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The Reinsurance (E) Task Force ("RTF") of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") met on August 11, 2025 at the NAIC's Summer 2025 National Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This Alert focuses on health insurance issuers and is part of a comprehensive series on the Court's ruling.

In the past 10 years or so, several ceding companies began adding run-off reinsurer clauses to their reinsurance contracts to mitigate disputes that might arise

First Tuesday Update is our monthly take on current issues in commercial disputes, international arbitration, and judgment enforcement.

In a three-line order, the Delaware Supreme Court recently affirmed the Court of Chancery's dismissal of a suit by a creditor against Athilon Capital Corp.

The first health insurance linked securities (ILS) deal transferring the reinsured risk of medical benefit claims of a major U.S. health care company, Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna), to capital market investors closed on January 10, 2011.

At its 2015 Fall National Meeting, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, discussed a number of key issues affecting the insurance and reinsurance industries.

In the ongoing Integrity Advance enforcement action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau"), the Office of Enforcement this January filed a brief...

For many decades, the reinsurance marketplace has adopted arbitration as the preferred mode of dispute resolution.

The uneven effects of laws across boundaries, when applied to persons or activities having nexuses to multiple jurisdictions, can often be neutralized by reciprocity—treating a non-resident in a particular jurisdiction...

Since the enactment, and extension, of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA), there has been wide debate regarding the government’s involvement in terrorism insurance. Set to expire on December 31, 2007, TRIA is one of many storms forecasted to hit Capitol Hill, particularly in light of the recent wave of political changes.

Two recent rulings reflect increased Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scrutiny of offshore insurance companies. These rulings do not bode well for offshore captives sometimes referred to as "stuffed" captives.

On February 29, 2012, Judge Rita Novak, of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., issued a ruling of major significance granting the Motion to Dismiss filed by Cozen O’Connor on behalf of its clients and holding that a policyholder could not hold a reinsurer or third-party claims administrators liable for allegedly assuming the direct insurer’s insuring obligations or tortious interference.

The last 15 years have seen the advent of a new reinsurance platform, where hedge funds have sponsored non-U.S. reinsurers, who in turn invest their capital in the sponsoring hedge funds.

What exactly is a cyber risk, and in particular a risk that is covered by insurance, is a constantly evolving concept.

At Fall National, the Reinsurance Task Force voted to expose for public comment five options for revisions to the Model Credit for Reinsurance Law.

After years of discussion, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has moved one step closer to a substantial revision of collateral requirements for reinsurers. In a move that caught many by surprise, regulators at the NAIC Summer Meeting took measures to advance a new, rating-based proposal designed to ease collateral requirements for non-U.S. reinsurers.

An employer’s wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary could reinsure the employer’s retiree medical benefit risks and still qualify as insurance for federal tax purposes.