Month: June 2026

May was a month defined by institutional transition, regulatory modernization, and an increasingly assertive posture from regulators navigating emerging market structures. At the SEC, a leadership change on the horizon raised practical questions about agency capacity, while public remarks from the Chairman and Commissioners reinforced a clear pivot toward innovation-friendly regulation and streamlined disclosure. FINRA continued its modernization agenda through its FINRA Forward initiative, publishing a year-in-review report and new margin guidance while signaling a more data-driven, transparent examination approach. The CFTC escalated its jurisdictional fight over prediction markets into active litigation against eight states — and moved aggressively in early June to establish a regulatory […]

May’s insurance regulatory landscape was marked by the continued unusually heavy concentration of activity early in the legislative cycle with substantive activity across multiple fronts — and early June data confirms the pace is not slowing down. At the state level, legislators continued expanding adjuster licensing and continuing education requirements, with Connecticut granting its Insurance Commissioner new authority over adjuster CE and South Carolina enacting a broad package of adjuster-related reforms. Across lines of business, states took action on AI oversight in health insurance claims, property and casualty transparency, financial exploitation protections, workers’ compensation, and wildfire-related disclosure obligations. On the federal side, significant final […]