Areas of Practice

Insurance Law

Insurance Litigation

Labor and Employment Law

Education

J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 1985

B.A., Lehigh University, 1982

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1985

Pennsylvania, 1985

District of Columbia, 1994

New York, 1998

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1985

U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994

U.S. District Court ,Southern District of New York, 1998

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Association of Professional Insurance Women

Board of Directors of the New Jersey Ballet., Member

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel

Federation of Regulatory Counsel

New Jersey State Bar Association, Diversity Committee, Member Board of Directors

The National Association of Women Lawyers

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Cynthia J. Borrelli
Member
New Jersey | New York
Tel: 973.514.1200 | Direct: 973.966.9685
Fax: 973.514.1660
cborrelli@bressler.com
Legal Assistant: Bonnie Jordan
Tel: 973.514.1200, ext. 2278
bjordan@bressler.com

Ms. Borrelli directs the firm’s Insurance Regulatory practice group and is a member of the Labor and Employment practice group. Ms. Borrelli’s insurance practice is dedicated primarily to matters affecting the corporate regulatory, and enforcement aspects of insurance law. The scope of her insurance practice is comprehensive, involving a broad range of client engagements relating to both property-casualty and life, annuity and health, managed care and disability insurance and reinsurance matters. She works closely with attorneys in the firm’s taxation, employment law and benefits and workers’ compensation practice groups on issues relating to employee benefits and executive compensation, ERISA welfare benefit plans, (including insurance funding mechanisms for health and pension plans and plan designs), agent disputes and workers’ compensation benefits and related issues.  Ms. Borrelli is a member of the firm's Diversity Committee.

She has published and lectured on insurance-related topics before various national organizations and is an active participant in the activities of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She has served as Chair of the Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, and as a Vice-Chair of the Life Insurance Law Committee. Ms. Borrelli served as Editor of the Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee’s newsletter for 1991-1992; edited the third and fourth editions of the Reference Handbook on Insurance Company Insolvency (American Bar Association, 1993 and 1999); authored the Annual Survey for the Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee in 1991 and 1994; served as Co-Chair of the 1999 and 2009 ABA Insurer Insolvency and Run-Off Seminars, respectively. She has authored various articles on insurer insolvency and guaranty funds, individual health reform, managed care regulation, insurer withdrawal, life insurance and annuity product development, and sales practice issues as well as multiple employer welfare arrangements and broker compensation and disclosure issues. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel for six years and remains active in that organization as Chair of the Admissions Committee; is a former member of the Legal Committee of the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations; and is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

Ms. Borrelli is listed in the 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010 editions of International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers—Insurance and Reinsurance.  She has also been selected as a New Jersey Super Lawyer each year from 2005 to the present.

News & Events

Firm Announcements

Bressler Hosts Breakfast Seminar - Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Employers and Employee Sponsored Health Plans

Eight Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Bressler Hosts Labor and Employment Breakfast Seminar

Bressler Hosts Labor and Employment Breakfast Seminar

Ten Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Four Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2009 Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers

Bressler, Amery & Ross Hosts "Networking Woman to Woman" with Special Guest Speaker, Ilene B. Marquardt, Esq. (October 22, 2008)

Seven Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2008 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Cynthia J. Borrelli featured in The Complete Lawyer

Seven Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2007 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Eight Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyers

New Jersey Law Journal Recognizes Firm Members Cynthia Borrelli and Nancy McDonald

Seven Firm Attorneys Named as New Jersey “Super Lawyers”

Speaking Engagements

The Changing Landscape: The Impact of Financial Regulatory and Health Care Reform on the U.S. Economy Seminar

Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Employers and Employee Sponsored Health Plans

Hot Topics In Labor And Employment Law

What Every Employer Needs to Know in 2009: Recent Developments in Human Resources

Insurer Receivership & Run-Off: The Next Level

ACI Insurance Compliance Conference on Insurance Regulation

The NAIC Winter Meeting: Summit on Annuities, STOLI and Marketing to Seniors

Managing Your Workforce in Difficult Economic Times: Legal Considerations of Downsizing

New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association's Diversity Committee Networking Breakfast

National Conference of Guaranty Fund Legal Committee

Civil Unions Under New Jersey Law – As it Relates to Insurance & Annuities

Insurance Licensing Issues

Change in New Jersey Regulation of managed care organized delivery services, health care third party administrators and third party bulling services: AN UPDATE

Publications

Taylor & Francis in Environmental Claims Journal

A Primer on State Insurance Guaranty Associations.

(To be published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Claims Journal).

FORC Quarterly Journal, Vol. 19 Edition 4 - Winter 2008

Incentive-Based Compensation, Contingent Commissions and Required Broker Disclosures:  Is There a Meeting of the Minds?

Alerts

Insurance Law Alert

New York: Workers' Compensation Board Proposes Rate Increase And Issues Producer Disclosure Regulations

Labor and Employment Law Alert

Massachusetts Restricts Use Of Criminal Convictions On Applications

Insurance Law Alert

New Jersey Department Of Banking And Insurance Prohibits The Sale Of Stranger-Originated Annuities In New Jersey And Proposes Amended Regulations On Life Insurance And Annuity Advertising And On Disclosure And Suitability Requirements For Annuities Directly Solicited To Consumers

Labor and Employment Law Alert

Employee Privacy and Computers: The Good News and Not-So-Bad News in New Jersey

Insurance Law Alert

COBRA Subsidy Extension for Involuntary Terminations Through March 31, 2010

Insurance Law Alert

Superintendent Wrynn Discloses His "Road Ahead in New York"

Insurance Law Alert

Updated Model Notices for COBRA Subsidy Extension

Insurance Law Alert

Obligations Of An Insurance Plan Administrator/Employer Regarding Protected Health Information

Insurance Law Alert

COBRA Subsidy Extension

Insurance Law Alert

Appeal Application for COBRA  Premium Subsidy Denial

Insurance Law Alert

Individual Fixed Deferred and Immediate Annuity Form Filing and Suitability Notice Requirements; ARRA Obligations and COBRA

Insurance Law Alert
Change In New Jersey Regulation Of Managed Care Organized Delivery Services, Health Care Third Party Administrators And Third Party Billing Services

Insurance Law Alert
Update on Variable Annuity Issues