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In a press release dated September 19, 2025, Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced proposed changes to California’s rate review and intervenor system. The state’s intervenor system, initially established by Proposition 103 in 1988 and last updated in 2006, currently authorizes “intervenors” to participate in rate review. The system allows intervenors to recover costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees related to their intervention from insurers. By law, insurers are permitted to pass these costs on to consumers.Read More California Commissioner Announces Proposed Changes to Proposition 103 and Intervenor Process

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection and cyber risk management.
Read More December 2023 Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: A Busy Year-End (States, EU, UK, Incident Response and Litigation)

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection, and cyber risk management. For further information on any of the subjects covered in the newsletter, please contact one of the members of our privacy and cybersecurity team.
Read More September 2022 Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: Ch-ch-ch-changes – CA, NY DFS, and NFTs

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection, and cyber risk management. For further information on any of the subjects covered in the newsletter, please contact one of the members of our privacy and cybersecurity team.
Read More Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter – Summer 2021

Atlanta Partner Brian Casey, Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice, and Austin Senior Counsel Jon Gillum co-authored an article for Insurance Journal discussing California’s recently adopted amendments to its financial code, resulting in what is now known as the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CFPL).
Read More California’s New Mini-CFPB Law Largely Parallels Its Federal Cousin

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection, and cyber risk management. For further information on any of the subjects covered in the newsletter, please contact one of the members of our privacy and cybersecurity team.
Read More Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter – Fall 2020

On June 16, 2020, the Excess Line Association of New York (“ELANY”) issued Bulletin No. 2020-35, promulgating ELANY’s new issue of “ELANY Elaborates” (the “EE”). This issue of EE (available here) focuses primarily on the classification of “surplus lines agents” in New York and elsewhere.
Read More LL Surplus Lines Series (Entry 24): Excess Line Association of New York Weighs in on “Surplus Lines Agents”

COVID-19 is impacting all facets of the insurance industry, and while the surplus lines market is somewhat inoculated from the impact of various state orders and emergency regulations, many states as well as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) are subjecting surplus lines insurers and brokers to their mandates.  This article provides a sample of various state and NAIC requests and orders in recent weeks with applicability to the surplus lines industry, including but not limited to moratoriums on cancellation/nonrenewal, orders to return premium with respect to insurance policies where COVID-19 has altered the nature of the underlying risk, and various data calls.
Read More LL Surplus Lines Series (Entry 23): Sampling of COVID-19 State and NAIC Insurance Updates Applicable to the Surplus Lines Industry

On March 26th, Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a data survey (the “Survey”) to all admitted and non-admitted insurance companies, requesting information on business interruption and related coverages provided by commercial insurance policies. Responses to the Commissioner’s request are not mandatory.…
Read More California Requests Insurance Data On Business Interruption Coverages