Fred Karlinsky

Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig

Fred E. Karlinsky is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. Fred has nearly 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities on their regulatory, transactional, corporate and governmental affairs matters. Fred is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues and has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, has led many industry-driven legislative and regulatory initiatives, and is a sought after thought leader who has spoken and presented to insurance executives and governmental officials, both nationally and internationally.

Fred is experienced in transactional law, executive and legislative governmental affairs, administrative law, and corporate representation. He advises clients on operational issues — including start-up initiatives, structuring, capitalization, and collaborative business relationships— and a complete array of regulatory and compliance issues, including licensure and corporate amendment applications, business expansion initiatives, solvency and statutory accounting issues, rate and form filings, and financial and market conduct examinations, to name a few.

Fred has a long history as a primary strategist in all types of insurance-related legislative and regulatory initiatives for all kinds of insurance, including homeowners, automobile, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice and other lines of property and casualty and life and health insurance.

In addition to his role with Greenberg Traurig, Fred has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law since 2008, where he teaches a course on Insurance Law and Risk Management. Fred is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator.

Session Information:

Thursday, May 6th | 2:45  – 3:35 PM

Breakout Four | Headed in the Right Direction: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Ethics in the Insurance Industry
This session will discuss the efforts by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the insurance industry as a whole to address race, diversity, and inclusion in the insurance sector.
Presenters: Fred Karlinsky, Greenberg Traurig, P.A
Nzinga Shaw, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Nikki Lewis Simon, Greenberg Traurig
Ron Henderson, Louisiana Department of Insurance