For more than two decades, Ken Levine, Chair of the firm's Insurance Corporate & Regulatory Practice Group, has provided regulatory counsel and representation to numerous insurance, health care, warranty, and securities business and governmental clients. He routinely handles insurer, agent/agency/MGU, administrator, and extended warranty program licensure, change of control, market conduct compliance and remediation, rate and form wording and approval, financial reporting, reinsurance, receivership and a host of other regulatory issues. When needed, Ken has successfully prosecuted, defended and settled dozens of contentious administrative proceedings involving the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Services, Office of Financial Regulation, Attorney General, Agency for Health Care Administration, Department of Elder Affairs and Department of Management Services. Ken began his career by appointment to the Florida Department of Insurance, culminating in positions as senior counsel and hearing officer in the Department's Office of Chief of Staff in Tallahassee, Fla., and earning the Commissioner's Outstanding Service Award. Before entering private practice in Tallahassee, Ken served as general counsel and personnel director of a large national company. Ken is recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the dozen top insurance attorneys in Florida, having achieved this honor every year since 2007. Chambers & Partners recently noted that he “wins great acclaim from clients for his excellent transactional and regulatory skills, with one complimenting ‘his knowledge, his contacts, his ability to get regulators to work with us, his follow-through, his timeliness and ability to explain things clearly.’ Another offers similar praise, remarking: ‘He is a great communicator and listener with a thorough understanding of compliance laws. He gets things done as promised and is a pleasure to work with.’” Ken also achieved the AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell (5.0/5.0) which signifies that a “lawyer's reviewed peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards”; and he has been listed by A.M. Best in its Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys. Ken earned his bachelor's degree (B.S.M.) from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, and his law degree from the Tulane University School of Law where he served on the Moot Court Honor Board and was awarded the Order of the Barristers. He has since authored various treatise chapters, articles and compliance checklists – concentrating on technical regulatory topics and administrative procedure – published by LexisNexis, Matthew Bender & Company, Thompson Reuters and other legal sources. In 2015, the Federation of Regulatory Counsel (a nationwide association of attorneys specializing in insurance regulatory law) elected Ken to serve as the editor of the FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation. Practice Areas Insurance Corporate & Regulatory Health Care Industry Sectors Health Care & Life Sciences Insurance Education Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1990 Tulane University, B.S., 1987 Awards & Honors Chambers & Partners USA: Florida: Insurance 2007- present AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (5.0/5.0) Chairman, Law Committee, CCIA, 2014-16 Editor, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, 2015-16 President, Tequesta Country Club Community Association, 2016-present Chair, Suncoast Community High School Advisory Council, 2017-present Appointee, State of California - Service Contract Working Group, 2015-16 Tulane Moot Court Honor Board Order of Barristers Bar Admissions Florida District of Columbia Court Admissions U.S. District Court -- Northern District of Florida U.S. District Court -- Middle District of Florida U.S. District Court -- Southern District of Florida U.S. Court of Federal Claims U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit District of Columbia Court of Appeals U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Supreme Court Affiliations Federation of Regulatory Counsel Half-Axe International Consumer Credit Insurance Association School Advisory Council of Suncoast Community High School