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Matthew D. Coble

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mdcoble@mette.com (717) 232-5000

Fax: (717) 236-1816

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Coble, Matthew D.

Biography

Mette’s insurance practice is increasingly national in scope, and encompasses regulatory, transactional, and administrative matters. This practice touches on all aspects of insurance regulation, including obtaining regulatory approvals for acquisitions of companies and blocks of business, expansions, holding company transactions and filings, licensing, product and policy development, reinsurance, examinations, and investigations, and general corporate matters.

We serve as general outside counsel to several insurers and other entities engaged in the business of insurance and our practice group leader, Matt Coble, is one of three Pennsylvania members selected for membership in the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, a multi-national association of lawyers who have significant experience in the practice of insurance regulatory and corporate law. Matt currently serves as an At-Large member of the FORC Board of Directors.

Practices & Industries

Education

  • Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., Appellate Moot Court Board & Comments Editor, Law Review
  • Pennsylvania State University, B.A., English

Professional

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Dauphin County Bar Association

Representative Matters

  • Acting as counsel to insurers (and agencies) in connection with entity acquisitions and acquisitions of books of business via renewal rights and similar transactions.
  • Preparing and securing regulatory approval of Form As, disclaimers of control, and similar filings.
  • Serving as counsel in connection with capital raising and other investments in insurance entities.
  • Facilitating transactions involving mutual insurers, including affiliations, mutual-to-stock conversions, issuance of surplus notes, etc.
  • Preparing holding company filings for insurers, including annual Forms B & C, Enterprise Risk Reports and Corporate Governance Annual Disclosures.
  • Obtaining Form D approval with respect to various proposed Holding Company Act transactions between affiliates, including management, tax allocation, and reinsurance agreements.
  • Handling various conversions, re-domestications, and mergers of insurers.
  • Securing the admission and expansion of insurers via the Uniform Certificate of Authority Application (Primary, Expansion, and Corporate Amendment).
  • Setting up and obtaining the licensure of risk purchasing groups across several jurisdictions.
  • Routinely representing licensees concerning financial and market conduct examinations and enforcement matters.
  • Assisting clients in connection with the filing and advancement of claims in insurance company rehabilitation and liquidation proceedings.

Court Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
  • S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (pro hac vice)
  • S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Articles by Coble, Matthew D.

Planning for the End of LIBOR

February 19, 2020

While every participant in the financial markets knows that the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is not guaranteed after 2021, few have taken steps to prepare for LIBOR’s end. Many...

Mobile Deposit Patent Lawsuit

February 19, 2020

A United States District Court in Texas recently awarded United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”) a $102.8 million verdict against Wells Fargo in a mobile deposit patent lawsuit filed in August...

Matthew D. Coble Joins Mette, Evans & Woodside

March 25, 2019

Mette, Evans & Woodside announced that attorney Matt Coble has joined the firm as shareholder. Matt represents insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, insurance producers (individuals and agents), reinsurers, third party...