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Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
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Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
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The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
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New cybersecurity requirements just kicked in for thousands of financial firms operating in New York, and companies need to make sure they have taken action to comply. As of May 1, the latest amendments to the New York...more
Covered entities regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) must submit cybersecurity compliance forms by April 15, 2025. New sets of requirements for system monitoring and access privileges,...more
On Dec. 13, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill integrating parametric insurance into the state’s existing legal framework for insurance products under the New York Insurance Law (“NYIL”). Assembly Bill A10344...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Attorney General’s office have recently imposed significant fines totalling $11.3 million on Geico and Travelers for data breaches that compromised the...more
Financial institutions, insurance companies, and other businesses regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) may need to take additional steps to comply with certain NYDFS cybersecurity regulations...more
What is TIRSA? The Title Insurance Rate Service Association (TIRSA) is an organization licensed by the New York State Department of Financial Services that provides guidelines for the pricing and availability of title...more
Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Group analyzes important guidance from the NYDFS on how insurers use external consumer data and information sources and artificial intelligence systems....more
On July 11, NYDFS issued Insurance Circular No. 7 to address the use of AI systems and External Consumer Data and Information Sources (ECDIS) in the underwriting and pricing of insurance policies in New York State. NYDFS...more
On May 23, NYDFS issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 3 (2024) which encouraged all insurers – authorized to write property/casualty insurance in New York – to offer loss mitigation tools and services to the insured for free...more
On May 23, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 3 (the “Letter”). The Letter is addressed to “all insurers authorized to write property/casualty insurance...more
New York-domiciled insurers should consider new guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) to determine whether they might be exempt from group capital calculation (GCC) requirements. In its proposed...more
On January 17, 2024, The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued a proposed insurance circular letter regarding insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”) and artificial...more
New York’s Department of Financial Services releases proposed guidance on AI and other data sources in insurance underwriting and pricing — and you’ll note plenty of influence from Colorado’s governance regulation and the...more
On January 17, NYDFS issued a guidance letter on artificial intelligence (AI) intended to help licensed insurers understand NYDFS’s expectations for combating discrimination and bias when using AI in connection with...more
Worried that the cards may be stacked against certain consumers and producers, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) released a circular letter and filing guidance note on July 17 to remind insurers of their...more
On June 28, NYDFS published an updated proposed second amendment to the state’s cybersecurity regulation (23 NYCRR 500) reflecting revisions made by the department in response to comments received on proposed expanded...more
The concept of “control” of insurers received significant attention from state insurance regulators last year and will receive even more in 2023. We wrote a brief report in April 2022 following the New York Department of...more
We previously reported on regulators’ increased attention to the use of big data systems, including external consumer data and information sources, algorithms and predictive models. Recent announcements in Colorado, Louisiana...more
On December 27, NYDFS announced actions to provide financial relief to New Yorkers in the Western and North Country regions in the aftermath of a historic winter storm. ...more
On October 20, 2022, the New York Court of Appeals ― the highest court in New York ― issued its opinion in In the Matter of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York Inc., et al. v. New York State Department of...more
On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released Draft Amendments to its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules, which propose substantial new obligations for the cybersecurity programs of companies...more
This year started off with a surge of enthusiasm among US proponents of increased climate-related financial risk disclosure by insurers and others: - Soon after the late-2021 Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 event in...more
Regulatory Developments - CFPB Announces Supervision of Nonbanks and Seeks Comment on Risk-Determination Procedures - On April 25, the CFPB announced its intention to supervise nonbanks, including fintechs, whose...more
After a variety of promises concerning climate change-related regulatory development activity last year, forward movement has been relatively slow. The leading exception has been the New York Department of Financial Services...more
Effective December 15, 2021 (and through the January 1, 2027 sunset date when the regulation will again be evaluated), the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) adopted Regulation 172 (the “Regulation”), which...more