Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner took an aggressive stand on Climate Change in a Press Release issued June 21, 2017, stating that if any “…climate denying politicians of red states who threaten to sue me, I will...
Read MoreOn May 16, 2017, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced the appointment of Ken Schnoll as General Counsel for the California Department of Insurance.
Read MoreThe California Supreme Court is poised to answer the following unsettled question of California law certified by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 22, 2016 (see order here): “Whether there is an ‘occurrence’ under an employer’s commercial general liability policy when an injured third party brings claims against the employer for the negligent hiring, retention, and supervision of the employee who intentionally injured the third party.”
Read MoreLocke 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 MoreThis year the CEA will buy more reinsurance than in prior years, but the CEA may be casting an eye towards revenue bonds as part of its overall claims-paying resources, believing that a bond program could be more effective than reinsurance.
Read MoreOn January 25 the California Insurance Commissioner issued a press release, and also sent email messages to insurers licensed in California, indicating that he is requesting all insurers doing business in California to refrain from making any new investments, refrain from renewing any existing investments, and to sell or withdraw from existing investments, in any company that generates 30% or more of its revenue from the mining or use of thermal coal.
Read MoreOn October 6, 2015 California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 575, requiring annual notifications of certain nonforfeiture benefits under long-term care insurance contracts. Under current law, an insurer is required to offer, at the time of application for a long-term care insurance contract, an option to purchase a shortened benefit period nonforfeiture benefit.
Read MoreOn Monday, August 17, 2015, California Assembly Bill 553 was signed by Governor Jerry Brown, and became immediately effective. AB 553 adopts much of the NAIC’s Model Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Act, along with a number of measures to bring California’s Insurance Holding Company Systems Act into conformity with NAIC holding company act model legislation pertaining to internationally active insurance groups.
Read MoreThe California Department of Insurance issued a bulletin on February 18, 2015 advising insurers that they may not use “price optimization” as a rating factor in California.
Read MoreCalifornia law presently provides for a limited exemption from discovery for a request for a document filed pursuant to the California Holding Company Act. This exemption applies to documents and information reported to the Insurance Commissioner in registration statements or obtained by or disclosed to the Insurance Commissioner in the course of an examination or investigation.
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