Legal Developments

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2018 Summer National Meeting August 4-7 in Boston, Massachusetts. A noteworthy matter of interest was the NAIC's continued work related to the US-EU covered agreement. Read More

P. Bruce Wright and Saren Goldner extract the salient features of the US Tax Court's denial (without comment) of the taxpayer's motion for reconsideration in the "Reserve Mechanical" case. In order to seek any further relief, the taxpayer will need to appeal the case. Read More

A new legislative effort is being launched to expand the coverages that Risk Retention Group (RRG) can offer to their policyholders, but that drive has yet to garner broad congressional support. Under the current expansion proposal, H.R. 6292, RRGs could, if certain conditions were met, also offer property coverage. Read More

The US House of Representatives has extended the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until November 30, 2018. Many inside and outside of the insurance industry have pushed for long-term reforms to the program, such as enhancing existing technology, streamlining and simplifying the NFIP for policyholders, and developing private market options. Read More

The US House of Representatives passed the International Insurance Standards Act of 2018 (H.R. 4537) on July 10, 2018. The legislation is intended to preserve the US state-based system of insurance regulation while giving Congress greater oversight of and transparency in international insurance standard-setting negotiations. Read More