Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Loses $500K in Beer Pong Challenge by Badly Misplaying Liquor Liability Claim
Sep 1 2022 // An insurer that mishandled a liquor liability claim resulting from a fight after a beer pong tournament has discovered the tab is considerably bigger than it first thought. Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co. will have to pay...
Pennsylvania Loosens Rules on Where Medical Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed
Aug 29 2022 // Pennsylvania’s highest court lastThursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county where the alleged harm occurred, a win for civil plaintiffs and the...
USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims
Aug 29 2022 // Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims. A federal court in Mississippi this month signed off on a confidential settlement in a...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Taps Zurich’s Dutta for Financial Risks; Canopius Hires WTW’s Saville for Cat Research; HDI UK & Ireland Promotes Lavey in Liability Team
Aug 26 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, Canopius Group, and HDI Global SE – UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets...
People Moves: CNA Hardy Taps Zurich’s Crew, Chubb’s Devenish for Mgmt Liability; Aon Strengthens Capital Advisory Unit to Drive Legacy Reinsurance Growth
Aug 25 2022 // CNA Hardy Taps Zurich’s Crew, Chubb’s Devenish for Management Liability Team CNA Hardy has appointed Edward Crew as senior technical underwriter, and Oliver Devenish, as underwriter, to the London/Lloyd’s...
One80 Intermediaries Acquires Pennsylvania Wholesale Broker Agentic
Aug 24 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reports that it has acquired wholesaler broker Agentic Insurance of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Agentic is a privately owned specialty operation providing professional...
People Moves: Liberty Mutual Names Former CNA Exec as President, GRS N. America; AXA XL Boosts Cyber Insurance Team in N. America With 3 Hires
Aug 22 2022 // Liberty Mutual Names Former CNA Exec as President, GRS North America Liberty Mutual Insurance announced the appointment of Kevin Smith as president of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America. Reporting to GRS President...
Allstate Executives Shuffle With Retirement of Property-Liability President
Aug 19 2022 // Allstate announced August 18 that Glenn Shapiro, president, Property-Liability, has decided to retire at the end of September. He joined Allstate as chief claims officer in 2016 and has held his current position since...
Forged Signatures, Fake Policies? Lawsuits Raise Questions About Captive Plan
Aug 19 2022 // The owners of one of the oldest insurance agencies in Texas must have felt pretty surprised when they were named in a federal lawsuit brought by an AIG company, alleging the agency was part of an elaborate fraud that...
ER Docs Are Independent Contractors, But Hospital Still Controls, Florida Court Finds
Aug 16 2022 // As in many business and commercial liability disputes, it’s all about the wording of the contract, a Florida appeals court decided in a medical malpractice case that could affect hospitals’ relationships with...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence
Aug 16 2022 // The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from suing the contractor hired by the city has lost a bid to hold the city and subcontractor...
How the Supply Chain Crisis Is Heightening Risk Exposures in Commercial Lines
Aug 15 2022 // The supply chain crisis has seared itself into popular imagination through empty shelves where toilet paper once stood and a desperate shortage of baby formula. But the ripple effects that emanate from globally disrupted...
BHSI Hires Kammermann for Exec & Professional Lines in Switzerland; Apollo Taps Beazley’s Foster as Head of Property; MGA Aqueous Hires Hall as Development U/W
Aug 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Apollo Syndicate Management, and specialist MGA Aqueous Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows...
Runoff Specialist RiverStone Buying Vermont Captive Insurer Western P&C
Aug 11 2022 // RiverStone, the U.S. insurance runoff specialist of the Fairfax insurance group, announced a tentative agreement to acquire Western Property & Casualty Insurance Co. to be effective this month. The shareholders of...
When Logging Insurance Got Tough in Pacific Northwest, Firm Got Going with Its Own Program
Aug 9 2022 // When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That might be the most apropos slogan for Axe Insurance Group. The logging industry may be about as tough of a business as one will find. Not only is it well-known to be...
CNA Hardy Online Raises Attachment Points for Excess-of-Loss Cover to £150M
Aug 9 2022 // CNA Hardy, the specialist commercial insurer that writes business within the Lloyd’s and company markets, announced increased flexibility in the attachment points available from its online excess-of-loss platform. By...
Judge in Flint Water Case Talks to Lawyers, Seals Transcript
Aug 8 2022 // A judge handling a trial over liability for lead contamination in Flint’s water sealed the transcript of a hearing with lawyers, a conference held this week while jurors were on an 11-day break from deliberations. A...
Markets/Coverages: At-Bay Launches Misc. Pro Liability; Cover Genius Partners with Zip
Aug 4 2022 // At-Bay Expands Insurance Offerings With Launch of Miscellaneous Professional Liability At-Bay announced the launch of its Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) product, becoming the first to offer an automatically...
BHSI Hires Liberty Specialty’s Ferrari as Head of Transactional Liability in Australasia; AM Best Appoints Curtis for Market Development, Asia-Pacific Region
Aug 3 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and AM Best. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Hires Liberty Specialty’s Ferrari as Head of...
Viewpoint: Jury Blasts Defense with a $464.5 Million Nuclear Verdict
Aug 2 2022 // Plaintiffs’ California dreamin’ became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after an eight-week trial in June. The verdict included $24.6 million in compensatory...
