Greenberg Traurigh, LLP - Insurance Law
Fred E. Karlinsky is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global 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 served in a leadership position in many insurance trade
organizations. Having led many industry-driven legislative and regulatory
initiatives, Fred is a sought after thought leader on insurance trends and a
frequent moderator on panels with governmental officials and insurance
commissioners.
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.
In addition to being Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, Fred is recognized
within Band One of the Chambers USA Guide, where he has been listed
consistently from 2011-2022. Fred is listed in The Best Lawyers in America
for Insurance Law from 2019-2023. He is a Fellow of the American Bar
Foundation, an honor limited to one-third of one percent of attorneys in
America.
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 currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, which he has served on since 2014.
Concentrations:
• Insurance Regulatory Law • Insurance Transactional Matters
• Insurance Legislation • Governmental Law
• Corporate Representation • Health Care
• Executive, Legislative and Municipal Government Affairs