HSR Thresholds Increased for 2018
The FTC has increased the HSR filing thresholds for transactions that will close on or after February 28, 2018.
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Locke Lord’s Insurance & Reinsurance Newsletter – September 2016
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.
Read MoreContractual Prohibitions on Health Insurers Steering Policyholders to Lower Cost Providers Draws Antitrust Challenge
The United States Department of Justice has filed an action seeking to enjoin a hospital from enforcing provisions in its contracts with health insurers that prohibit the insurers from steering policyholders to lower cost providers1.
Read MoreEuropean Commission Proposes Non-renewal of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation
The European Commission has recently issued a Report announcing its preliminary view that the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (“IBER”) should not be renewed when it expires on March 31, 2017.
Read MoreComplimentary Seminar – 14th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar
Please join us for a complimentary Insurance & Reinsurance seminar on June 9th at our New York office.
Insights into antitrust issues with joint underwriting focus of Mealey’s Emerging Insurance Disputes article from Locke Lord
Insurance companies face increased scrutiny from both government antitrust enforcers and the plaintiff antitrust class action bar. With many companies now undertaking a reassessment of their practices for compliance with antitrust laws, antitrust issues are arising with joint underwriting arrangements, such as pools and binding authorities, where a single underwriter prices and accepts risks on common terms for several insurers.
Read MoreWhen Do U.S. Antitrust Laws Apply to Foreign Insurers?
Several recent court decision have expanded the overseas reach of the antitrust laws of the United States. This expansion presents unique problems for global insurance companies. When an insurer operating in a foreign country offers coverage to a U.S, insured, is it necessarily submitting to the complex rules and often harsh remedies of U.S. antitrust laws?
Read MoreCOMPLIMENTARY SEMINAR – 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar
Please join us on June 5, 2014 for our 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Complimentary Seminar being held in our New York Office.
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE – 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Seminar
Please join us on June 5, 2014 for our 13th Annual Half-Day Insurance and Reinsurance Complimentary Seminar being held in our New York Office.
Read MoreEU: European Commission to Monitor Co-Reinsurance Practices
The Competition Directorate General of the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) has issued a tender for a third party contractor to undertake a wide-ranging study into co-reinsurance pools and ad hoc co-reinsurance agreements on the subscriptions market within the EU.
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