A Kenneth Levine

Practice Areas

Ken Levine is the chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Insurance Corporate & Regulatory Practice Group. Ken has over three decades of experience representing the interests of insurers and reinsurers, and insurance-related entities such as service contract providers, brokers, managing general agents, and third-party administrators. He is also retained by private funds and other investors on insurance regulatory, licensing, and corporate matters.

Ken’s practice covers the organizational and transactional life cycle of the business of insurance, from formation and product development to market introduction, growth, and eventual critical mass, and the prosecution and defense of insurance receiverships. He complements traditional insurer functions by counsel with respect to Insurance Holding Company System Act filings, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and strategic opportunities.

Other firms and governmental authorities have retained Ken for technical analysis, due diligence, and transactional wording over the years. Ken is known for reconciling complex and competing insurance regulatory and contract provisions and translating findings into concise and responsive legal opinions. His practice covers virtually every type of insurance and warranty product.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, Federation of Regulatory Counsel (FORC), Southeast Region of the United States

Chair, FORC Admissions Committee

Publications

Ken has authored numerous publications, some of which have been quoted in academic works internationally, cited by other firms, and utilized to support concepts in other areas of the financial sector. Publications include Regulatory and Legislative Issues in Insurance Law, Aspatore Books; Market Conduct Regulation, 2 New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Ch. 13, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.; New Appleman Premium Online Checklists, Matthew Bender; Benefits from Life Insurance Prior to Death, New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Ch. 88 [LexisNexis]; The Contractual Obligation to Perform During a Global Pandemic, FORC Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 31, Ed. 2, Summer 2020; Assignment of Homeowners Policy Benefits in Florida, FORC Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 27, Ed. 1, Spring 2016; and VEBAS, ERISA, and Other Cloaking Devices, FORC Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 21, Ed. 1, Spring 2010.

Education