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Locke Lord’s California offices represent insurers, HMOs, insurance producers and other entities regulated by Departments of Insurance and similar government agencies. We advise clients on compliance with insurance statutes and regulations, implementing claims and underwriting procedures and development marketing strategies. We also advise clients in connection with major transactions such as mergers and acquisitions of insurers as well as securities issuance.

Elizabeth Tosaris of our San Francisco office as particular experience in responding to market conduct examinations including resolving issues arising out of those exams. She has also litigated matters at trial and in administrative hearings brought by the California Department of Insurance. She has spoken extensively on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in both the insurer and non-insurer contexts. In the Los Angeles office, Jonathan Bank and insurance specialist Norris Clark have decades of experience in insurance regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, statutory accounting, reinsurance risk transfer, restructuring and corrective action plans. Jonathan is well versed in matters involving reinsurance cut-through endorsements in both rehabilitations and liquidations, and he is actively involved in the run-off industry, having worked with clients on both Division and Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) statutes.