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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Bryan D. Bolton, James F. Taylor and Brett Baulsir Funk & Bolton, P.A.
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Funk & Bolton, P.A. offers client services across the spectrum of insurance regulation, insurance litiga- tion, legislative services, and creditors’ rights. The in- surance group offers a unique perspective on Mary- land insurance law, pairing legislative, regulatory, and litigation expertise inside a boutique law firm with of- fices in Baltimore and Annapolis. Maryland insurers engage the firm to perform regulatory, compliance, and litigation work in Maryland and beyond, while national insurers engage the firm for its Maryland insurance expertise. The firm provides guidance to insurance entities from concept through formation,
incorporation, and licensure, including form and rate filings. The firm supports insurers in market conduct and financial examinations, regulatory proceedings, consumer complaints, holding company act issues, boards and committees. The firm represents insur- ers in litigation in administrative proceedings, and state and federal court. The firm regularly handles M&A transactions and complex restructurings, in- cluding reinsurance transactions. The firm is regularly engaged to serve as litigation counsel for national and international insurers on important questions of Maryland law. assisting clients with respect to complaints, market conduct and financial examinations, regulatory filings, and other matters before insurance departments and other regulatory agencies, and representing clients with respect to reinsurance transactions, financing transactions, acquisitions, conversions, reorganisations, and other business transactions.
Authors
Bryan D. Bolton represents life, health and disability insurers, managed care organisations, ERISA plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, employers, self-funded plans, and third-party administrators in a wide
variety of matters pertaining to welfare and retirement plans, including in judicial and regulatory proceedings. Bryan’s appellate experience includes appeals to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, and District of Columbia Circuits, and amicus counsel in the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr Bolton is a member of the Maryland and Pennsylvania bars and has a top ranking in Insurance Law from Chambers USA.
Brett Baulsir is a principal in Funk & Bolton, P.A.’s insurance regulation and business practice group with more than ten years’ experience acting as regulatory counsel for insurers, mutual insurance holding
companies, health maintenance organisations, managed care organisations, and insurance producers. Brett represents clients in administrative proceedings as well as commercial disputes and business transactions, including acquisitions, conversions, reorganisations, and reinsurance transactions. Brett also represents companies with respect to compliance matters and filing applications to obtain licences as insurance companies or health maintenance organisations. He is a member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel.
James F. Taylor is a principal with Funk & Bolton, P.A., with over 25 years of experience representing insurance companies, health maintenance organisations, and other managed care entities, dental and
vision plans, third-party administrators, and other regulated entities. Jim represents clients with respect to regulatory and compliance matters, including advising clients on statutory and regulatory requirements and statutory accounting matters,
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