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Insurance Section
The insurance section covers breaking news in insurance law and regulation. The service tracks litigation against major insurance carriers, brokers and reinsurers. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in insurance regulation and emerging legislation.
Who should read it?
- Insurance lawyers
- Corporate counsel
- Insurance company executives
- Executives and decision makers at corporate policyholders
- Regulatory compliance officers
- Policymaker
- Industry associations
What do we cover?
- State and federal litigation involving major insurance carriers, especially multiparty litigation
- Disputes over claims related to directors’ and officers’ and professional liability insurance, property damage, mass torts and toxic torts
- Class actions involving failed “vanishing premiums,” modal premium rates, long-term care insurance rate increases, deceptive and unfair trade practices and ERISA violations
- Major reinsurance arbitration
- Demutualizations and mutual holding company reorganizations
- Domestic insurance regulation, including NAIC, SEC and FDIC activities
- Global insurance regulation, including U.K. and EU
- Insurance-related bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
- Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
- Conferences, reports and studies
What are our sources?
- Insurance-related lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
- Docket activity in major U.S. district courts
- Docket activity in certain state courts
- Docket activity in multidistrict product liability litigation
- Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
- Corporate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Insurance-related laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Enforcement activities by SEC and other agencies
