed as the new Insurance Commissioner for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and will succeed Kevin M. McCarty.
Altmaier has been employed by the Office since 2008 and has been serving as Deputy Commissioner for Property and…
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The House unanimously passed legislation yesterday which would open up flood insurance to the private market. As previously reported in this blog, H.R. 2901, the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act will lower the barriers for private insurers hoping to offer flood insurance policies. This would allow greater…
Read More Flood Insurance Modernization Measure Passes U.S. House Unanimously
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a complaint filed by a policy beneficiary asserting that her husband’s lapsed life insurance policy was reinstated because she paid the unpaid premiums five days after her husband’s death. The beneficiary argued that the insurer waived the right…
Read More Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Claim That Premium Payment After Insured’s Death Reinstated Lapsed Life Insurance Policy
The federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reiterated its approach to standing in data breach cases: allegations of “increased risk of fraudulent charges and identity theft” are sufficient to meet the requirements for Article III standing for data breach victims in federal court. Lewert v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, …
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As reported here, recent amendments to the annual privacy notice requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLBA”) contained in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (“FAST”) Act eliminated the requirement for financial institutions to provide annual privacy notices under GLBA under certain circumstances. At its spring meeting held April 4…
Read More NAIC Gets the Ball Rolling to Streamline GLBA Annual Privacy NoticesA bill that would mandate coverage of breast cancer screenings by breast tomosynthesis is currently pending before Connecticut’s General Assembly. HB 5233 would give female insureds over age 35 the option to have their mammograms done by tomosynthesis, which creates a three-dimensional picture of the breast; a traditional mammogram only…
Read More Bill That Would Mandate Coverage of Certain 3D Mammograms Pending Before Legislature
Celeste Koeleveld, former chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has been appointed general counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services (“Department”). Most recently, Ms. Koeleveld served as executive assistant corporation counsel at the New York City…
Read More Celeste Koeleveld appointed general counsel at New York Department of Financial Services
As we have previously reported here, one of the requirements under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“TRIPRA”) is that the Department of Treasury must report to Congress on the effectiveness of the legislation. In furtherance of this mandate, the Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) issued a…
Read More FIO issues voluntary TRIA data call; NAIC to proceed with mandatory separate request
Key Legislative Bills Passed by Georgia Assembly in 2016 Legislative Session, which Adjourned March 24, 2016, subject to Governor’s signature or veto by May 9, 2016:
Life Insurance Agent Protection for Advising on Alternatives to Policy Lapse or Surrender HB 193 – amends Georgia Insurance Code by creating new Section…
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Virginia federal district court’s summary judgment ruling for the insured under a CGL policy, finding that the insurer had a duty to defend a third-party lawsuit alleging failure to properly secure electronic storage of medical records. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Portal …
Read More Fourth Circuit Affirms CGL Duty to Defend for Medical Records Breach
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