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SLIP+ For States Reminder: Onboarding for Louisiana Brokers – What You Need To Know

LA| Beginning July 1, 2026, Louisiana brokers will transition to SLIP+ for States, which requires all surplus lines filings to be submitted under each individual agent’s license (with optional Agency Accounts for firms filing for multiple agents), introduces collection of Louisiana policy-level data, and updates premium tax invoicing so SLIP+ issues two quarterly invoices totaling […]

California Weighs Adding Private Flood, Cyber, and Tech E&O to Surplus Lines Export List

CA| Commissioner Ricardo Lara has scheduled a California Export List hearing for June 24, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PDT, to be held via Zoom videoconference and teleconference, to consider adding six coverages to the Export List: private primary flood (personal and commercial), private primary residential flood insurance, cyber insurance, technology E&O/cyber, and auto physical damage […]

Montana Updates QHP Rules for 2027: What Health Insurers Need to Know

MT| The Montana CSI Advisory Memorandum dated May 26, 2026 explains changes in Qualified Health Plan certification requirements resulting from the 2027 Final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, focusing on how the final CMS rule diverges from the proposed rule for PY 2027. It confirms that issuers must report detailed cost-sharing reduction (CSR) loading […]

ELANY Adds Company to List of E&S Insurers

NY| The Excess Lines Association of New York (ELANY) issued Bulletin No. 2026-13 announcing that they have added the following Company to their List of E&S Insurers: Incline Americas Insurance Company | Foreign Insurer | Code 17532 | Effective 5/12/2026 Click here to see ELANY Bulletin No. 2026-13

NYDFS Urges Stronger Cyber Defenses as Heightened Threat Environment Raises Risks to Financial Institutions’ Systems and Nonpublic Data.

NY| The NY Department of Financial Services issued guidance on May 21, 2026, advising regulated entities to strengthen cybersecurity practices during heightened threat environments—periods when risks to information systems, nonpublic information, or operations are significantly elevated due to factors like geopolitical events or emerging technologies. While the guidance does not create new legal requirements beyond […]

Reminder to Issuers: Honor Federal and State Rights of Recovery, No Cost Sharing, and Payer-of-Last-Resort Rules for Indian Health Programs

WA| Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) issued this notice to remind health issuers of federal and state protections for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) enrollees and Indian health care providers (IHPs), following complaints about denials, underpayments, improper cost sharing, and credentialing-related delays; it reiterates that IHPs have a federal right of recovery at least […]

Texas FAIR Plan Rates Approved: New 2026 Homeowners, Dwelling, Condo & Tenants Changes Effective Sept. 1

TX| Texas Commissioner of Insurance Order No. 2026-9939 approves the Texas FAIR Plan’s 2026 residential property rate filings for homeowners, dwelling, condominium, and tenants policies, finding that actuarially supported, zone-specific changes developed using a loss-ratio method (including costs for wind and non-wind losses, reinsurance, expenses, and a Stabilization Fund provision) comply with Insurance Code Section […]

New York DFS Raises the Bar on Catastrophe Readiness in 2026: What P&C Insurers Must Do Now

NY| New York DFS Circular Letter No. 1 (2026) replaces Circular Letter No. 3 (2025) and establishes comprehensive standards for disaster planning, preparedness, and response by property/casualty insurers and related entities, requiring them to submit pre-disaster data surveys for key lines, maintain and annually approve separate business continuity and disaster response plans scaled to their […]