Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that partner Paris Glazer of the firm’s Insurance Services group has been selected by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer among its “40 Under Forty 2026 Illinois Attorneys to Watch.”

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Scott Seaman, Ian Wagreich, and Palma Yanni have each been recognized in the 2027 edition of the Lexology Index Thought Leaders: USA guide

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Read Lucy Wang’s insights on what California’s new legislation, AB 1795 and 1642, means for wildfire-related insurance claims and its impact on insurers and consumers—as featured in Law360 Insurance Authority.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook’s Claims Journal article analyzing the significance of California’s role as the country’s “insurance laboratory” and why claims executives should closely follow and adapt to these developments.

Read Hinshaw attorney Lucy Wang’s insight in CalMatters on why the California Insurance Commissioner’s role is critical in protecting consumers, as the position is up for reelection this fall.

Hinshaw is proud to sponsor the 2026 International Association of Claim Professionals (IACP) New York Conference on June 24, 2026.

Tampa partner Eli Marger will co-present "Forensic Meteorology: Uses and Limitations" on March 23 and March 25, 2025, at the Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo in National Harbor, Maryland.

Hinshaw partners John DeLascio, Barry MacEntee, and Jason Schulze will speak on separate panels at Global Access Week 2026, a Hinshaw-sponsored conference taking place March 10-12, 2026, in London, United Kingdom.

Hinshaw partner Scott Seaman will present at the BARBRI CLE webinar, “Horizontal vs. Vertical Exhaustion of Insurance: Priority of Coverage and Settlement for Below Policy Limits.”

Hinshaw partner John DeLascio will present at the Perrin Conferences CLE webinar “The Next Wave: Navigating Emerging Mass Torts and the Data Behind the Docket” on May 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET.

Hinshaw partner Scott Seaman will speak at the InsurTech Summit 2026, streaming live on May 19. He will participate in the panel “Making Decisions in Difficult Risk Environments.”

Explore how AI governance expectations are rapidly shifting toward operational compliance, as regulators push insurers to embed AI oversight across cybersecurity, claims, and decision‑making.

Explore the pivotal role insurance has played in shaping the US economy and how uniquely American legal doctrines, including the duty to defend and bad faith liability, have transformed insurance coverage litigation. 

The California Supreme Court has clarified pleading standards for excess policy claims, adopting a “reasonable likelihood” standard—read our alert providing key takeaways for insurers.

Read key takeaways from two major D&O insurance rulings from the first half of 2026 that are reshaping the specialty lines landscape.

On May 6, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, which provides that an employee's COVID-19 related illness "shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment for purposes of awarding workers' compensation benefits" so long as the following criteria applies:

Read our latest alert on the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling eliminating FAAAA preemption for negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers, and discover practical steps to mitigate exposure in this new litigation landscape.

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.

Navigating the ever changing waters of consumer privacy could become much more challenging if the “It's Your Data Act" (IYDA) is passed in New York. Some provisions of the proposed law may apply to any person or business, even law firms no matter how small, that collects any personal information of New York residents for the purpose of generating commercial or economic value.