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Team USA (collectively the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the U.S. Treasury) achieved a major U.S. regulatory objective at the current 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) regarding next steps and planned monitoring process for the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) project.
Read More U.S. Insurance Regulators Achieve Positive Progress on Insurance Capital Standards

The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has issued a warning about certain unauthorized ‎insurance and the liability that can attach to third-party administrators (“TPAs”) and insurance ‎agents that are involved in unauthorized insurance transactions, even when those parties hold ‎valid TDI licenses.
Read More Texas Department of Insurance Warns Insurance Agents and TPAs About Unauthorized ‎Insurance Liability

Ben Sykes will serve as a panelist at the Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie conference on Oct. 22. His topic is insurtech/innovation and regulatory modernization. The annual conference is a one-day event bringing national experts, companies, and regulators together to discuss the rapidly changing insurance landscape.
Read More Ben Sykes to Speak at Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie

Locke Lord LLP and Novarica will look at new regulatory developments in analytics, use of data, and data security that have the potential to affect insurer technology strategy. This webinar covers the potential effects of regulation on the use of analytics and AI in life insurance underwriting, how privacy requirements may affect insurer data governance and MDM strategies, and how third-party data security requirements may affect distribution technology strategies.
Read More Complimentary Webinar: Insurance IT Strategy and Regulatory Compliance: AI, CCPA and NY DFS

To date, six states from Michigan to Alabama have adopted versions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s model insurance data security law (the “NAIC model”).  The NAIC model generally requires entities licensed or authorized to operate under a state’s insurance laws to develop a cybersecurity program, investigate and report data breaches, and certify compliance with the law to the state’s insurance commissioner.  Connecticut joined the growing list of states that have adopted a version of the NAIC model, buried in a budget bill, when Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 19-117 (the “Act”), on June 26, 2019, effective in relevant part on October 1, 2020.
Read More Connecticut Adopts Insurance Data Security Law

The Deal has awarded Locke Lord with its 2019 Deal of the Year distinction for the Firm’s role as national insurance regulatory counsel to CVS Health in its completed acquisition of Aetna. The honor was announced at the June 20 ceremony for The Deal Awards, which recognize leading lawyers, bankers, advisers and investors who are setting the trends in the industry.
Read More Locke Lord Receives Deal of the Year Award From The Deal for Role in CVS Health’s Acquisition of Aetna

Washington H.B. 1001 was enacted on April 8, 2019, and will take effect on July 28, 2019.1 H.B. 1001 makes changes to Wash Rev. Code Chapter 48.110 governing service contracts and protection product guarantees which permit new items to be covered under service contracts and establishes new minimum net worth and financial responsibility requirements for service contract providers.
Read More Locke Lord QuickStudy: New Washington Statutory Financial Requirements for Providers of Service Contracts and Protection Product Guarantees Effective July 28, 2019