Alan serves as legal advisor to many sectors of the insurance industry including, but not limited to, domestic, foreign and overseas insurers, and represents clients from all segments of the insurance industry including insurers - both property and casualty and life and health - reinsurers, buyers of insurance, agents, brokers and reinsurance intermediaries, life settlement companies, lenders, and investment banks, state insurance regulators, debtors and creditors of insolvent insurers and trade associations. Alan is currently listed in two Legal Media Group Guides to the World's Leading Lawyers publications, these being: Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers and the Best of the Best 2009 (Insurance and Reinsurance), where he is noted as being within the top six practitioners in the US and also one of the top 35 practitioners worldwide. Alan is listed in 'The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers - Insurance & Reinsurance 2010'. The listings for these publications are based on thorough and independent research processes. Notable Experience · Both insurers and reinsurers have depended on Alan in regulatory matters, in the areas of formation and licensing and mergers and acquisitions in the fields of life and health, and property and casualty. · In the reinsurance industry, Alan has represented clients in commutations, has structured off-shore reinsurance transactions and analyzed reinsurance portfolios. · Alan has represented insurance companies as investors, lenders and as investment bankers, and in public offerings and private placements. · Challenged by the maze of state legislative and regulatory developments, Alan has successfully taken clients involved in administrative hearings before state insurance departments. · Life settlement companies regularly seek Alan's advice on regulatory, strategic and structuring issues. · Alan has structured and implemented clients' plans designed to create new services and products in the health care industry. · Counsel to overseas insurers with activities in the U.S. or in other countries, he has worked on numerous corporate transactions involving the raising of corporate capital to be deployed at Lloyd's of London. Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications · Alan was listed in its annual "Best of the Best" issue, Euromoney Magazine, May 12, 2011. · "NAIC Adopts Proposal and Draft Federal Enabling Legislation to Reform US Reinsurance Regulation," co-author, Insurance Newsletter of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, November 2009, Volume 16, No 2. · "Liability Risks for Private Equity and Venture Capital General Partners Serving as Portfolio Company Directors," co-author, June 2009. · "Life Reinsurance - Survival of the fittest," co-author, Global Reinsurance, April 2007. · "Green Light for Run-Off Sales," co-author, Run Off Business, Issue 18, Autumn 2006 Edition. · "Honored," The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2006 Edition. · "Edwards Wildman Palmer Makes International Bankruptcy History," Firm obtains first order under new Chapter 15 of U.S. Bankruptcy Code, January 19, 2006. · "IQ 2005 Reinsurance Roundtable," Inside Quarterly, Winter 2005, Issue 16. · "Managing Legal Risk and Conflicts of Interest," International Bar Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27, 2005. · "Profile of the Month," JTW News, November 2004. · "Good Faith in Insurance," International Bar Association, International Law Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia. · "Air Transport Act Leaves Questions for Insurers," co-authored, National Underwriter, November 2001 andNational Underwriter Online. · "Celebrity Body Parts," Bankrate.com, April 2002. · "K&R market Attracts First Time Buyers Concerned Over Security," co-authored, Insurance Day, May 2002. News & Publications January 31, 2012, Edwards Wildman Announces New Firm Leadership
New managing partner, deputy managing partner and chair to maintain momentum from recent merger and oversee firm's continued growth January 30, 2012, Barry Weissman to Launch LA Insurance Practice of Edwards Wildman
New partner to expand reach of globally recognized insurance and reinsurance group March 22, 2011, Law360 Covers Arrival of Damian Connolly, Noting Growth of Firm's Insurance Practice and UK Office September 29, 2010, In Bloomberg Podcast, Alan Levin Looks at Liability Issues Arising from the BP Oil Spill June 7, 2010, Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance 2010
EAPD's insurance and reinsurance department continues to receive independent industry recognition January 1, 2010 - March 31, 2010, EAPD Launches Latin American (Re)insurance Regulatory Update Service September 18, 2009, 'Guide to the World's Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers' Lists 13 EAPD Attorneys (US, UK and Hong Kong) May 1, 2009, Three EAPD Insurance partners recognized as being amongst the 'Best of the Best' practitioners worldwide November 3, 2008, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Represents Maiden Holdings in Acquisition of GMAC Re October 7, 2008, Update on Lehman Brothers Insolvency Proceedings in the US, UK and Japan October 7, 2008, Financial Crisis Update October 1, 2008, Client Advisory - Senate Rescue Bill June 4, 2008, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge client, AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. Announces Closing of Acquisition of Unitrin Business Insurance March 31, 2008, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Kendall Freeman Complete Merger Creating Insurance Industry Legal Powerhouse November/December 2007, UK-US Merger Lays Down the Law on Insurance Practices
Global Broker & Underwriter October 30, 2007, Law Firms Plan To Merge - Merger Plans Announced Between Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and Kendall Freeman of London July 24, 2006, Buyer Beware: US Insurance Industry Attracts New Sources of Capital
Hartford Business Journal June 19, 2006, Four Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Attorneys Honored in 2006 Edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers January 19, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Makes International Bankruptcy History
Firm obtains first order under new Chapter 15 of U.S. Bankruptcy Code November 20, 2002, Partner Vincent J. Vitkowsky of Edwards & Angell Most Nominated in the U.S. and Second in the World as a Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyer
Edwards & Angell, LLP , Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Volume 3 : Insurance Agency Activities
Edwards & Angell, LLP Events June 2, 2008 , Health Insurance Issues High on the Agenda When Congress Reconvenes May 8, 2006 , Alan J. Levin to moderate Transatlantic Reinsurance Disputes: Analyzing the Key Differences Industries · Healthcare Memberships · Connecticut Bar Association |