Dodie C. Kent

Dodie advises insurance companies and industry participants on product design, implementation and administrative issues as to variable, index-linked and fixed life insurance, and annuity products.

Dodie also has particular experience advising on novel and complex insurer initiatives, including de-risking of legacy product offerings, as well as product-related regulatory compliance and enforcement matters.

Dodie has vast experience in the design and regulation of registered index-linked insurance contracts -- an insurance space that is seeing exponential growth. She is also a leading industry proponent of simplified, modernized variable product disclosure, including summary product prospectuses.

Dodie's in-depth knowledge of these topics—particularly registered life and annuity insurance regulations and issues—makes her a sought-after speaker at industry conferences. Her years of experience as in-house counsel provides her with a unique and practical understanding of insurance companies’ internal processes and competing business inputs and goals.

Dodie joined Eversheds Sutherland (US) from one of the world’s leading insurance groups, where she was Vice President, Lead Director and Associate General Counsel in its US-based insurance practice group. There, she served as the principal legal securities advisor with respect to its life and annuity product lines.

She currently serves as the Managing Partners of the Eversheds Sutherland New York office.