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This update provides an overview of the legal and regulatory considerations surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) products and New York law in insurance products; with a particular focus on underwriting,...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
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
As concerns about the ecological and financial impacts of climate change have grown in recent years, so has the interest of insurance regulators in the exposure of the insurance industry to the risks raised by climate change...more
In our report published on April 26, 2022, we discussed the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) Circular Letter No. 5 in which it reminded the industry that acquiring less than 10% of an insurer’s voting...more
The Goodwin Insurtech team recently published an article highlighting the trend of insurance regulators focusing on private equity-owned insurers and the key regulatory considerations applicable to such investments. As noted,...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
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 15 (2020) (Circular Letter) relating to the impact of climate change on insurers. Among other things, the Circular Letter outlines...more
Developing Contingency Plans: The NYDFS Mandate on Licensed Virtual Currency Businesses - The events surrounding COVID-19 have increased the use of fintech products, both out of necessity and convenience. Shelter-in-place...more
The NYDFS has announced that it has extended the deadline for compliance with certain cybersecurity requirements due to the coronavirus emergency. The announcement from the Superintendent of Financial Services of the State...more
On January 18, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a circular letter to all insurers authorized to write life insurance in New York State setting out the Department’s views concerning the use of...more
New York’s Department of Financial Services decided to bid farewell to 2017 and ring-in the new year by proposing to amend Suitability in Annuity Transactions, 11 NYCR 224 (the Annuity Suitability Rule). On December 27, 2017,...more
On September 19, the New York Department of Financial Services promulgated the final version of new Regulation 210 “Life Insurance and Annuity Non-Guaranteed Elements” (the “Rule”).The Rule takes effect on March 19, 2018....more
As Hogan Lovells previously reported, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has launched a significant initiative to impose detailed cybersecurity requirements on covered financial institutions. On...more
We previously reported on the New York Department of Financial Services’ proposed cybersecurity regulations. During the public comment period, the DFS received over 150 comments. In response, the DFS announced on December 28,...more
We previously reported on putative class actions pending against life insurers for allegedly misleading customers by engaging in “shadow” or “hollow” reinsurance transactions, doing so most recently on August 3, 2015. In...more