Latest Liability Headlines
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Texas Outlines Legislative Changes in SB 1367 Related to Property/Casualty Insurance
Aug 10 2021 // Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that...
McGowan Acquires Assets of Michigan’s Arbanas & Associates
Aug 10 2021 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan) acquired the assets of Arbanas & Associates (Arbanas) in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, effective Aug. 1. Arbanas specializes in writing professional liability for accountants, lawyers,...
People Moves: WSS Adds Brininstool in Texas; Skyward Specialty Expands With New Hires
Aug 10 2021 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Plano, Texas-based wholesale brokerage and general agency Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers (WSS), an XPT Partners company, hired Blake Brininstool as a broker and...
Marsh Brokers New Amazon Insurance Network Offering Coverage to Online Sellers
Aug 10 2021 // Insurance broker Marsh said it has collaborated with Amazon to build a new digital insurance network, Amazon Insurance Accelerator, where small businesses selling on Amazon can purchase product liability coverage. Amazon...
Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return
Aug 6 2021 // Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of...
Mexico Seeks $10 Billion in Damages in Liability Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers
Aug 4 2021 // Mexico sued several gun makers in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of reckless business practices that supply what it called a “torrent” of illegal arms to violent Mexican drug cartels, leading...
Beazley Launches Suite of Life Sciences’ Insurance in Asia Pacific
Aug 4 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a suite of covers to protect organizations within Asia Pacific’s rapidly expanding life sciences sector. In an environment in which risk exposures are complex and varied –...
People Moves: Hartford Names Burns to Lead Marketing/Comms; Beazley Promotes Beerli for Specialty Risks, U.S. Programs; Purtill Is CRO at AIG
Aug 3 2021 // Hartford Names Burns as Head of Marketing and Comms, Succeeding Bromage The Hartford has appointed Claire Burns chief marketing and communications officer, effective Sept. 1. Claire Burns Burns will report directly to...
N.M. Gas Stations Can Be Sued for Selling to Drunken Drivers
Aug 3 2021 // Gas station retailers are reeling from a recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision that finds the stores can be held civilly liable for selling gas to intoxicated drivers. The July ruling could have major ramifications for...
Mosaic Insurance Launches Transactional Liability Market
Aug 2 2021 // Mosaic Insurance began underwriting transactional liability coverage with a new product launched last month in the United States amid a current upsurge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. The global specialty...
A Look at Possible Coverage Implications of the Champlain Towers Condominium Collapse
Aug 2 2021 // I’m finding it difficult to write an insurance piece about the recent collapse of the Champlain Towers Condominium. Before I dive into the insurance aspects, I have to recognize the human part of this tragedy. When...
Global P/C Industry Sees Strongest Rate Hikes in 20 Years but Inflation Headwinds Loom
Aug 2 2021 // Robust global economic recovery, higher risk awareness and the strongest rate hardening for 20 years in non-life insurance commercial lines will combine to push premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19-crisis levels this year,...
How Homeowners Insurers Can Prepare for the Cannabis Era
Aug 2 2021 // Talk about a growth market. Since Colorado and Washington became the first to pass state laws designed to legalize certain sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in their respective states in 2012, 15 other states...
Oklahoma Court: Progressive’s Uninsured Motorist Exclusion Not Lawful
Jul 30 2021 // Oklahoma’s highest court recently found that an insurer’s uninsured motorist exclusion violates state law. The Oklahoma Supreme Court came to that conclusion in answering a certified question from the U.S....
The Hanover Enhances Product Suites for Lawyers, Healthcare Facilities
Jul 29 2021 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. said it has enhanced its product suites for lawyers and healthcare facilities. The Hanover Lawyers Advantage product suite offers stand-alone professional liability coverage for a wide...
Congressional Committee Asks J&J For Details on Talcum Liability Bankruptcy Plans
Jul 29 2021 // A U.S. congressional panel has asked Johnson & Johnson to provide it all documents related to the company’s plans to put its talc liabilities into bankruptcy, according to a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by...
States Braced for a Wave of COVID Lawsuits. It Never Arrived.
Jul 28 2021 // In a legislative flurry, 30 states instituted liability protections in late 2020 and early 2021 designed to protect businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits, out of fear that companies would be sued for exposing workers, clients...
U.S. Lawsuit Could Open ‘Giant Can of Worms’ in Amazon’s Fight Against Product Recalls
Jul 23 2021 // A U.S. safety regulator’s decision last week to sue Amazon.com Inc. could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from...
Senators Add Vaccine Misinformation as Reason to Alter Tech Firms’ Liability Protection
Jul 23 2021 // Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday will add to the stack of bills going after Section 230 – a law that protects tech companies from being sued over content posted by users – making such platforms...
Hippo Enters Commercial Insurance Market With Homeowners Association Product
Jul 23 2021 // Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market. The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first...
