Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Diana L. Winfrey has joined the firm’s global insurance industry group as a partner in the Los Angeles office.

As the United States prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary on July 4, Hinshaw is pleased to announce the publication of America 250: A History of Insurance and Insurance Coverage Law and Litigation in the United States, a new book examining the critical role of insurance, one of the nation’s most influential–yet often overlooked–economic institutions.

The US law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that it has received notable recognition in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory.

Lucy Wang was recently quoted in a Law360 article discussing the revised CDI regulation, updated on June 12, that would require insurers to disclose their long-term plans for managing climate-related risks to their solvency.

Listen to Hinshaw partner Scott Seaman on the Cornered Out of Court podcast from IICLE, where he discusses the complexities of wrongful death and survival actions in Illinois, including key distinctions between the two claims and the impact of the 2023 amendment permitting punitive damages.

Hinshaw partners Scott Seaman, Philip Kujawa, and William (Bill) Cook VI have co-authored six of the seven chapters in the newly released 2026 edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) “Wrongful-Death and Survival Actions” handbook.

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.

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.

Read our latest insurance alert outlining New York’s revised motor vehicle tort and no-fault framework and the key implications for claims strategy, defense costs, and litigation planning.

In 2025, Hinshaw’s global insurance services team authored several resources on key developments and decisions that impacted the US insurance industry. From our timely commentary just published in Mealey’s to the third edition of our Duty to Defend 50-state survey and whitepapers covering a variety of areas that impact the industry, our team has you covered.

Read a deep-dive analysis of what is included in the new Third Edition of Hinshaw's Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey, a comprehensive Q&A guide with answers to eleven key questions for each state that will help you navigate the duty to defend.

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: