DLA Piper adds former NAIC CEO Gary Anderson to its Insurance practice

DLA Piper has added Gary Anderson as a Partner in its Insurance practice in Boston, where he advises insurers, reinsurers, and other industry participants on complex regulatory and compliance matters, disputes, as well as insurance-related investment activity amid increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Anderson brings senior-level insurance regulatory experience, established relationships across the insurance industry, and a technical perspective that supports insurance entities and financial institutions serving insurance sector clients worldwide. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at the NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) from 2024 to 2025, and as Commissioner of Insurance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2017 to 2024. Across both roles, he helped shape regulatory strategy for domestic and international bodies.

“Gary combines deep industry knowledge with extensive experience advising on complex regulatory, compliance and disputes matters across the insurance sector,” said Partner Joseph G. Finnerty III, leader of the firm’s US Insurance sector. “Having played a firsthand role in shaping insurance regulation, he offers clients a valuable perspective on the legal, regulatory, and business issues affecting the industry today.”

DLA Piper’s Insurance practice offers a full range of insurance services across the United States and globally, including corporate transactional and M&A, regulatory and distribution, economic and trade sanctions and compliance, coverage claims and commercial dispute resolution, competition, restructuring, employment, digital transformation and insurtech, data privacy, cyber and emergency response. The firm represents both established multinational life and non-life (re)insurers, Lloyd’s entities, intermediaries, startups, banks, capital providers (including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds), regulators and other insurance industry participants.