Our team regularly represents insurers and third-party administrators in regulatory and administrative matters, including navigating regulatory violations and penalties, assisting with regulatory filings, interpreting policies, providing training in claims handling and file documentation consistent with applicable statutory and regulatory obligations, drafting policy language, and providing operational support on corporate, IP, financial, and employment issues.
Notably, our team also offers our insurance clients the full range of legislative and regulatory government relations services, including:
- Representing insurers in administrative proceedings before regulators
- Lobbying and advocacy
- Drafting bills, amendments, position papers and rulemaking comments
- Strategy and planning
- Directing and participating in coalitions and grassroots campaigns
- Legal analysis
- Monitoring and reporting
- Securing access to decision makers
Our regulatory and compliance services are epitomized by our work for the insurance industry in West Virginia. For many years, Dinsmore has helped the industry craft a cohesive legislative agenda and industry strategy for each legislative session; serve as the liaison between the insurance commissioner, state government and the industry; and provide testimony to legislative committees on issues affecting insurers. The West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, state officials, other regulators and business groups routinely consult with our lawyers to review and comment on proposed administrative rules or statutory proposals affecting insurers and file briefs amicus curiae on industry issues.
Notably, our lawyers played a key role in passing West Virginia’s comprehensive insurance and civil justice reform legislation, including the repeal of the Third Party Bad Faith law. Our work was not limited to lobbying and extended to drafting key components of the legislation and sponsoring a significant public relations and grassroots campaign to support passage and continues to support reform efforts that align with our clients’ business interests.