About This Blog

A new section has been added to the sidebar of Reinsurance Focus, providing quick access to selected Internet links described in various posts. There are three parts to the links section: Blogs; Organizations; and Topics. The Blogs section contains links to other blogs related to reinsurance, arbitration or insurance matters. The Organizations section contains links to such organizations as ARIAS, RAA and the NAIC's Reinsurance Task Force. The Topics section contains links to the NAIC's Finite Reinsurance resources and alternative risk transfer resources. Additional links will be added to these sections. I hope that this section will be useful in helping you find other helpful content on the Internet.

The materials on this blog are made available by Carlton Fields LLP for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. The transmission and receipt of information contained on or relating to this blog do not form, constitute or create an attorney-client relationship. Persons receiving the information on this blog should not act upon such information without seeking professional legal counsel.

Neither the choice of what material to present in this blog, nor the text of descriptions and comments in blog posts, represent the legal opinions of Carlton Fields or its clients. Blog posts may not be quoted, nor positions in blog posts cited, by lawyers, law firms or others in any context without the express written approval of Carlton Fields.

The materials on this blog represent very selective items of possible interest to those in the reinsurance field, and may not reflect the most current legal developments. Links within the Reinsurance Focus blog may lead to other sites. The Reinsurance Focus blog does not incorporate any materials appearing in such linked sites by reference, and Carlton Fields does not necessarily sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of such linked materials.

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This blog has been created and is maintained by the Reinsurance Industry Group of Carlton Fields LLP, a national law firm with a unique focus on financial services and a national reputation in high stakes litigation, financial regulation and product counseling. For more information on the firm and our practice, visit our firm's web site. We have offices in Miami, Florida, Simsbury, Connecticut and Washington, DC.  Separate entries in this category of the blog provide additional information about our firm and its reinsurance practice.

This blog does not provide legal advice, but instead provides information for its readers about items of interest to those in the reinsurance industry or providing services to the reinsurance industry.  It covers recent court decisions relating to reinsurance from US and UK courts, regulatory developments and selected news items relating to the reinsurance industry.  In addition, due to the importance of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) to reinsurance dispute resolution, we cover court decisions of interest relating to the FAA, even though they do not relate to reinsurance disputes.  Occasionally, we will add a slightly more extensive entry as a Special Focus for a topic of particular interest. Two postings each week are selected as the “most interesting” ones of the week, and in addition to the normal substantive categories, are placed in the category titled Week's Best Posts.

Reinsurance Focus was created by, and is maintained by, attorneys active in our reinsurance practice, including:

• Roland C. Goss – A partner resident in our Washington, DC office, active in our reinsurance dispute resolution practice, Chair of our Reinsurance Industry Group, blog administrator and a blog contributor
• Sheila Carpenter – A partner resident in our Washington, DC office, active in our reinsurance dispute resolution practice, a certified arbitrator and a blog contributor
• Lynn Hawkins – An associate resident in our Washington, DC office, active in our reinsurance dispute resolution practice, a contributor and the blog's assistant adminsistrator

Carlton Fields provides a variety of services to those in the reinsurance industry with respect to the resolution of reinsurance-related disputes, including representation in lawsuits and arbitrations, counseling and service as arbitrators in mock arbitrations. For a description of our reinsurance dispute resolution, and infomation about who to contact about such services, see our reinsurance dispute resolution practice description.

Carlton Fields provides a variety of trasactional services to those in the reinsurance industry, including contract drafting, regulatory issues and much more. For a description of our reinsurance transactional services, and infomation about who to contact about such services, see our reinsurance transactional practice description.