Brian S. Kaas

Brian S. Kaas

Brian S. Kaas is a partner with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Kaas is a member of the Insurance Industry and Health Care Industry Teams, and the Privacy, Security & Information Management Practice. His practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate, transactional and regulatory insurance law. He has represented insurance companies in a wide variety of complex transactions, including stock acquisitions, mergers, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, fronting and cut-through transactions, product distribution and managed care arrangements. He also has extensive experience in the areas of reinsurance, runoff, captive companies, reinsurance collateral, commutations and, insurer insolvencies. Mr. Kaas regularly advises insurance companies and other insurance-related entities on a broad range of regulatory matters, including financial and market conduct examinations, privacy and data security, holding company issues and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Kaas is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and in the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, and Tort & Insurance Practice Section), and is also a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar Association. Mr. Kaas is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Recent Speaking Engagements:

· "Buyer Beware - Product Recalls and the Insurance Industry" presented at the 2008 Committee Rendezvous sponsored by the Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association, Naples, Florida

· "Challenges of the Managing General Agent Model" teleconference sponsored by LexisNexis Mealey's, March 11, 2008

· "Legislative Initiatives Impacting the Reinsurance Industry" presented at the 32nd Annual Insurance Tax Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 2007

· "Reinsurance and the Insurer Receivership Model Act" presented to the International Association of Insurance Receivers, St. Louis, Missouri, September 9, 2006

· "Runoff and Commutations - An Overview of Current Trends, Strategies and Pitfalls" presented at the 2006 Committee Rendezvous sponsored by the Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association, Orlando, Florida, March 19-21, 2006

· "Update on Finite Reinsurance" Web Conference sponsored by Foley & Lardner LLP, December 15, 2005

· "2005 Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Conference" sponsored by the National Association for Variable Annuities, Washington, DC, June 27, 2005

· "Fair and Accurate Transactions Act of 2003 Seminar" sponsored by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Chicago, Illinois, February 6, 2004

Publications and Articles:

· "Reinsurance Modernization Proposal Set to Advance, "Insurance Legal News, September 2008

· "California Overhauls Reinsurance Regulations," FOCUS on the Insurance Industry, Winter 2006

· "Regulators Consider New Rating Approach to Reinsurance Collateral Requirements," FOCUS on the Insurance Industry, Fall 2006

· "Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003," Insurance Law Update, December 2003

· "Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002," Insurance Law Update, November 2002

· "Anti-Money Laundering and the USA Patriot Act of 2001, America's War Against Terrorism Spreads to the Insurance Industry," Vol. IX, Ed. II, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, June 2002

· "Restrictions Against the Use and Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information," Insurance Law Update, December 2000