Faculty News

October 16, 2014 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent…

September 19, 2014 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz was featured in National Public Ratio's Planet Money Podcast, which examined the content of homeowners insurance policies.

May 20, 2014 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified to the House Housing and Insurance Subcommittee on the topic of systemic risk in insurance and several related legislative proposals. Schwarcz's testimony was directly related to…

March 11, 2014 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified to a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection regarding the appropriate capital standards for certain insurers under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…

December 20, 2012 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz was interviewed for a story on Bankrate.com about the "anti-concurrent causation clause," found in many homeowners insurance policies, and Hurricane Sandy.

December 9, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz was one of approximately 15 invited speakers at the inaugural conference on insurance regulation at the U.S. Treasury Department. The conference was organized by the Federal Insurance…

December 3, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz's article, "Reevaluating Standardized Insurance Policies" (forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review), was featured in a…

November 28, 2011 —A paper recently published by Professors Amy Monahan and Daniel Schwarcz in the Virginia Law Review was featured on Minnesota Public Radio. In the paper, Monahan and Schwarcz argue that the Patient…

November 16, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified to Congress on several legislative proposals that would exempt insurers from provisions of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act and limit the authority…

September 14, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment regarding "Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation." Schwarcz's testimony emphasized that…

August 16, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal entitled "To Read And Protect," which detailed homeowner's insurance policies. Schwarcz warned not to "rely on the…

April 21, 2011 —Professor Daniel Schwarcz's article, "Reevaluating Standardized Insurance Policies" (forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review…