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A NEW REGULATORY STRUCTURE FOR INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES IN FLORIDA
Travis L. Miller, Esq. The Florida Legislature has enacted several laws over the last decade profoundly affecting Florida's insurance markets.
A GLOBAL DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
Thomas A. Player, Esq. Prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, only a handful of countries maintained a state-supported backstop for losses caused by acts of terrorism.
SUITABILITY IN THE SALE OF FIXED LIFE AND ANNUITY PRODUCTS
Gary C. Harriger, Esq. On Tuesday June 11, 2002, the last day of the June NAIC meeting in Philadelphia, the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee held a long-awaited hearing on the Life Insurance and Annuities Suitability Model Act and Model Regulation.
PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN THE FORMATION AND OPERATION OF CAPTIVES AND WORLDWIDE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROVISIONS
Alan J. Schmitz, Esq. Over thirty countries and territories worldwide have adopted legislation aimed at the identification, prevention, and reporting of suspicious money laundering transactions.
THE D.C. CAPTIVE ACT: CAPITALIZING UPON INSURANCE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Kathy A. Steadman, Esq. On August 4, 2000, the District of Columbia ("District") joined the trend of almost twenty U.S. jurisdictions by passing the Captive Insurance Company Act of 2000 ("Act"),1 thereby becoming a captive insurance company domicile, effective October 31, 2000.
RAY OF SUNSHINE ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Richards D. Barger, Esq. A routine insurance premium collection case for premium due on a commercial automobile policy in California, issued by the California Assigned Risk Plan ("CAARP"), resulted in a punitive damage award to the insured by the trial court. |
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