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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
ecbb7c79-7e7b-47ba-93e2-066f5939248e
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-20 18:49:07
Income (reported)
Expenses (reported)
$1,130,000
Expenses method
C
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov
Registrant (lobbying firm)

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Insurance/Financial Services Company

Contact
STEVEN M. RADKE
Phone
+1 414-665-2072
Address
zip:53202, city:MILWAUKEE, state:WI, street:720 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE
Client

THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

State
WI
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2017-10-10
Issues lobbied + lobbyists (5)

CSP — Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

CSP Quarter 1 2026 H.R.__/S.__ Online Privacy Act - The legislation would provide for individual rights relating to privacy of personal information, to establish privacy and security requirements for covered entities relating to personal information, and to establish an agency to be known as the Digital Privacy Agency to enforce such rights and requirements. Issue: Data Privacy H.R. __ - Responsible AI Disclosure Act. The bill would require the Federal financial agencies to carry out a study and report on standardized descriptions for vendor-provided artificial intelligence systems. Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). ___ - Draft legislation on data privacy. The bill would make improvements to title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Issue: Data Privacy. H.R.___ and S.___ - Draft data privacy legislation. Issue: Data Privacy Issue: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Issue: Draft legislation that would require notice of data security breaches. Issue: Cybersecurity and Privacy.

Lobbyists:
  • CHRISTOPHER T. GAHAN — covered position: Vice President Government Relations
  • mr STEVEN M RADKE — covered position: Vice President Government and Community Relations
  • ms ERICA MASON MCQUADE — covered position: Assistant Director Government Relations

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

FIN — Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

FIN Quarter 1 2026 H.R.20/S.852 - Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act. To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. Issue: independent contractor status. H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Basel III Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. No bill number assigned.

Lobbyists:
  • CHRISTOPHER T. GAHAN — covered position: Vice President Government Relations
  • mr STEVEN M RADKE — covered position: Vice President Government and Community Relations
  • ms ERICA MASON MCQUADE — covered position: Assistant Director Government Relations

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

INS — Insurance

INS Quarter 1 2026 H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3503 - Kidney Donation Anti-Discrimination Act. The bill would prohibit life insurance providers from discriminating based on a persons status as a living kidney donor. Issue: underwriting. Issus: FSOC nonbank guidance rule. Issue: private equitys growing role in the insurance industry. Issue: Housing Finance Reform. No bill number assigned.

Lobbyists:
  • CHRISTOPHER T. GAHAN — covered position: Vice President Government Relations
  • mr STEVEN M RADKE — covered position: Vice President Government and Community Relations
  • ms ERICA MASON MCQUADE — covered position: Assistant Director Government Relations

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

RET — Retirement

Retirement Security, Q1 2026 Income Security S. 2415 and H.R. 7107, the Long-Term Care Affordability Act: Would allow for tax free distributions from retirement accounts to fund LTC contracts.

Lobbyists:
  • CHRISTOPHER T. GAHAN — covered position: Vice President Government Relations
  • mr STEVEN M RADKE — covered position: Vice President Government and Community Relations
  • ms ERICA MASON MCQUADE — covered position: Assistant Director Government Relations

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax Quarter 1 2026 HR 2547 and S 1335 - Secure Family Futures Act of 2025 Life insurance taxation

Lobbyists:
  • CHRISTOPHER T. GAHAN — covered position: Vice President Government Relations
  • mr STEVEN M RADKE — covered position: Vice President Government and Community Relations
  • ms ERICA MASON MCQUADE — covered position: Assistant Director Government Relations

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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