Contributors
Kelly Thoerig U.S. D&O and EPL Product Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Sarah Downey U.S. Professional & Executive Risk Leader
Lindsay Coe Private Equity Practice Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Neel Desai Education Practice Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Kaylee DiSalvo Public Company Team Lead Professional & Executive Risk
Ian Graham U.S. Blockchain & Digital Assets Advisory Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Kevin Hewgley Senior Vice President Professional & Executive Risk
Deborah Hirschorn U.S. Cyber and Technology Claims Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Chuck Jainchill U.S. Cyber and Technology Product Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Machua Millett Alternative Investment and Corporate Transitions Advisory Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Thomas Orrico Financial Institutions Practice Leader Professional & Executive Risk
Brent Slotoroff Private Equity Practice Leader Professional & Executive Risk
David Stephens Healthcare Practice Leader Professional & Executive Risk
The regulatory environment in the U.S. is undergoing profound change.
The current presidential administration has embraced an aggressive use of executive orders and agency rulemaking to advance a deregulatory agenda. At the same time, businesses face a complex web of state and local regulations along with other persistent threats, such as litigation.
Regulatory shifts across four distinct areas are creating uncertainty for public companies, private companies, and nonprofit organizations across multiple industries:
Securities enforcement
Developments related to ESG principles, with a key focus on DEI
The workplace
Cybersecurity and new technologies
Businesses face a fractured landscape, characterized relaxed oversight in some areas and more intense enforcement in others. This is challenging risk professionals, senior leaders, and others to consider new and varied exposures and adopt insurance and compliance strategies to mitigate them.
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