All eyes have been focused on the federal mid-term elections and the impact on the U.S. House and Senate. Post-mortems by the pundits have begun. See Locke Lord’s take on the mid-terms. The divided government in Washington, D.C. may well stymie efforts to regulate the insurance industry at the federal level, except in very limited circumstances where bi-partisan accord can be achieved.
Read MoreThe Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has proposed amendments to 28 Texas Administrative Code sections 7.83 and 7.84, which govern the appeal of and frequency of TDI examinations.
Read MoreThe Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has proposed a new rule and certain amendments to existing rules intended to implement provisions of the Texas Insurance Code that apply to captive insurance companies.
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Read MoreTexas Department of Insurance (TDI) has recently announced that it will now require online applications for most individual insurance related licenses.
Read MoreLocke Lord LLP Senior Counsel Jon Gillum has been serving on the Planning Committee for a joint effort by the Insurance Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Austin Bar Association to increase the involvement of Texas insurance regulatory attorneys in bar activities.
Read MoreLong-time TDI senior staff member Doug Slape has been promoted to a newly-created position at the Texas Department of Insurance. According to the Department, Slape has been named “second-in-command” behind Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan.
Read MoreUnder Texas law, extended warranties or “service contracts” are potentially subject to regulatory oversight by four state agencies.
Read MoreThe Texas Windstorm insurance Association (TWIA) has announced that its board of directors at its May 8, 2018 meeting approved a $175 million member assessment linked to losses arising from Hurricane Harvey.
Read MoreOn April 10, the Texas General Land Office (“GLO”) released a draft of the State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1 (the “State Action Plan”).
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