Annual Meeting Registration Opens
Registration for NOLHGA’s 2025 Annual Meeting is now open. Attendees can register for the Annual Meeting (in-person only) and the October MPC meeting (in-person and virtual attendance) at the meeting website.
The Annual Meeting and MPC meeting will be held at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk from October 22–24. Guest speakers for the Annual Meeting include:
- Roger Crandall: Chairman, President & CEO, MassMutual
- Maddy Dychtwald: Co-Founder, Age Wave; Best-Selling Author & Global Futurist (Luncheon Speaker)
- George Nichols III: President & CEO, The American College of Financial Services
- Juhi Dhawan: Senior Managing Director, Partner & Macro Strategist, Wellington Management
Registration for the Annual Meeting is $725 for GA members and $800 for non-members. The guest fee is $125, and guests can attend both receptions, breakfasts, and the Annual Meeting luncheon.
More information about the Annual Meeting and MPC meeting, including hotel reservations and speaker bios, can be found on the meeting website. We’ll send out updates about both meetings in the next few weeks.
Staff Contact - Sean McKennaNAIC Update
On August 19, 2025, the NAIC’s Financial Condition Committee exposed its draft 2026 charges for comment. The new charges reflect the renaming and reorganization of the Valuation of Securities Task Force and the creation of three new working groups under the newly named Invested Assets Task Force. The charges will be added once they are adopted by each of the respective task forces. Comments are due October 2.
Staff Contact - Sean McKennaAI Activity
Colorado legislators met in special session to consider competing bills that would significantly revamp the state’s landmark AI law (SB 25B-4), which had been scheduled to take effect on February 1, 2026. Instead, legislators decided to rework SB 25B-4, which would impose significant transparency and disclosure requirements on insurers, to push its start date back to June 30, 2026. The delay will give the legislature a chance to revise the law during its regular session, if the bill passes.
Staff Contact - Sean McKennaPrivacy Updates
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published new and updated FAQs regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The new FAQs explain that “the Privacy Rule generally allows PHI [protected health information] to be used or disclosed without restriction for treatment purposes” including “disclosures of PHI to participants in value-based care arrangements, such as accountable care organizations.” The updated FAQs also add “consent forms for treatment” under the types of personal health information that individuals have a right to access.
In other news, the OCR announced a settlement with New York public accounting, business advisory, and management consulting firm BST & Co. CPAs, LLP concerning potential violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. The settlement resolves an investigation that the OCR initiated on BST, an entity that often serves as a business associate under HIPAA, after BST filed a breach report disclosing a 2019 ransomware attack. The investigation revealed that BST failed to conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis of its electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Under the terms of the settlement, BST paid a $175,000 fine to the OCR and entered into a corrective action plan under which it will (1) conduct an analysis to determine the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its ePHI; (2) develop and implement a risk management plan to address and mitigate security risks and vulnerabilities identified in its risk analysis; (3) develop, maintain, and revise, as necessary, written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules; and (4) augment its existing HIPAA and security training program and provide annual training for all workforce members to whom the HIPAA policies and procedures apply, including workforce members with access to ePHI.
Staff Contact - Sean McKennaTexas GA Expands Executive Director Search
The Texas Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association (TLHIGA) is expanding its search for applicants for its Executive Director position. The current TLHIGA Executive Director, Bart Boles, will be retiring on December 31, 2026, after almost 40 years of service to the TLHIGA. Applicants will be considered for either a full-time employee position or as an independent contractor. It is preferred that a candidate will be selected with a start date in the first quarter of 2026; however, the transition period for the successor may be adjusted based on the experience and skill set of the selected individual.
Interested parties may contact TLHIGA General Counsel Dan Price at [email protected] or 512.312.7165 for additional information. The TLHIGA 2025 Executive Director Solicitation Package may also be downloaded from the Important Notices section on the homepage of the TLHIGA website. Applications from interested parties must be submitted to General Counsel Price on or before October 15, 2025.
Staff Contact - Sean McKenna