Article(s) published by this organization: 435
 | HK: Insurance Market Performance in 2008 and 2009 to Date Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 16, 2009 According to the Provisional Statistics on Hong Kong Insurance Business for 2008 recently published by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA), gross premiums for general insurance business increased by 11.3% to HK$27 billion and net premiums were up 12.3% to HK$19.2 billion, compared with 2007.... |
| UK: Commissioner Highlights Key Future Developments for Insurance Contract Law Reform Project Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 16, 2009 On 16 October 2009, the Law Commissioner, David Hertzell addressed a meeting of the British Insurance Law Association to highlight some of the key developments on this project. He noted that one important phase was coming to a close, with the publication of the 2009 Consumer Bill and Final Report... |
| UK: Law Commission Update on Insurance Contract Law Reform Project Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 14, 2009 In its latest update published today, the Law Commission has confirmed that it intends to publish a final report and draft Bill focused on the reform of consumer insurance law in December 2009. |
| HK: SFC Clarifies the Licensing Requirements for the Promotion, Offering or Sale of Investment Linked Assurance Schemes to the Public Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 16, 2009 The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") recently issued a circular clarifying that insurers, corporate insurance brokers and individual insurance intermediaries are not required or permitted to be licensed by the SFC under the provisions of the Securities and Futures... |
| California Enacts STOLI Legislation Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 19, 2009 On October 11, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed S.B. 98 (the "Act"), which targets stranger originated life insurance ("STOLI") transactions. The Act repeals previous laws regarding viatical settlements, which only applied to life insurance policies... |
| "Obvious to Try": A New Standard for Biotechnology Inventions? Gabriel J. McCool; Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on Fall 2009 This Spring, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") handed down a widely anticipated decision pertaining to the biotechnology arts in In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2009), which affirmed the finding by the Board of Patent Appeals and... |
| Strategies for Cost Effectively Securing and Maintaining Foreign Patent Rights David J. Silvia; Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on Fall 2009 In today's challenging economic environment, for individual inventors or companies, large and small, the decision whether to seek patent rights beyond U.S. borders is a difficult choice to make. |
 | IRS Announces Retirement Plan Limitations for 2010 Lori A. Basilico; Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 2009 The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2010 cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limitations for qualified retirement plans and other benefits, and the Social Security Administration has announced its own cost-of-living adjustments for 2010. Most notably, the annual limits for qualified... |
| NAIC Moves towards Principles Based Reserving for Life Insurance Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 19, 2009 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"), at the Executive/Plenary session of its Fall National Meeting, adopted revisions to the Standard Valuation Model Law ("Valuation Model") replacing the existing formula based approach for reserving life insurance... |
| EU: Revised Draft Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for Insurance Sector Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; October 26, 2009, previously published on October 19, 2009 The current insurance BER, which will expire on 31 March 2010, exempts certain agreements between insurance companies from the EC Treaty's ban on restrictive business practices (Article 81). The four categories of agreements currently covered by the BER relate to the establishment of non-binding... |
