Special Focus: Update On The Status Of The Covered Agreement

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners intensified its regulatory focus on artificial intelligence governance, third-party data models, and cybersecurity oversight at its Summer 2026 meeting. Regulators are shifting from principles-based guidance to examination-ready supervisory tools, emphasizing that insurers remain accountable for the technologies and vendors they deploy. The meeting revealed how AI risk evaluation, vendor oversight frameworks, and privacy modernization efforts are convergin

On December 16, Verisk Analytics, a leading provider of data analytics and related services to the insurance industry, including rooftop aerial measurement products, announced that it was terminating its efforts to acquire EagleView Technologies, an aerial image provider whose product is utilized in rooftop aerial measurement products.

Earlier today, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found independent insurance producers Michael Binday, James Kergil, and Mark Resnick guilty of mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses.

A federal court in Ohio has ruled that an occupational disease exclusion in a commercial general liability policy bars coverage for PFAS-related personal injury claims brought by firefighters against a manufacturer of firefighting equipment. This landmark decision could significantly impact how insurers respond to PFAS product liability claims and may extend beyond occupational disease exclusions to other policy provisions using similarly broad language.

Insurance Transaction and Regulatory partner Daniel A. Rabinowitz's article titled "Four Current Regulatory Risks Facing US Insurers" appeared in the March 2021 issue of Financier Worldwide.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted the defendant title insurance companies' motion for summary judgment...

As the risks associated with cyber liability continue to evolve, so do the insurance products that are theoretically meant to protect against those risks.

The NAIC has spent four years overhauling capital requirements for life insurance companies' investments in collateralized loan obligations, introducing dramatic changes that will reshape how insurers allocate capital across their investment portfolios. These new rules, which account for credit spectrum positioning and tranche thickness for the first time, will force insurers to model significant impacts before year-end 2026 implementation.

The Michigan Supreme Court reversed a lower appellate court's decision and held that statements made during discovery, after a lawsuit for No-Fault benefits...

Barry J. Muller is featured in the Law360 article, "Utica Mutual Must Defend Broker In Suit, NJ Court Says."