Kathleen Birrane

Kathleen is a partner at DLA Piper and leads the Firm’s US Insurance Regulatory Practice.  She served as the Maryland Insurance Commissioner from 2020 to 2024, was the inaugural Chair of the NAIC’s Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology (H) Committee, and lead the solvency workstream of the NAIC’s Climate and Resiliency Task Force.  Kathleen is broadly recognized as a thought leader on complex insurance regulatory issues, including the responsible and ethical use of AI Systems and complex predictive models in the business of insurance. She was the primary author of the NAIC’s Model Bulletin on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers, which sets out regulatory guidance and expectations regarding the development and deployment of certain advanced analytical and computational technologies by insurers.  Kathleen also works closely with the Firm’s private equity and structured finance practices in advising clients on issues related to the regulatory oversight of insurer assets and investments.