Madison Office
33 East Main Street Suite 900
Madison,
Wisconsin
53703
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Professional Experience
Bill Toman’s practice includes significant experience in the area of insurance regulation and administrative law. Client representations before Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and insurance regulators nationwide. His experience in this area includes:
- Insurance company formation, capitalization and licensing, including Wisconsin’s leading medical malpractice writer and two of its newest HMOs.
- Insurance company acquisitions and mergers, including due diligence, negotiation and regulatory approvals. Projects include creation of an alliance of four associations for acquisition of a life insurer, and dozens of Form A filings and Form E investigations.
- Liquidation, rehabilitation and guaranty fund operations, including representation of the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance in a 15-year insurance group workout.
- Holding company regulation, including dozens of Form B, C, D and dividend filings.
- Reinsurance transactions, including drafting issues, qualifying reinsurance, arbitration, and letters of credit and other security.
- Regulatory relations, including audits and examinations, rate and form filings, administrative lobbying, and enforcement actions.
- Special issues facing managed care organizations and other health care plans, including product filing and approval, reform initiatives, business plan filings, provider contracts, coverage mandates, ERISA and COBRA.
Education and Honors
- University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1982)
Order of the Coif. Wisconsin Law Review (Research and Writing Editor).
- Dartmouth College (B.A., 1978)
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin,
1982
Professional Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2009-present: Insurance Law).
Professional and Civic Activities
- Chief Judge Barbara B. Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Law Clerk, 1982-1983).
- Dane County Bar Association (Member).
- American Bar Association (Member).
- State Bar of Wisconsin (Chair, Insurance Law Committee, 1990-2006).
- Federation of Regulatory Counsel (Member).
- Dartmouth Lawyers Association (Member).
- State Capital Group (Chair, Insurance Law Section, 1992-1993).
Selected Presentations/Publications
- “Supreme Court weighs Affordable Care Act,” BizTimes, March 26, 2012.
- Panelist, “CO-OP Governance,” National Alliance of State Healthcare CO-OPs (NASHCO) Conference, Washington, D.C., March 9, 2012.
- Speaker, “Elements of Building Infrastructure: Legal and Regulatory,” Milliman CO-OP Client Conference, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2012.
- “The CO-OP Program Under the Affordable Care Act: Insurance Regulation Issues,” 23 FORC Journal, Spring 2012.
- “The Federal Insurance Office,” 22 FORC Journal, Summer 2011.
- “Defining Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity,” 21 FORC Journal, Summer 2010.
- “It’s time to get up to speed on new health care reforms,” Capital Region Business Journal, May 2010.
- “Health Care Liability Insurance for Employed Health Care Practitioners,” News & Profiles, HFMA Wisconsin, March/April 2008.
- “OCI’s New PPO Rule,” 26 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 6, March 2007.
- “Medicare Drug Coverage Coming in 2006,” 16 FORC Quarterly Journal, December 2005.
- “Insurance Assumption Transactions,” 12 FORC Quarterly Journal, June 2000.
- “Health Insurance Independent Review,” 21 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 10, Summer 2002.
- “The New POS Mandate and ERISA,” 19 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 3, Winter 2000.
- “OCI Complaint Process,” 17 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 8, Fall 1998.
- “Coordination of Benefits by HMO as Secondary Payor,” 9 FORC Quarterly Journal, September 1997.
- “Federal Health Benefit Plan Reform,” 8 FORC Quarterly Journal, December 1996.
- “Provider Capitation: Sharing Health Care (and Regulatory) Risks,” 14 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 10, Summer 1995.
- “Wisconsin’s Small Employer Health Insurance Law, Part II,” 13 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 10, Winter 1994.
- ”Insurance Corporation Law Revisions,” 10 Wisconsin Bar Business Law News 1, Winter 1991.
- “When the Company Wants to Leave: Withdrawing from an Insurance Market,” 2 FORC Quarterly Newsletter 4, November 1990.
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