Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SC Bill Moves to House, Would Lower Liquor Liability Coverage, End Joint-and-Several
Apr 1 2025 // The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of Representatives after the state Senate last week approved the measure following weeks of heated...
Markets/Coverages: QBE Introduces Media Liability Endorsement; Travelers Offers Product Liability for Life Sciences
Mar 25 2025 // QBE North America Introduces Media Liability Endorsement QBE North America announced a new media liability endorsement for media organizations facing legal actions brought under consumer protection laws. This endorsement...
SC House Approves Liquor Liability Bill But Broader Tort Reform May Be Dead
Mar 7 2025 // The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for bars and restaurants and would incentivize additional alcohol-server training, an effort to...
People Moves: Tokio Marine HCC Int’l Promotes Gower as Head of Marine and Energy Liability; Miller Launches M&A and Strategic Solutions Team With 3 Senior Hires
Mar 6 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine HCC International and the broker Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Tokio Marine HCC Int’l Promotes Gower as Head of...
Templar Specialty Expanding Executive and Professional Liability Insurance Offerings
Feb 27 2025 // Templar Specialty announced that it is now expanding its executive and professional liability insurance offerings to include excess and A-side Directors & Officers coverage to public companies. This follows the success...
Markets/Coverages: Cyber Portfolio Quoting for US Brokers From CFC; New DUAL Fine Art Coverage Capacity; Falcon Risk’s Pro Liability for Agents, Brokers
Feb 19 2025 // CFC Launches Cyber Portfolio Quoting for American Brokers CFC said it has launched a new service to automate quoting for up to thousands of policies. Initially available for CFC’s cyber products, US brokers can now...
People Moves: Hamilton Global Specialty Promotes Thorp as Head of Space, Golder as Head of Treaty; QBE Europe Names Yebra as Senior U/W in Transactional Liability Team
Feb 19 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Global Specialty and QBE European Operations. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Global Specialty Promotes Thorp as Head of...
Markets/Coverages: Apollo Expands Into Drone Product Liability Cover
Feb 19 2025 // Apollo, the London-based insurance group, announced they have expanded their offering into drone product liability. Apollo is providing the capacity for this product liability offering as part of an existing binder with...
Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Launches Combined General, Environmental Liability Cover
Feb 14 2025 // Mosaic Insurance has launched a combined environmental product that merges primary commercial general liability with a suite of added pollution and professional coverages. The company’s new Site Pollution &...
Management Liability Insights for 2025: The changing landscape of employment claims
Feb 12 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The post-pandemic workplace has brought significant changes to the employment liability landscape. Disability discrimination and retaliation claims have...
People Moves: AIG’s Furth to Hiscox to Head US Claims; Hamlin to Lead TMHCC US Hospital Pro Liability; Amwins Names Healthcare Practice Leader
Feb 12 2025 // Alex Furth Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Alexandra Furth as head of claims in the U.S., effective March 10. Furth has over 20 years of claims and legal leadership experience, most recently serving as...
EU Weighs Easing Corporate Liability Under Toughest ESG Law
Feb 12 2025 // The European Union is reviewing the extent to which companies can be held liable for environmental and human rights breaches in their supply chains, ahead of a package designed to remove red tape from the bloc’s ESG...
Insurance Groups Pushing Hard for Georgia Tort Reform as State Liability Costs Soar
Feb 6 2025 // Georgia’s governor has asked state lawmakers for $175 million to cover the growing costs of liability claims against state agencies and employees, as the state’s liability insurance fund has dwindled to a...
Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger
Feb 6 2025 // Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing...
Markel Reorgs Professional Liability Products
Feb 5 2025 // Special insurer Markel said it is realigning its U.S. professional liability products into four pillars: management liability, errors & omissions (E&O), cyber, and financial institutions. “After careful...
People Moves: Arch Insurance Int’l Promotes Senior Leaders in Casualty Team; Markel Taps Chubb’s Jordan as Casualty Claims Manager in Australia
Jan 17 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Promotes Senior Leaders in Casualty...
People Moves: Lloyd’s Names AIG Veteran Baugh as Council Member; White Bear Managers Taps Former Castel Bloodstock Underwriters Woodward and Long
Jan 16 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s and White Bear Group. Details of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Appoints AIG Veteran Baugh as New Council Member, Succeeding...
New Auto Liability Minimums Take Effect This Year in North Carolina
Jan 15 2025 // This year, the minimum automobile liability coverage requirements in North Carolina will jump to 50/100/50, among the highest minimums in the country. The change is the result of Senate Bill 452, approved in 2023 and which...
Ohio Bill Seeks to Prohibit Mandating Firearm Liability Insurance
Dec 13 2024 // A bill making its way through the Ohio General Assembly would prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance. Senate Bill 58 passed the House by a 61-27 vote and now heads to the Ohio Senate, where legislators in the...
With 13 New Members, SC Senate Could Tackle Joint Liability, Liquor Insurance
Dec 11 2024 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With the largest number of newly elected members at least since World War II, Republican South Carolina Senate leaders are thinking about tackling some issues like tax reform and liquor liability...
