Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Kennedy with Purple Risk Preaches Education, Specialization
Feb 4 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Texas Governor Calls for COVID-19 Liability Protections for Businesses
Feb 4 2021 // In his State of the State address on Feb. 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott advocated liability protections for businesses faced with lawsuits related to the coronavirus pandemic. In his prepared remarks, Abbott said business...
Montana House Advances Virus Liability Shield Bill
Feb 3 2021 // Montana House lawmakers voted this week to advance a bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a step the Republican governor said was necessary to remove a statewide...
North Carolina Tops 1K Captive Insurers in 7 Years
Feb 2 2021 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has approved or licensed more than 1,000 risk-bearing captive entities (including conditional licenses and approvals) since its captive program inception in 2013 through year-end...
Colorado Law on Police Officer Liability Being Tested by Notorious Video Incident
Feb 1 2021 // A new Colorado law allowing individual police officers to be sued will soon get a big test. Four Black girls who were mistakenly detained by Colorado police at gunpoint over a suspected stolen car filed a civil lawsuit...
Insurance Déjà Vu: Vaccines, AI, Litigation, Recession Made Headlines 10 Years Ago
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits
Feb 1 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in companies such as GameStop Corp. that was...
Coalition Adds 5 Hires to Middle Market Production Underwriting Team
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships. New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Houston’s Skyward Specialty Names Burkhart President of Specialty Lines
Jan 26 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has appointed John Burkhart president of specialty lines with oversight of Executive and Professional Liability, Healthcare Professional Liability,...
Montana Virus Liability Bill Advancing Through Legislature
Jan 26 2021 // A bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits is advancing quickly through the Montana Legislature, after the state’s Republican governor said the measure was...
WestPro Insurance Partners with Obsidian on Bars, Taverns, Restaurants Program
Jan 26 2021 // Managing general underwriter WestPro Insurance Services has formed a program partnership with Obsidian, a hybrid fronting program carrier. WestPro, a division of Platinum Specialty Underwriters, targets neighborhood bars,...
Heinz Joins Lockton from Aon as Partner in Transaction Liability Practice
Jan 25 2021 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton has added Matt Heinz as a partner in its Transaction Liability practice. Heinz will co-lead the group with partners Josh Halpern, Eric Ziff and Gaurav Sud, who joined Lockton last year as the...
DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution
Jan 25 2021 // The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related to man-made chemicals associated with an increased risk of cancer and other health...
The Company You Keep Can Make All the Difference for Your Small Business Clients
Jan 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Tens of thousands of small businesses have changed the way they do business, interacting with customers digitally and adjusting their offerings to...
Declarations
Jan 25 2021 // Ag Safety “The agriculture industry is inherently risky, but it is a good reminder for us to work on safety on farms and ranches and put safety in a preeminent position on all of our operations.” — Austin...
Attune to Offer General, Professional Liability Products Through Hiscox
Jan 22 2021 // Attune Insurance Services, LLC has launched general liability and professional liability products with Hiscox serving as the carrier. The Attune and Hiscox partnership adds over 180 new classes and two admitted products to...
Spanos Joins Core Specialty Insurance E&S Group as VP
Jan 22 2021 // Van Spanos has joined Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc.’s newly formed excess and surplus (E&S) primary Product Liability group as vice president. Spanos is responsible for managing...
2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits
Jan 21 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021. Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...
Core Specialty Partners, Lancer Launch Excess Transportation Program
Jan 13 2021 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have partnered with Lancer Management Co. to provide excess liability limits for qualified local, intermediate and long haul trucking accounts as well as general...
Liability Bill in Montana Would Limit Virus Litigation
Jan 12 2021 // A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic. The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
