Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
When a Property Loss Extends to Liability in Senior Care Facilities
Nov 15 2021 // There’s a storm warning. It might be a hurricane, a tornado, a derecho, or a microburst. It doesn’t matter, they all have one similar characteristic, damaging winds. After the storm passes, whether a building...
Airbnb Adds Protection and Insurance Features With AirCover
Nov 12 2021 // Airbnb’s host and guest protections now include host damage protection, host liability insurance, and liability insurance for its Airbnb Experience customers. The coverages are now combined as part of an overall...
Insurers for High Crime Areas on Notice after Georgia Court Affirms $43M Verdict
Nov 12 2021 // A Georgia appeals court has upheld a $43 million premises liability verdict against the CVS Pharmacy chain, ruling that the company failed to take security measures to prevent the shooting of a patron in 2012. The case is...
Insurance leaders agree on challenges facing the industry
Nov 10 2021 // The 15 largest publicly-traded property and casualty insurers and reinsurers are all facing similar challenges as the year comes to a close. According to R Street’s review of Q3 2021 earnings calls, the top three...
Coalition Enters Executive Risk Insurance Market for Small Business
Nov 10 2021 // Coalition has launched new executive risks insurance products for small and midsize businesses. The directors and officers (D&O) and employment practices liability (EPL) coverages are underwritten by Zurich North...
Compre Completes Acquisition of SiriusPoint’s Legacy Liability Portfolio
Nov 8 2021 // Compre, the London-based specialist legacy group, announced the completion of its acquisition of a US$417 million legacy liability portfolio of SiriusPoint Ltd., having received all necessary regulatory approvals. The...
WTW’s Smith to Lead Chaucer’s Marine Specialty Division; NFP Names Beauchamp VP Commercial Lines; Insurtech BOXX Hires Steptoe as Global Chief Product Officer
Nov 2 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments in at insurer Chaucer (in the UK), the broker NFP (in Quebec) and the insurtech BOXX (in Switzerland). A summary of these new hires follows here Chaucer...
Searching for Realistic Ideas That Could Help Tame Big Tech
Nov 2 2021 // Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes harm? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry? Those ideas...
California Labor Shortage Compounding Complex Agriculture Landscape for Insurance Pros
Nov 1 2021 // The labor shortage in California has hit the agriculture industry particularly hard, creating a tougher environment all around – including for insurance professionals who deal in that sector. The lack of labor in the...
Some Florida Agents Caught Off-Guard by Boom in Solar Power
Nov 1 2021 // Florida may be known as the Sunshine State, but some insurance agents say they’ve been unprepared for the recent boom in rooftop solar power installations across the state, installations that can affect coverage,...
Commentary: Does Personal Auto Policy Cover STDs?
Nov 1 2021 // You may have heard and even laughed about GEICO being sued by a Missouri woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of unprotected sex in a GEICO-insured vehicle. Beyond the sheer inventiveness...
Purchase of Insurance Does Not Waive Sovereign Immunity, Georgia Court Finds
Oct 29 2021 // The city of Alpharetta, Georgia, did not waive its sovereign immunity when it obtained an insurance policy, an appeals court said Thursday, two years after a man drowned in a city pool. In Sharma vs. City of Alpharetta,...
Legal, Insurance, Safety Issues Swirl Around ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting
Oct 28 2021 // Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly...
Risk Strategies Acquires New Jersey’s Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors
Oct 27 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors, an all-lines brokerage focused on transportation-related industries. Terms of the deal were not...
Insurer Responsible for Damages After Massachusetts Officer Injured During Training
Oct 26 2021 // Driving a truck too fast and injuring a fellow officer during a firearms training is not within the scope of employment duties for a Massachusetts police officer, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found. This means...
Commercial Liability Insurers Face Growing Number of False Claims Act Cases
Oct 26 2021 // A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost of settlements may spell trouble for commercial liability insurers. Policyholder attorney...
People Moves: Garrison Heads Navigators Wholesale; Trochey Joins Ascot; AXA Environmental Adds 3; Allianz Names Houlihan
Oct 25 2021 // The Hartford Names Garrison Head Of Navigators Wholesale The Hartford has named Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators, a brand of The Hartford. Garrison will lead the strategic direction, growth, and...
Mosaic Offers $600M of Capacity for War, Terrorism and Political Violence Risks
Oct 22 2021 // Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has extended its war, terrorism and political violence coverage to offer up to $600 million per risk. The increased capacity allows the company to serve clients via domestic U.S. or Bermuda...
Castel Targets U.S. Professional Liability Business With Launch of Underwriting Cell
Oct 21 2021 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd. has launched a new underwriting cell, North American Professional Liability (NAPL), to focus on professional service firms’ business in the U.S. The cell is writing both primary and...
People Moves: New Hires at Maryland Insurance Administration, Mosaic, New Dawn Risk
Oct 19 2021 // Floyd Named Director of Fiscal Services for Maryland Insurance Administration Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane named Linwood Floyd as director of fiscal services for the Maryland Insurance Administration...
