NEW YORK – March 23, 2021 – Laura Evangelista, an Insurance Regulatory & Transactions and Government Law & Policy shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP’s New York City and Albany offices, will serve as a presenter during the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society (IRES) Foundation National School on Market Regulation Webinar on March 24.
According to the IRES Foundation website, Evangelista’s panel topic “All Things New York,” will focus on “doing insurance business in New York and will cover important topics such as Circular Letter 1 and Reg 187.”
Evangelista focuses her practice on insurance regulatory matters. She has more than 25 years of diverse legal experience in the insurance industry. She joined the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) in 2016 and served as Executive Deputy Superintendent for Insurance until November 2019. At DFS, Evangelista worked on policy initiatives, including formulation of regulations and industry guidance. She supervised all substantive insurance matters, including financial solvency examinations, market conduct examinations, and insurance company acquisitions. The insurance division regulates approximately 1,700 insurers with assets exceeding $4 trillion. Evangelista also served as a liaison to regulated entities, trade associations, and consumer groups on emerging issues and coordinated the department’s involvement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Fred E. Karlinsky, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice, serves as an IRES Foundation board member and will participate on a number of panels including, “Interview with NAIC Leadership” panel on March 23. For more information about the event, click here.
Karlinsky has nearly 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities on their regulatory, transactional, corporate and governmental affairs matters. He is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues and has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, has led many industry-driven legislative and regulatory initiatives, and is a sought after thought leader who has spoken and presented to insurance executives and governmental officials, both nationally and internationally.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory & Transactions group brings together lawyers from its national and international offices with experience in a broad variety of complementary disciplines – including insurance regulatory, tax, corporate finance and securities, securitization and structured finance, litigation, health care, and governmental affairs – to support clients from all segments of the insurance industry. The group provides tailored legal services designed to meet the varied needs of our clients in the areas of insurance regulation, legislative and public policy advocacy, life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, premium finance, securitization and derivatives, and insurance litigation. BTI Consulting Group’s 2017 BTI Power Rankings list included Greenberg Traurig on their Honor Roll list for Insurance. In 2016 our team was listed as one of the “Strongest Firms for Go-To Outside Counsel - Insurance” in BTI Consulting Group’s BTI Report. Our team was also included in BTI Consulting Group’s BTI Power Rankings as one of “The Top 16 Firms GCs Love for Insurance Work" in 2016.
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