Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: McGill & Partners Hires Gallagher Re’s Turner for Treaty Reinsurance Team; Howden Names KPMG’s Cox as Head of Energy Transition
Mar 21 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at two London brokers: McGill and Partners and Howden Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. McGill and Partners Hires Gallagher Re’s...
Workers’ Compensation Must Reimburse for Medical Marijuana Costs in Pennsylvania
Mar 21 2023 // Injured workers in Pennsylvania are entitled to be reimbursed for medical marijuana costs under the state’s workers’ compensation law. The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that while the Medical...
Vermont Senate Advances Liability Shield for Abortion and Transgender Care Providers
Mar 20 2023 // The Vermont Senate on Friday passed a bill that aims to protect health care workers from disciplinary action for providing abortions and gender-affirming health care, and change insurance premium charges related to such...
Landlords and Their Tenant’s Liquor Liability
Mar 20 2023 // A landlord decides to lease a space in a retail strip center to a sports bar. The landlord’s commercial real estate representative sends the lease to the new prospective tenant to sign — it is a standard...
Improper Claim Denials
Mar 20 2023 // I initiated this column in 2019 with a 12-month series of articles summarizing the key points in my book “When Words Collide: Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes.” In my June 2019 column, I wrote...
Restaurants Serve Up New Ways To Operate
Mar 20 2023 // The restaurant and bar industry continues to serve up new ways to deliver their goods and services following the turbulent times experienced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While the most troublesome times have subsided,...
Changing Cyber Landscape Poses Challenges For Health-Care Market
Mar 20 2023 // If you’ve sold a cyber liability insurance policy lately, you know how quickly the market has evolved. Policies that were once inexpensive and universally available are now high-priced and hard to find. Just a few...
From Construction Costs to Cyber Crime, Educational Organizations Face Multiple Insurance Challenges
Mar 20 2023 // As the costs and consequences of education escalate, educational institutions at all levels face a rapidly growing slate of property and liability risks, including increasing sports liabilities and coverage for...
Physical Abuse Must Involve ‘Imbalance or Misuse of Power’ for Exclusion: Court
Mar 17 2023 // An act of physical abuse is not excluded by an abuse and molestation exclusion in a homeowners insurance policy unless the act involves “an imbalance or misuse of power in addition to being physically harmful,”...
U.S. Commercial Rates Increased in Q4 – But at Slower Pace: WTW
Mar 14 2023 // U.S. commercial insurance prices grew in the fourth quarter of 2022 by an average of 4.8%, down from the rate of 5.2% in the previous quarter (Q3 2022), according to WTW’s most recent Commercial Lines Insurance...
Mosaic Insurance Opens Singapore Office, Hiring 2 Specialty Underwriters
Mar 13 2023 // Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in Singapore and hired two specialty underwriters to build its transactional liability business across the Asia-Pacific region. Benn Wilson will serve as regional CEO, and head of Asia...
Court Finds Medical Malpractice Suit Partially Time-Barred, Trims Jury Award by $1.2M
Mar 10 2023 // A Pennsylvania Superior Court three-judge panel has slashed $1.2 million from a $2.7 million jury award in a medical malpractice case alleging two cancer misdiagnoses, finding that one of the claims was not brought until...
Show Must Go On for Broadway Theaters’ Covid Loss Claim, Federal Judge Rules
Mar 8 2023 // A New York federal judge has refused to lower the curtain on a Covid-19 business loss claim by the owner of five Broadway theaters because the entertainment insurance policy language is ambiguous as to whether the theater...
Kentucky Bill Would Boost Disclosure of Teachers’ Misconduct
Mar 6 2023 // A Kentucky House committee advanced a bill Tuesday to bolster disclosure requirements meant to reveal past misconduct allegations when teachers seek jobs in other school districts. Republican Rep. James Tipton said his...
10 Things to Know About Auto Insurance
Mar 6 2023 // The national combined average premium increased by 10.31%, and average liability premiums increased by 10.36% over the 2016-2020 period. The national combined average premium per insured vehicle was $1,176, a 2.4% decrease...
Declarations
Mar 6 2023 // Utility and Wildfire “Our thoughts remain with the people affected by the Fairview fire. We are reviewing this action and will respond to it through the proper legal channels.” — Southern California...
People Moves: Ashley Promoted to Division President of Chubb Tempest Re Int’l; Argenta Taps TMK’s Groves as Head of Cyber; Mosaic Hires Chief People Officer
Mar 2 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Tempest Re, Argenta Syndicate Management Ltd., and Mosaic Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Ashley Promoted to Division President...
Texas Utility Regulators Propose Changes to Electricity Market
Mar 1 2023 // The winter storm that hit Texas in February 2021 strained the state’s electricity grid so much that power had to be cut to millions of homes and businesses to prevent the grid’s complete failure. At least 200...
Kentucky Senate Votes to Provide Teachers with Liability Insurance for Lawsuits
Feb 27 2023 // The Kentucky Senate voted Friday to provide teachers with liability insurance coverage as a cushion against financial losses when forced to defend themselves against work-related lawsuits. The bill would require Kentucky...
States Look to Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry
Feb 24 2023 // Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. The police’s delayed response outside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A district attorney’s failure to prosecute the alleged Club Q shooter...
