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On February 7, 2016 during the Plenary meeting of the NAIC, members elected Wisconsin Commissioner Ted Nickel to fill the vacant President-Elect position.

Sharon P. Clark resigned as Kentucky Insurance Commissioner on January 11, 2016. As a result, Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected as NAIC Vice President…

Read More NAIC Promotes Officers, Elects New Secretary-Treasurer

Locke Lord LLP recently represented a national platform client in connection with a unique internal reorganization and simplification of their Texas insurance company subsidiary organizational chart. The principal objective on this engagement was to eliminate a legacy Texas Lloyd’s Plan (“TLP”) entity. TLP entities are seen by some as historical…
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The Illinois Department of Insurance recently posted its January 2016 Regulatory Agenda. The Regulatory Agenda contains several proposed changes to holding company regulations. The Insurance Holding Company Systems Article of the Illinois Insurance Code was amended by Public Act 98-609, effective in 2014. The changes to Illinois statutes…
Read More Illinois Department of Insurance January 2016 Regulatory Agenda

A bipartisan team of Congresspersons from New York plan to reintroduce legislation that would require disclosure of information about the beneficial owners of LLCs used in real estate transactions. Pursuant to the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (“ITLEAA”), states would be required to collect information about the beneficial…

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On 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…

Read More California Insurance Commissioner Asks Insurers to Exit Thermal Coal Investments

A bill recently introduced in the House seeks to expand the authority of Risk Retention Groups (“RRGs”) to write property, and not just commercial casualty, coverage. HR 3794, which was introduced on a bipartisan basis, would permit RRG’s to write property coverage for nonprofits with tax-exempt status, as well as…

Read More New Federal Bill Would Allow Risk Retention Groups to Cover Property

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today nominated Maria T. Vullo to serve as the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services. Vullo is an experienced senior litigator and manager, with more than 25 years of practice in business litigation and investigations. She is of counsel at…

Read More New York Governor Nominates Head of the Department of Financial Services

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On December 18, 2015, Congress enacted the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, making, among other items, several significant changes to the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 831(b), which provides generally favorable tax treatment for electing small insurance companies. Certain of these changes…
Read More Congress Expands and Tightens Section 831(b) Small Insurance Company Election

As previously reported here, the NAIC Cybersecurity Task Force proposed a “Cybersecurity Bill of Rights” (the “BOR”), which purported to state consumers’ rights related to information security. In the face of industry criticism of the draft BOR, including comment letters by the ACLI, NAMIC, the PIA, the Big I…

Read More NAIC Cyber Security Bill of Rights becomes “Roadmap”