Insurance Transactional, Corporate, and Regulatory

Overview                                                                                                                                                                                         

Robinson+Cole's Insurance Transactional, Corporate, and Regulatory Group comprises a multidisciplinary team of lawyers who represent insurance companies and other insurance industry clients in numerous matters affecting their business. Our lawyers have backgrounds in varied legal disciplines, such as corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance, administrative proceedings, contracting, government investigations, market conduct, employee and compensation matters, and tax. We also work closely with our government relations lobbyists on regulatory, legislative, and public policy issues affecting specific clients and the insurance industry generally.

Our Services

The Insurance Transactional, Corporate, and Regulatory Group represents insurers and other clients in the insurance industry in virtually every aspect of their business operations, including the following:

  • formation and licensure approval
  • expansion applications
  • change in control applications (Form A) and Form A exemption requests
  • redomestications
  • Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) membership applications
  • review of capital requirements and structure for regulatory compliance
  • drafting and regulatory approval of new products
  • negotiation of significant third-party contracts
  • general contracting
  • procedures and policies
  • cybersecurity
  • taxation
  • market conduct and government investigations
  • administrative hearings

For our managed care clients, we also provide advice on the following matters :

  • utilization review laws
  • the peer review process
  • Medicare and Medicaid
  • out-of-network reimbursement
  • multijurisdictional prompt pay and balance billing law
  • other operational issues

Our clients include U.S. and foreign-based insurers, risk retention groups, mutual insurance companies, insurance producers, and others involved in the insurance industry. We represent the Connecticut Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association as outside general counsel, and in that capacity we have worked on significant issues resulting from insurer insolvencies. Our Government Relations Group counts among its clients the Connecticut Association of Health Plans.

Our Team

Lawyers in the Insurance Transactional, Corporate, and Regulatory Group frequently work with regulators and are in sync with all facets of business activities affected by government regulation. We have a record of success as skilled and effective regulatory counsel.

Industry Leadership

Members of our group are actively involved in numerous insurance industry groups and associations, such as the following;

  • the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
  • the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
  • the American Council of Life Insurers
  • the National Organization of Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Associations
  • America's Health Insurance Plans
  • the Association of Life Insurance Counsel 

 

    • Experience

      • Transactional

      • Represented a large New York-based health insurer in connection with its Form A exemption request related to its affiliation with another large New York-based health insurer.
      • Represented a Virginia-based holding company in connection with its acquisition of a Connecticut-domiciled life insurance company.
      • Represented a London-based global specialist risk insurance company in connection with its proposed recapitalization and Form A exemption request with the Connecticut Department of Insurance.
      • Represented a Dutch-based global financial services and insurance company in connection with its acquisition of the financial services business of a large Hartford-based insurance company.
      • Represented a New York-based health plan management company and third party administrator on various transactional and corporate matters, including executive compensation and benefits, financing and arrangements, contract preparation, negotiation and review, and acquisitions.

      • Represented a large New Jersey-based property and casualty insurer in connection with its acquisition of a Connecticut-domiciled specialty risk insurance company.

      • Represented a large New York-based health insurer in connection with its Form A exemption request related to its proposed recapitalization as a public company.
      • Represented a Connecticut-based health insurer in connection with its acquisition by a regional Connecticut-based health insurer.
      • Represented a large Connecticut-based health insurer in a significant business contract and a related financing arrangement.
      • Represented a Connecticut-domiciled life insurer in connection with the increase in ownership by a significant investor.
      • Represented a Connecticut-based regional mutual insurer in negotiation of and regulatory approvals for an insurance pooling arrangement and a change in control involving a large Midwestern property casualty insurer.
      • Assisted a Connecticut-domiciled life insurer in connection with its redomestication to Arizona.

      • Represented Connecticut-based health insurers in their initial public offerings.

      • Represented a Massachusetts-based health care plan for "dual eligibles" in connection with the licensure and approval of an affiliated company as a Connecticut health care center (HMO).
      • Represented a large New York-based health insurer in connection with its acquisition of a Connecticut-based health insurer and its affiliated Massachusetts company, including representation in contested administrative hearings.
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