Kevin G. Fitzgerald concentrates his practice in the fields of corporate and regulatory insurance law, insurance insolvency, premium taxation, privacy legislation, captive insurance matters, agent and agency licensing, and reinsurance transactions. He is a member and former chair of the firm’s Insurance & Reinsurance Industry Team and a member of the Finance & Financial Institutions, Transactional & Securities, and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices, as well as the Health Care & Life Sciences Sector.
Premios y reconocimientos
- Recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in the area of insurance: advice to insurers (2011 – 2013) and insurance: noncontentious (2011 – 2013, 2015 and 2016)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Insurance Law (2023-2024)
- Named the 2013 Milwaukee Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers®
- International Law Office and Lexology recognized him with a Client Choice award (2014)
- Listed in the 2015 Expert Guides: The World’s Leading Lawyers Chosen By Their Peers for his work in insurance and reinsurance
Afiliaciones
- Member, American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, and Tort & Insurance Practice Section)
- Miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Wisconsin
- Member, Florida Bar
- Member and former president and CEO of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel
Presentaciones y publicaciones
- Author, “Fair Discrimination and Pricing in Multichannel Insurance Marketing,” SNL Insurance Daily, August 17, 2015
- Author, “The CoOpportunity Liquidation and the Future of Affordable Care Act CO-Ops,” Bloomberg Health Insurance Report, 21 HPPR 28, April 2015
- Author, “The Right Prescription? Should Your Company’s Medical Benefits be Insured Through a Captive Insurance Company?,” Bloomberg Law Reports – Employee Benefits, Vol. 4, No. 13, June 2011
- Author, “Essex v. Zota: Florida Surplus Lines Exemption Under Attack,” Florida Underwriters, November 2008; Insurance Legal News, Fall 2008
- Author, “National Trends Affecting Producer Licensing,” FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Vol. 19, Ed. 2, Summer 2008
- Presenter, “NAIC Updates to the Model Audit Rule,” Marcus Evans Conference, New York, NY, April 2008
- Author, The Death, by Taxes, of the Pure Captive,” Advisen Front Page News, November 2007
- Presenter, “A Primer and Case Study on Alternative Risk Transfer Vehicles for Medical Professional Liability,” AMGA 2007 Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2007
- Author, “Non-Profit Health Care Systems Captives: Is Your Captive an ‘Insurance Company’ and Do You Want It To Be?” Law Watch, Vol. 07-2, February 2007
- Presenter, “State & Local Tax/Blue Card Update,” BCBS National Tax Conference, Palm Springs, CA, November 2006
- Presenter, “Update on Finite Reinsurance,” Foley’s Insurance Industry Team, Web Conference, December 2005
- Author, “Treasury Department Releases Final Rules Applying US Patriot Act to Certain Insurance Companies,” Insurance Law Update, November 2005; Journal of Payment Systems Law, November/December 2005
- Presenter, “The Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley and NAIC/AICPA Joint Working Group Initiative,” presented to NAIC, San Francisco, CA, June 2004
- Presenter, “Fair Credit Reporting Act” presented to Property Casualty Insurance Association of America, Chicago, IL, February 2004
- Author, “Anti-Money Laundering and the USA Patriot Act of 2001, America’s War Against Terrorism Spreads to the Insurance Industry,” Vol. IX, Ed. II, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, June 2002
- Presenter, “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” NAIC Summer National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, June 2002
- Presenter, “Premium Taxation of Blue Plans Under the Blue Card Program,” BlueCross/BlueShield Association’s 36th Annual Lawyers Conference, Denver, CO, May 2002
- Author, “Safeguarding the Privacy of Nonpublic Personal Information Under Gramm-Leach-Bliley: Another Train Is Leaving the Station,” Insurance Law Update, March 2002
- Author, “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,” Insurance Law Update, July 2000
- Author, “The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994: Its Pervasive Impact on the Insurance Industry and Why You Need to Know About It,” TIP Committee News, PUB. REG. INS. L. COMMITTEE, TORT & INS. PRAC. SEC., A.B.A., Spring 1999
Foley representa a GuideOne Insurance en una inversión de 200 millones de dólares por parte de Bain Capital y en la creación de una plataforma innovadora dedicada a las mutuas.
Foley & Lardner LLP actuó como asesor legal de GuideOne Insurance Company, una aseguradora líder en un nicho de mercado fundada en 1947, en la recepción de una inversión de 200 millones de dólares de Bain Capital Insurance.
Abogados de Foley reconocidos en 2024 Best Lawyers in America
Foley & Lardner LLP se enorgullece en anunciar hoy que 236 abogados de la firma en 20 oficinas de EE.UU. han recibido el reconocimiento en la edición 2024 de The Best Lawyers in America©.
Actualización de la Ley de Seguros: Circular de Seguros n.º 6
El 17 de julio de 2023, el Departamento de Servicios Financieros de Nueva York emitió la Circular de Seguros n.º 6 (2023) y un comunicado de prensa simultáneo con el fin de aclarar, y en nuestra opinión derogar, las directrices anteriores del Departamento relativas a las diferencias permitidas en los productos de seguros de vida y rentas vitalicias, y sus primas y términos y condiciones, así como aquellas supuestas diferencias que indican una discriminación inadmisible.
Los productores residentes en Wisconsin deben presentar la certificación anual de ciberseguridad antes del 1 de marzo de 2023.
La seguridad de los datos informativos ha sido un tema candente para el sector de los seguros en los últimos años, en particular el desarrollo de programas de seguridad de la información («ISP») por parte de las aseguradoras, los productores y otros titulares de licencias de seguros.
Abogados de Foley reconocidos en 2023 Best Lawyers in America
Foley & Lardner LLP se enorgullece de anunciar que 250 de nuestros abogados en 20 oficinas han recibido el reconocimiento en la edición 2023 de The Best Lawyers in America.
¿Qué es una «política» según las leyes sobre prácticas comerciales desleales?
Cuando una aseguradora descubre que los asegurados están recibiendo un trato diferente en cualquier situación, es importante considerar muy seriamente si dicho trato diferencial podría ser contrario a las leyes sobre prácticas comerciales desleales.