Lawrence Hamilton

Larry Hamilton leads Mayer Brown's US Insurance Regulatory practice. Larry has a 50-state insurance regulatory practice and has extensive experience negotiating directly with insurance regulators, helping clients overcome regulatory obstacles and gain approval for their proposed forms of business arrangements. He advises clients in connection with corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, reserve financings, insurance-linked securities, pension risk transfers and the regulation of financial guarantees and other forms of non-payment insurance.

Larry is a co-founder of Mayer Brown’s Insurance and Capital Markets Convergence group, which uses the combined talents of the firm’s insurance and structured finance practices to ensure that transactions take into account the customs and expectations of both markets. He regularly advises US and European financial institutions on the insurance regulatory issues associated with new and complex investment structures, including the evolving changes in regulatory treatment of different types of investments by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Larry works extensively on cross-border regulatory projects, especially with regard to Bermuda and other offshore insurance markets. He also advises start-up and insurtech companies on navigating the complex insurance regulatory landscape as they use innovation and technology to transform the insurance marketplace. Larry also frequently works with the nonadmitted insurance market and is a member of the Surplus Lines Law Group.