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Pursuant to Executive Order 2013-1, dated January 16, 2013, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has created a new cabinet-level department of the state government, the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (the “New Department”). Governor Snyder’s executive order becomes effective in 60 days. …
Read More Michigan Insurance Regulator Elevated to Cabinet-Level Department

The next U.S. Under 40s Group social event will take place this Thursday evening at B Smith in midtown New York and we hope to see you there.  B Smith is located at 320 West 46th Street (between 8th Ave and 9th Ave) and the Under 40s Group will be on the second floor balcony beginning at 6:00 pm. …
Read More Join the U.S. Under 40s Group This Thursday in New York

Seven years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans.  In the days that followed Katrina, we and others who focus on questions of insurance coverage debated whether the devastation in Mississippi and Louisiana had been caused by water or by wind.  We discussed slabs, anti-concurrent causation clauses, levees, efficient proximate cause, valued policy laws, and local and national political dynamics. …
Read More Sandy: Déjà Vu?

The second annual C5 conference was co-chaired by Ben Beeson of Lockton and Laurie Kamaiko of Edwards Wildman. The initial focus addressed the controversial questions of whether the cyber insurance market was failing to offer a meaningful solution to current day cyber risk, the struggle to remain relevant in the current business market, and whether the UK market would evolve the same as the US market, in light of the impending focus on data breaches with the upcoming European Commission’s Draft Regulation on Data Protection that is likely to impose notice requirements. …
Read More Second Annual C5 Cyber Risk & Data Protection Insurance Conference held in London on 9 October and 10 October

Fair Isaac Corp. (Fair Isaac) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America released the results of a new survey of property & casualty insurers on October 4, 2012 reporting that 54% of those surveyed expect to see an increase in the cost of fraud in 2012 on personal insurance lines. …
Read More New Survey Reports that Insurers Expect an Increase in Fraud-Related Costs

In a case challenging the California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) accusation against life and health insurers of multiple unfair and deceptive practices in violations of the California Insurance Code and the Fair Claims Practices Regulations (FCPR), an administrative law judge ruled that the CDI had overstepped its powers deriving from the Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations, and particularly Section 790.03 of Insurance Code. …
Read More California Judge Spares Insurers Heavy Fines for Alleged Unfair Acts Violations

The U.S. Re Under 40s Group’s next event will take place on May 31 at Edwards Wildman’s New York office.  The event, co-sponsored by Edwards Wildman and WeiserMazars, will include a panel discussion about the current Professional Liability Market. …
Read More REMINDER – THURSDAY EVENING at 6:00 pm in New York – Join the U.S. Re Under 40s Group for its next Educational Event – Developments & Trends in Professional Liability – Cyber, D&O and E&O

The U.S. Re Under 40s Group’s next event will take place on May 31 at Edwards Wildman’s New York office.  The event, sponsored by WeiserMazars, will include a panel discussion about the current Professional Liability Market. …
Read More Join the U.S. Re Under 40s Group on May 31 for its next Educational Event – Developments & Trends in Professional Liability – Cyber, D&O and E&O