Press Release
| September 6, 2011
Dewey & LeBoeuf Grows Health Insurance Practice with Hire of Partner Alice Kane
(WASHINGTON, DC – September 6, 2011) – Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has announced that Alice Kane, who was most recently General Counsel for the Americas of Zurich Financial Services, has joined the insurance practice of the firm as a partner.
John Pruitt, Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Insurance Regulatory Department, commented: "We're very excited about Alice's arrival at the firm. She is a leading figure in the insurance industry, and has a great track record with a number of major US and international insurance companies. Bringing Alice's extensive boardroom experience and insights from the general counsel's perspective into play in combination with our preeminent position in the insurance sector presents some really significant opportunities for the firm."
Ms. Kane will focus on Dewey & LeBoeuf's work in the US health insurance industry, drawing on the firm's experience and resources in insurance regulation to help clients meet the huge challenges that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought to the industry since its enactment in March 2010.
Ms. Kane spent six years with Zurich Financial Services. Before joining Zurich, she served as Chairman of Blaylock Asset Management; Executive Vice President of Investment Management and President, American General Fund Group at American General Life Insurance Company; and as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Asset Management with New York Life. She has served in leadership roles on several public company boards, including as chair of nominating, governance and compensation committees and as member of special investigatory committees.
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