Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards or sustainability issues have impacted all sectors of society, including corporate and professional policyholders and their risk managers, insurance...more
3/13/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Green Finance ,
Greenwashing ,
Infrastructure ,
Insurance Industry ,
OMB ,
Policy Terms ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Trump Administration
I. Introduction to the Evolving ESG Landscape -
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations or standards – also known as sustainability – have been impacting all sectors of society, including corporate and...more
In a trilogy of cases decided at the end of this term, the United States Supreme Court made significant changes to the administrative law terrain by: eliminating Chevron deference....more
7/11/2024
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Seventh Amendment ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation
As 2024 rapidly approaches, we look back at some of the key decisions, trends, and developments impacting the U.S. insurance industry in 2023 and look ahead at some trends and cases to watch in 2024. Insurers continue to...more
12/22/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Asbestos ,
Biden Administration ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Business Interruption ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Climate Change ,
Construction Defects ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
D&O Insurance ,
Damages ,
Data Breach ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Duty to Defend ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Lead ,
Litigation Funding ,
Machine Learning ,
Marine Insurance ,
Misrepresentation ,
Opioid ,
PFAS ,
Pollution Control ,
Price Inflation ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reimbursements ,
Reinsurance ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities ,
Severe Weather ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Sustainability ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Underwriting ,
West Virginia v EPA
Corporations have long taken into account environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues or considerations in connection with being "good corporate citizens" and with respect to regulatory compliance. In the wake of the...more
Updated Social Inflation Survival Guide -
Insurance professionals and counsel deal with it on a daily basis, plaintiffs' personal injury lawyers are driving and benefiting from it, consumers and policyholders are paying...more
In the second of two episodes discussing ESG, Bessie Daschbach—Hinshaw partner and head of the firm's multi-disciplinary Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team—joins host Scott Seaman for a discussion about the...more
In a recent Law360 article, we explored some of the implications of a recently proposed anti-ESG bill being considered by the Texas legislature. However, we thought the issue merited some follow up analysis....more
Bessie Daschbach—Hinshaw partner and head of the firm's multi-disciplinary Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team—joins host Scott Seaman for a discussion on the basics of ESG. This is the first of two episodes...more
After a brief abatement due to pandemic-related litigation delays and court closures, social inflation returned with a vengeance replete with numerous nuclear jury verdicts. Although a case in any state is capable of...more
2/28/2023
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
D&O Insurance ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
PFAS ,
Popular
This White Paper takes a comprehensive look at social inflation, identifying the causes, scope, and costs of social inflation. It also examines the risks and challenges insurers and their policyholders confront as a result...more
Insurers and their corporate policyholders have been confronting social inflation since the 1970s. Social inflation, which is the increasing cost of defending and resolving claims, had been raging on—with various ebbs and...more
We have written extensively about environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") otherwise known as sustainability, and its impact on insurers and their policyholders. We have pointed out how ESG has impacted insurers qua...more
7/8/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Insurance Industry ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
West Virginia v EPA
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) -
These are challenging times for insurers, policyholders, and reinsurers. In the coming days, we will review—in a series of articles—some of the key trends and developments...more
2/11/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Strategies ,
Customers ,
D&O Insurance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Insurance Industry ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices
President Biden’s May 20, 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad set forth the Administration's policy to “organize and deploy the full capacity of its agencies to combat the climate crisis to...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards – often referred to simply as sustainability – are having an impact on all sectors of society, including corporate, entity, and professional policyholders and...more