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Susan T. Stead

Partner
phone (614) 228-1398 (Direct Dial)
fax (614) 221-7529
email sstead@nldhlaw.com

Susan T. Stead

Susan T. Stead is a partner with the law firm of Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst and manages its Columbus, Ohio office.  She is Vice Chair of the firm's Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Practice Group.  Her national practice is devoted to insurance regulatory matters with a special emphasis on compliance and market regulation.  She counsels insurers about regulatory requirements and compliance programs, and represents insurers undergoing regulatory reviews and investigations and in obtaining approvals and is a frequent speaker on regulatory topics.   She chairs a Regulatory Advisory Panel for a health insurer and was retained by a state insurance department to develop a market analysis program. 

Before joining Nelson Levine deLuca & Horst, Ms. Stead was an Assistant Director for the Ohio Department of Insurance and managed the Market Conduct, Fraud and Enforcement and Agent Licensing Divisions.   As a regulator, she was also active in many NAIC initiatives and chaired several committees. She also spent several years as a staff attorney for the department.  Ms. Stead began her career with an insurance defense firm.

Ms. Stead is a CPCU and a graduate of Wittenberg University and the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

NLdH Client Alerts:

  • GAO Calls for Financial Regulatory System Reform 2009
  • Florida Governor Signs Surplus Lines Bill
  • House Passes TRIA Bill:  September 2007
  • New York Circuit Court Letter 20 Contract Certainty

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    Professional Associations and Memberships:

    • Federation of Regulatory Counsel
    • IRES Foundation, Board of Directors, Secretary
    • Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals
    • CPCU Society
    • CBS Agency, Inc., Board of Directors, Chair
    • American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
    • Insurance Regulation Committee
    • Ohio State Bar Association
    • Columbus Bar Association

    Classes/Seminars Taught:

    • "Legal Authority and Issues in Financial Risk Examinations", Property Casualty Insurers Association, June 3, 2009
    • "You Want It Kept Confidential?", IRES Foundation - National School on Market Regulation, May 4, 2009
    • "Insurance Advertising Best Practices", OAMIC/OII/B&E Fall Seminar, October 23, 2008
    • "Think You're in Compliance", "Market Conduct Preparation" and "Advertising Requirements and the Compliance Review Process", Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP), October 6, 2008 - October 7, 2008
    • "Market Regulation Roundtable", Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society, August 10, 2008 - August 12, 2008
    • "State Regulation of Insurance Advertising", Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Des Plaines, IL, February 20, 2008
    • "Internal and External Investigations: Attorney-Client Privilege and Other Legal and Ethical Issues", ABA's Emerging Litigation and Regulatory Developments in Insurance Law - A Symposium, November 8, 2007
    • "Confidentiality and Self-Evaluation Privilege Laws - 2007: License to Learn", NAIC, September 28, 2007
    • "When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies", Securities and Insurance Licensing Association, May 17, 2007
    • "I've Performed My Due Diligence, Now What?", Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, April 12, 2007

    Published Works:

    Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality Issues in Internal and External Investigations, ABA's The Brief, Summer, 2006