News & Analysis as of

Property Insurance Insurance Industry Reinsurance

Kennedys

Structure of the California FAIR Plan and the financial challenges

Kennedys on

The California FAIR Plan (the FAIR Plan) was created to provide insurance for high-risk properties that are difficult to insure through private carriers. It is a private association made up of property and casualty insurers,...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

California: Key Laws and Regulations to Watch in 2025

Tyson & Mendes LLP on

California’s largest insurance reform in over 30 years is being implemented through regulations passed by the Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (“SIS”). These changes address insurance availability and...more

Hogan Lovells

Italy sets out the legal framework for compulsory Nat Cat insurance

Hogan Lovells on

The long-awaited Ministerial Decree regulating catastrophic risk insurance schemes implementing the related provisions under the 2024 Italian Budget Law has been recently published in the Italian official Gazette. Companies...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Captive Insurer Update: Contingent Business Interruption Claims, Reinsurance, and the Southern California Wildfires

Husch Blackwell LLP on

Captive insurers can offer enhanced control over coverage, claims, and premiums; however, they also face specific challenges when dealing with large-scale coverage events that have highly uncertain scopes, particularly when...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Trustees and Real Estate: What You Should Know

Woodruff Sawyer on

It doesn’t matter whether the trust you manage owns commercial or residential real estate—the challenges are the same. The property’s location, value, and construction only determine the extent of these challenges. In this...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report - 2022 Fall National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2022 Fall National Meeting from December 12-16 in Tampa, Florida. The agenda for this National Meeting was limited, with a number of NAIC working groups...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report - 2022 Summer National Meeting

Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee Adopts Request for Modernized Privacy Protections Model Law; Receives Working Group Reports - The Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee met on...more

Goldberg Segalla

Gov. DeSantis Signs Sweeping Legislation to Alleviate the Pressure from Skyrocketing Insurance Costs in Wake of Hurricane...

Goldberg Segalla on

Key Takeaways - Changes to property insurance and reinsurance signed into law on May 26 create the Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders program (RAP), which is backed by $2 billion and seeks to assist insurance companies...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report – 2019 Fall National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Fall National Meeting from December 7 through 10 in Austin, Texas. Notable developments from the Fall National Meeting include: ..Bermuda, Japan and...more

Zelle  LLP

[Webinar] Managing Insurance Claims in the Wake of Catastrophes - July 22nd-26th, 10:00am CT, 16:00 GMT

Zelle LLP on

Zelle LLP invites you to join us for a week of webinars featuring insurance topics that are of critical importance to adjusters and insurance professionals. This series will cover managing insurance claims in the wake of...more

Carlton Fields

The Uncertainties Of Prognostications Of The Impact Of Hurricanes Harvey And Irma On Catastrophe Bonds

Carlton Fields on

We have rarely provided our opinions or market commentaries in our Reinsurance Focus posts, preferring instead to provide our readers hopefully balanced analyses of court opinions, legislation, and regulations affecting the...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Title Bout: Second Circuit Limits Parties’ Control Over Construction Of Policies

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

Like other contracts, insurance policies are divided into parts, and most of the parts appear under headings or captions. A separate contract term (known as a “titles clause” or a “headings clause”) sometimes specifies that...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report: 2016 Spring National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2016 Spring National Meeting from April 1 through April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana. As host, Louisiana provided beautiful weather and bountiful great food....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report: 2015 Fall National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2015 Fall National Meeting from November 17 through November 22 at National Harbor, Maryland. Notwithstanding the gigantic size of the Gaylord National...more

Carlton Fields

New Hampshire Federal Court Rules That England’s Statute Of Limitations Applies To A Cedent’s Breach Of Contract Claim

Carlton Fields on

In a diversity action based upon breach of a facultative reinsurance certificate, a New Hampshire federal court recently held that England’s six-year statute of limitations governed a cedent’s contract claim, rejecting the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC Report: 2015 Summer National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2015 Summer National Meeting from August 13 through August 18 in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was notable for the number of new insurance commissioners...more

Carlton Fields

Credit For Reinsurance Laws – 2015 Legislative And Regulatory Developments

Carlton Fields on

During the first half of 2015, state legislatures and state insurance departments continued to revise state credit for reinsurance laws and regulations. The majority of these legislative and regulatory developments are due to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Insurance Topics We Will Be Watching in 2014

With the first month of the year behind us, this report outlines major insurance topics that we will be watching throughout 2014. Forces, trends and events that we believe will affect regulation, transactions and...more

18 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide