At the 2018 NAIC Summer National Meeting, regulators continued their efforts to define the standard of care that applies to recommendations.
A California state court recently enjoined the state from enforcing two rules adopted by the Office of the State Controller without compliance with the California Administrative Procedure Act (APA) concerning the state’s Unclaimed Property Law (UPL).
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 115-174 or the Act) was signed into law on May 24. The Act can benefit life insurance companies or their affiliates in a number of ways.
In 2016, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in California state court on behalf of all persons over the age of 60 who were issued a variable annuity policy by defendants within the state.
FINRA’s reported enforcement actions as to certain variable annuity practices increased in 2018.
In June, California passed a sweeping new privacy law that will impact an estimated 500,000 businesses in the United States.
A Louisiana appeals court recently affirmed class certification in consolidated lawsuits, pending since 1991, against Louisiana’s Department of Insurance, other related state entities, and the state’s excess insurance carriers.
In response to the accelerating pace of change, the NAIC’s Summer National Meeting in Boston focused on innovation and insurtech.
On September 7, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published Special Publication 1800-5 – IT Asset Management Practice Guide (the Guide) to help financial services companies tackle challenges in managing both the hardware and software components of their information technology assets.
Financial exploitation of senior citizens and other vulnerable adults results in substantial losses each year. This article discusses two of the many recent legislative and regulatory actions targeting this abuse.
The SEC, on June 5, announced that it would be exploring “modernization of the design, delivery and content of fund disclosures” in order “to improve the investor experience and help investors make more informed investment decisions.”
After much anticipation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). In Lucia v. SEC, Dkt. No. 17–130, the Supreme Court held that ALJs are “Officers of the United States” subject to the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, rather than mere federal employees.
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