Tez Romero

Tez Romero

Insurance Business America

Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

3+ years experience331,181 Total views on Insurance Business America in 2025

Mary's specialty topics

Legal Cases Regulation Compliance

Tez Romero is a Senior Legal Researcher at Key Media. Since joining the company in 2023, she has covered legal and regulatory developments across a range of industries and jurisdictions.

For Insurance Business, she reports on court decisions, newly filed lawsuits, regulatory developments, and legislative changes affecting insurers, brokers, and the broader insurance industry. Her coverage examines the legal, compliance, and policy issues arising from these developments and their impact on insurance professionals across multiple markets.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I see the insurance industry as one that must constantly balance risk, regulation, and customer needs. Covering the developments that influence that balance gives me the opportunity to help readers understand not only what is changing, but why it matters.”

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Featured content from Mary

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Previous experience

  • Key Media — Legal Researcher

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Holy Name University
  • B.S. in Business administration Major in Marketing Management, Holy Name University

Read the latest stories by Mary

New Jersey approves dissolution of inactive insurer 21st Century Pinnacle
A Farmers Insurance Exchange subsidiary winds down – here’s where claims go
New Jersey approves dissolution of inactive insurer 21st Century Pinnacle
Florida penalizes pharmacy benefit managers over $12.66 million
Some penalized PBMs are fighting back – and more exams are on the way
Florida penalizes pharmacy benefit managers over $12.66 million
James River layers five coverage defenses in Chelsea condo case
An insurer wants out of a Chelsea condo defect case, saying its CGL policy never covered the developer or the builder - just the property manager.
James River layers five coverage defenses in Chelsea condo case
Village's 20-year synagogue fight sparks $8.9M reinsurance suit
Two decades blocking a synagogue. A $19M settlement. And a reinsurer saying no
Village's 20-year synagogue fight sparks $8.9M reinsurance suit
$3,300 bone stimulators for fender-bender sprains spark GEICO fraud suit
Bone stimulators for sprains. Cerebral palsy car seats for adults. All from fender-benders
$3,300 bone stimulators for fender-bender sprains spark GEICO fraud suit
Elevance sues over $516M star ratings gap it blames on CMS favoritism
One insurer got its star ratings fixed. Elevance wants to know why it didn't
Elevance sues over $516M star ratings gap it blames on CMS favoritism
PepsiCo drags its own insurers into the ultra-processed food war
The insurer said yes to individual junk-food disease suits - then no when a city filed one
PepsiCo drags its own insurers into the ultra-processed food war
Phillips 66 alleges insurer pocketed invoices, then pulled coverage
The insurer said yes, collected the invoices, then said no
Phillips 66 alleges insurer pocketed invoices, then pulled coverage
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