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Robert B.
House

Position
Partner
Office
Jackson

Bobby House is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on insurance regulatory, corporate, administrative, and public policy law.


Bobby provides general counsel representation to several insurance and insurance-related entities, including residual market mechanisms. He advises insurers on company formation and licensing, mergers and acquisitions, Form A and other insurance holding company system filings, reinsurance transactions, financial and market conduct examinations, legislation, and administrative rules and regulations.

With substantial experience in the area of troubled company and insurance company insolvency matters, Bobby also represents insurance guaranty associations as well as rehabilitators and liquidators of several insurance companies. He also participates in the representation of insurers in connection with business and regulatory-related litigation matters.

Bobby is a past chairman and president of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., a professional association of insurance regulatory and corporate lawyers formed for the purpose of raising the standard of excellence in the practice of regulatory law. He is a past chair of the Insurance Regulation Committee of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and is a member of the International Association of Insurance Receivers. He regularly attends meetings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and is a certified public accountant.

Noteworthy

  • Best Lawyers®, "Lawyer of the Year," Administrative/Regulatory Law, Jackson (2022, 2024 and 2026)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Administrative/Regulatory Law (listed annually since 2012)
  • Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi (1985)
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Publications

  • "Mitigation Grant Program Offers Benefits to Homeowners and Communities," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter, April 24, 2025
  • "Not So Fast Fifth Circuit — Louisiana Supreme Court Reaffirms Statutory Prohibition on Insurance Policy Arbitration Clauses," Jones Walker LLP Insurance Coverage Client Alert, November 11, 2024
  • "Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey (Third Edition 2022)," Mississippi Chapter, American Bar Association, April 28, 2022
  • "Online Verification: Conversations With a Commissioner and an Industry Expert Regarding One State's Efforts to Crack Down on Uninsured Drivers," FORC Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Volume 29, Edition 1, Spring 2018
  • "Mississippi's Vehicle Insurance Verification System - Q&A with Commissioner Chaney and ACI's Alex Hageli: Everything You Need to Know (and More)," Mississippi Agent, Volume 37, Number 4, October 26, 2017
  • "An Insured's Waiver of Uninsured Motorist Coverage - More Than Just Checking the Box," Mississippi Agent, Volume 33, Number 3, August 1, 2013
  • "The Causal Connection Requirement in Life and Disability Policies: A Reward for Bad Behavior?" Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, August 16, 2012
  • "Trust But Verify: Proof of Automobile Liability Coverage (the card versus the Cloud)," Mississippi Agent, Volume 32, Number 3, August 15, 2012
  • "The PPACA CO-OP Program: A Federal Program To Assist In The Establishment and Operation of Nonprofit, Member-Run Health Insurance Issuers," Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, Federation of Regulatory Counsel, November 25, 2010
  • "Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process," A National Survey, Mississippi, American Bar Association, October 25, 2009
  • "Chapter 15 - Bankruptcy Code Application to Issuers," Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law Regulation, Federation of Regulatory Counsel, January 2, 2008
  • "Recent Developments in Public Regulation of Insurance Law," 36 Tort and Insurance Law Journal 575, May 3, 2001

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Section of Business Law; Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice; Past Chairman, Insurance Regulation Committee
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association
  • Federation of Regulatory Counsel
  • International Association of Insurance Receivers 
  • Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • The Mississippi Bar, Section of Business Law; Past Chairman, Group Insurance Committee
Jackson
Suite 300
3100 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
D: 601.949.4830
F: 601.949.4804
Emailrhouse@joneswalker.com

Education

  • The University of Mississippi School of Law
    JD, 1988
    Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1986-1988
  • University of Mississippi
    BAcy, 1984
    Beta Alpha Psi

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi

Court Admissions

  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Related Practices

  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Government Relations & Legislative Advocacy
  • State & Local

Related Industries

  • Banking & Financial Services Industry
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