Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head of Business Solutions; Allianz Commercial Promotes Raven as Head of Large Corporate Liability in UK
Oct 7 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Allianz Commercial. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as...
AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment, and It Could Get Worse
Oct 6 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years–and things are getting worse. Commercial auto has posted an underwriting loss for the 14th...
Allstate Promotes Rizzo to COO, Merten to President of Property-Liability
Oct 2 2025 // Allstate Corp. did some shuffling of it’s senior leadership team Oct. 1. Mario Rizzo Effective immediate, Mario Rizzo is chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the Northbrook, Illinois-based...
People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names Potter From AXA XL as Director of Liability
Sep 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal...
India Considers Nuclear Liability Fund for Major Accidents, Sources Say
Sep 25 2025 // India plans to set up a nuclear liability fund to cover accident compensation in excess of 15 billion rupees ($169 million) owed by plant operators, in a bid to ease risk-sharing concerns among global suppliers and private...
AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse
Sep 22 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse. For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting...
Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse
Sep 22 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Names Stewart Head of Liability, N.A.; Alliant Hires Martin to Lead Alternative Risk Transfer
Sep 18 2025 // Allianz Commercial Appoints Stewart as North American Head of Liability Mary Ann Stewart Global insurer Allianz Commercial, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, appointed Mary Ann Stewart as regional head of liability,...
Colorado Jury Says Liability Waiver Doesn’t Shield Vail From $21M Ski Lift Fall Verdict
Sep 9 2025 // A $21 million jury verdict against Vail Resorts for a paralyzing ski lift fall shows that liability waivers — those documents often written in legalese that people must sign before taking part in an activity—...
A Look at Senior Care Liability Claims
Sep 8 2025 // The average indemnity payments paid for senior care facilities have more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to Liberty Mutual/Ironshore’s inaugural Senior Care Claims Study, which examined senior care...
Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse
Sep 5 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Appoints Stewart as North American Head of Liability; Rokstone Hires 2 From AIG to Inland Marine Division
Sep 4 2025 // Mary Ann Stewart Allianz Commercial, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, named Mary Ann Stewart as regional head of liability, North America, effective September 22. Based in Chicago, Stewart will be responsible for...
People Moves: QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims; Underwriting Agency Doe and Emuss Names Watmough as Professional Liability U/W
Aug 21 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE European Operations and London-based underwriting agency Doe and Emuss. QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims Commercial insurer QBE has...
Alabama DOI Posts New Data Call on Liability Insurance
Aug 15 2025 // The Alabama Department of Insurance wants new data on how liability coverage affects insurance claims costs. In a bulletin posted Thursday, Commissioner Mark Fowler said the department has issued a data call to carriers of...
Navigating The Challenging US Liability Litigation Environment
Aug 13 2025 // The liability litigation environment in the U.S. continues to be challenging, driven by increases in nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, rising attorney representation rates and evolving litigation...
Markets/Coverages: Hiscox Launches Sexual Molestation Liability Cover
Aug 11 2025 // Global specialist insurer, Hiscox, has announced the appointment of Harriet Turner to its London Market business to lead its new sexual molestation liability (SML) cover – expanding its existing range of casualty...
Digging Into Tesla’s Liability in Crash Case: Where’s the Data?
Aug 8 2025 // Two experts on autonomous vehicle safety recently dove into legal arguments and engineering factors that shaped last week’s landmark jury decision against Tesla, at one point surfacing an important takeaway about...
Rethinking Assault & Battery Liability in Commercial Real Estate
Aug 4 2025 // In urban centers across the U.S., property owners and managers are welcoming a return to pre-2020 levels of foot traffic in retail corridors, mixed-use developments, and multifamily buildings. While this rebound signals a...
Excessive Litigation Causes Surge in Liability Insurance Costs: Marsh McLennan CEO
Jul 18 2025 // Excessive litigation and abuse of the U.S. legal system are effectively imposing a tax on the U.S. economy and causing a surge in liability insurance costs, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of...
Dechert Law Firm Settles Claims It Used Hired Hackers With No Admission of Liability
Jul 11 2025 // Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability. Dechert and others, including U.S....
