Heidi Hamman Shakely's practice is concentrated in the area of providing regulatory compliance and corporate legal services to the insurance industry and representation on behalf of creditors and claimants in Pennsylvania insurance company receiverships. Prior to joining Eckert Seamans, Heidi served as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. During her 14-year tenure with the Insurance Department, she served in other capacities, including Deputy Chief Counsel for the Office of Liquidations, Rehabilitations and Special Funds, Assistant Counsel and Hearing Examiner. Heidi actively participated in the regulatory change arising from the sale of insurance by financial institutions in Pennsylvania.
Representative Matters
· Assisting insurance clients with licensing, redomestication, company transactions involving regulatory review or approval and policy form and rate filings;
· Handling clients' responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions;
· Providing legal advice in compliance areas such as advertising and marketing, reinsurance arrangements and inter-company transactions.
Professional Affiliations
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Association
Special Recognition
Selected for inclusion as one of the "Best Lawyers' 2012 Harrisburg Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year"
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
First recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Government Lawyer of the Year Award
Articles/Speeches/Presentations
· "Hot Topics in Health Insurance - Pennsylvania Specific Update," co-presented with Ryan Caboot for the PBI 16th Annual Insurance Institute, May 2012.
· "Pennsylvania's New Right to Know Law," co-authored with Ryan Caboot for the ABA's Tort Trial & Insurance Section Committee Newsletter, July 2011.
· "Producers Smorgasbord: Pennsylvania Do's and Don'ts in Insurance Advertising," PBI 15th Annual Insurance Institute, April 2011.
· "Pennsylvania's New Right to Know Law," Eckert Seamans' Legal Update, Fall 2010.
· "An Overview of the New Pa. Right to Know Law and Court Decisions Regarding Record Requests to State and Local Agencies," co-presented with Ryan B. Caboot at Eckert Seamans' Continuing Legal Education Seminar, April 2010.
· "General Regulatory Update - Recent Financial Standards, Requirements and Changes Addressed by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department," PBI 13th Annual Insurance Institute, April 2009.
· "The Value of Errors & Omissions (E&O) Coverage for Agents and Brokers," PBI 12th Annual Insurance Institute, April 2008.
· "Regulatory Tools for Litigators," PBI 11th Annual Insurance Institute, April 2007.
· "A Snapshot of Federal Regulation Addressing Mother Nature's Catastrophes and Modernization in the Insurance Marketplace," PBI 10th Annual Insurance Institute, April 2006.
Quoted
· "Diversification helps Central Pennsylvania law firms cope with recession," quoted, Central Penn Business Journal, September 10, 2010.