As private equity investors continue to increase their presence in the insurance industry with acquisitions of insurers and reinsurance of blocks of insurance contracts through insurer portfolio companies and segregated...more
This bulletin discusses pending actions of the (a) National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Valuation of Securities (E) Task Force (VOS Task Force) to address certain issues associated with insurer investments...more
State insurance regulators, insurers, consumers and potential investors in the long-term care sector have for quite some time been concerned with two major issues facing the U.S. long-term care industry - significant rate...more
According to OPTIS Partners’ latest quarterly report, following a slowdown in the second quarter of 2020, by the third quarter the mergers and acquisitions market for insurance agencies had returned to pre-pandemic levels....more
At the 2020 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Summer National Meeting, a senior regulator with the Missouri Department of Insurance observed that as of July 7, 2020 only eleven U.S. jurisdictions had...more
Direct private placements of bonds under Section 4(a)(2) of the United States Securities Act can provide a flexible method of raising capital and act as a strong complement or alternative to traditional offerings of bonds,...more