Consultants

Richard D. Rogers, CPCU

Practice Areas
Insurance Law
Managed Care
Regulatory and Compliance Law

Education
Millikin University, Bachelor of Science

Experience
Senior Commercial Underwriter, 1965-71,
Kemper Insurance
Illinois Department of Insurance, 1971-99
Deputy Director, Illinois Department of Insurance
1976-99

Professional and Civic Activities
Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter
Founding Member - CPCU
(Regulation and Legislation Section)
Multistate Insurance Licensing Program
(past Chairman)
Chaired NAIC Task Forces
--Market Conduct Annual Statement
--Credit Property
--Unfair Claims Practices
--Rental Car Insurance
--Model Disaster Plan
--Model Termination Act
--After Market Parts
--Single License Producer Act
Chaired Illinois Task Forces
--Utilization Review
--Viatical Settlements
--Unfair Claims Practice Regulation
--Life Insurance Replacement
--Rewrite of Article XXXI Insurance Producer
--Insurance Redlining
--Medical Malpractice
Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society
(past President)
--Award of Distinction
--Foundation Board Member
--1997 Schrader-Nelson Publication Award

 

Mr. Rogers' focus is primarily on insurance and managed care regulatory and compliance issues. This includes policy and contract form drafting and filing, producer licensing issues, market conduct and compliance issues. Mr. Rogers will also work on issues before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society and the Society of State Filers, as well as any similar organizations.

Mr. Rogers spent 23 years as the Deputy Director of the Consumer Division of the Illinois Department of Insurance. He established the first Life, Accident and Health Market Conduct Unit in the nation. He established the HMO Unit in the Life, Accident & Health Section of the Department. Mr. Rogers also established the Cost Containment Section in the Department. He has been instrumental in drafting and implementing major consumer and market conduct revisions in Illinois and at the NAIC.

Mr. Rogers has chaired numerous Task Forces and Sub-committees, both in Illinois and on the national level. He chaired the Utilization Review Task Force in Illinois which looked at licensing Utilization Review Firms. He also chaired the Task Force on Viatical Settlements and was instrumental in the legislation which required licensure of Viatical Settlement Firms.

Mr. Rogers was a founding member of the CPCU Regulation and Legislative Section, and the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society.

More recently, Mr. Rogers has been involved in establishing compliance programs for insurance companies and HMOs. He also has been involved in the promulgation of the Illinois HMO Regulation as well as the Utilization Review Regulation.

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217-525-0700
drogers@601w.com

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