Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Massachusetts High Court Rules Attorney’s Fees Are Not Part of Insured Damages
Jul 18 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that attorney’s fees from a consumer protection lawsuit are not covered as part of bodily injury damages under a business liability policy, reversing a lower court...
How Amazon Thinks About Auto Insurance for Delivery Service Partners
Jul 14 2022 // Amazon runs an auto insurance program for its delivery service providers, but if those DSPs choose to buy their insurance from competitors instead, Amazon is fine with that. In fact, Amazon might prefer it if their...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Entertainment/Sports Broker ESP in Massachusetts
Jul 13 2022 // New Jersey-headquartered Specialty Program Group (SPG) said it has acquired ESP Insurance Brokerage, a national insurance broker and program administrator for the sports, events and promotion marketing and entertainment...
Insurance Industry Support of Carbon Removal Needed in Drive to Net Zero
Jul 13 2022 // Ditching investments in fossil fuel businesses—and denying them insurance—aren’t the only ways for the insurance industry to participate in the drive to net zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to...
Specialty Insurer Mosaic Opens for Business in Canada With Fraser at Helm
Jul 13 2022 // Mosaic Insurance is opening an office in Toronto, Ontario and has hired Ian Fraser to spearhead the company’s expansion into the Canadian specialty insurance market. Fraser joins as president of Mosaic Insurance...
Court: Colony Insurance Off the Hook for Damages for Fatal Shooting at Atlanta Store
Jul 12 2022 // An insurance company is not responsible for premises liability damages after a man was shot and killed outside an Atlanta grocery store in 2019, thanks to unambiguous policy exclusions, a federal judge ruled Monday. Colony...
Insurers Wrangle Over Amber Heard Defamation Costs
Jul 11 2022 // A little over a month after a jury found that actress Amber Heard had defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp, one insurer of Heard is asking a court to rule it has no obligation to indemnify her. New York Marine and General...
New York Waits to See If Bill to Expand Wrongful Death Damages Becomes Law
Jul 7 2022 // As New York Gov. Kathy Hochul mulls whether to sign legislation that will expand the types of damages that could be won in wrongful deaths cases, businesses including insurers are warning the change could mean higher...
Massachusetts High Court Rules Attorney’s Fees Are Not Part of Insured Damages
Jul 7 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that attorney’s fees from a consumer protection lawsuit are not covered as part of bodily injury damages under a business liability policy, reversing a lower court...
Declarations
Jul 4 2022 // Can’t Stop the Blizzards “Dairy Queen introduced no evidence of an actual association between the two products. … If association were to occur, in all likelihood, it would have occurred by...
Quantum Computing, Lower Construction Quality, Legal Tech Seen as Emerging Risks: Swiss Re
Jul 4 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
Agents: Fourth of July Brings Risks & Claims
Jul 1 2022 // It has been a few years. Policyholders may have forgotten about that last barbeque mishap in their backyard. Maybe the memory has gotten hazy about that one time their college roommate drove home when they should not have....
Gunmakers Face New Legal Threat From Families of Mass Shooting Victims
Jun 30 2022 // Families of children and teachers killed in last month’s Texas school massacre face a formidable legal battle if they decide to sue the gun maker whose AR-15 semiautomatic rifle was used in the attack. That...
Rochester Diocese, Insurers Plan for January Hearing on $147M Sexual Abuse Settlement
Jun 30 2022 // Insurers and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester have agreed on a schedule for discovery and a bankruptcy court trial regarding a proposed $147 million settlement to cover sex abuse claims against the church. The...
U.S. Power Companies Face Supply-Chain Crisis This Summer
Jun 29 2022 // U.S. power companies are facing supply crunches that may hamper their ability to keep the lights on as the nation heads into the heat of summer and the peak hurricane season. Extreme weather events such as storms,...
Emerging Risks: Quantum Computing, Lower Construction Quality, Legal Tech etc.
Jun 24 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
People Moves: MMC Names Jones, Hageman to Senior Posts; Lockton Welcomes Marsh’s Millett for Innovation; Applied Financial Builds Cyber Risk Team
Jun 24 2022 // Marsh McLennan Creates New Senior Leadership Positions Marsh McLennan announced the appointment of John Jones as chief marketing and communications officer and Pat Hagemann as chief of staff to the chief operating...
How a Bankruptcy ‘Innovation’ Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs
Jun 24 2022 // Attorney Greg Gordon sat before a packed hotel ballroom of bankruptcy lawyers who had come to hear him hold court on his pioneering strategy for companies seeking to dodge billion-dollar lawsuits: the “Texas...
Alabama Counties’ Insurance Fund Not Liable for its Own Actions in Deadly Dock Fire
Jun 23 2022 // Insurers and government self-insurance pools should be breathing a sigh of relief after the Alabama Supreme Court absolved a county commissions’ fund of direct liability in a marina fire that killed eight people and...
California Bill Would Require Gunowners to Buy Liability Insurance
Jun 21 2022 // California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure. “Guns kill more people than cars. Yet...
