New General Members Ilia Alvarez, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Carrie Blackburn, Utah Insurance Department Ashley Brown, Texas Department of Insurance Arthur Cadena, Texas Department of Insurance William Caterham, Maryland Insurance Administration Lauren Cavanaugh, Risk and Regulatory Consulting

New General Members Isaiah Ariza-Escala, The INS Companies Lisa Corwin, NE DOI Kylie Serpico, VA Bureau of Insurance Sam Boone, VA Bureau of Insurance Marcus Wilson, Vermont Department of Financial Regulation - Insurance Division Molly Nollette, Alaska Division of Insurance Karen Brooks, Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner Susan Carroll, Examination Resources, LLC Marie Walker, Examination Resources, LLC Preeti Juturu, Examination Resources, LLC Russell Somm

Summer is the time for making plans. Start those engines and plan to attend the next IRES Foundation National School on Market Regulation. The 2026 School will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Charlotte Motor Speedway and the NASCAR Hall of Fame as well as being a hub for banking and the financial services industry.

Maine HP 1038 enacts a new section 24-A MRSA §4350-F that addresses “spread pricing prohibitions” and applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Definitions in this new section include “pharmacy benefits management fee” and “spread pricing” with the latter defined as “any amount charged or claimed by a pharmacy benefits manager in excess of the ingredient cost for a dispensed prescription drug plus the dispensing fee paid directly or indirectly

As I write my last President’s Remarks, I can’t help but to look back over this past year and be grateful.  I was honored to be President of IRES in 2020 and to serve again as President for a second term has been incredible.  I am reminded that teamwork, collaboration and compromise are key factors in making IRES an organization that we can all be proud of.  During this past year, IRES has continued to offer its very successful Market Conduct Management Program (“MCM”), with

Important CE Deadlines It’s that time of year again, and the deadlines for the National IRES Continuing Education (“NICE”) Program are fast approaching. The NICE Program mandates that all members holding an AIE®, CIE®, or CICSR® must earn and report a minimum of 15 hours of qualifying continuing education (“CE”) credit each year. All items submitted for credit must be completed within the current compliance period, which runs from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025. All cr