Insurance Regulatory & Compliance

Download the new Third Edition of Hinshaw's Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey for a comprehensive Q&A guide with answers to eleven key questions for each state that will help you navigate the duty to defend.

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.

Read our latest alert explaining why regulating rate controls can backfire—driving up costs, lowering availability, and risking insolvency—while highlighting litigation costs and “social inflation” as key factors increasing premiums.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with ten receiving this honor for the first time. Additionally, 22 Hinshaw lawyers are included in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Explore Scott Seaman’s insights in Law360 on the most closely watched Illinois insurance cases from the first half of 2025, including the potential impact of a key Illinois Supreme Court decision on pollution exclusions and insurance policy interpretation.

Explore Hinshaw partner Kipper Burke’s byline in the Journal of Texas Insurance Law, where he advocates for insurers’ ability to establish true facts during duty to defend determinations in Texas courts. Learn how a “true facts exception” could enhance judicial efficiency and promote fairer outcomes in insurance litigation.

Hinshaw partners Scott Seaman and Jason Schulze have authored a new 13th Edition of the insurance law treatise, Allocation of Losses in Complex Insurance Coverage Claims, now available as a comprehensive two-volume set from Thomson Reuters.

Hinshaw partner Scott Seaman—the co-chair of the firm's global Insurance Services Practice Group—is scheduled to co-present a virtual panel titled "Navigating Compliance" on May 20, 2025.

Read Ed Lenci's Law360 insights on how the Second Circuit's landmark ruling favoring international arbitration for hurricane damage claims marks a significant shift in the insurance industry.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked as a Leading Law Firm in the 2025 edition of BTI Consulting's Most Recommended Law Firms.

Read Scott Seaman's comments on the implications of a Fourth Circuit D&O bump-up exclusion case, emphasizing its limited impact due to Virginia law and the importance of specific exclusion language in shareholder litigation.

Read our white paper, "The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide," to understand the complexities of social inflation and learn effective strategies for insurers and corporate policyholders to navigate its challenges in today's economic landscape.