Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New ISO Homeowners Policy Form Update
Oct 18 2021 // The Insurance Services Office (ISO) has unveiled an update to its homeowners’ program. It’s the first update in 11 years, which is a good thing. It begs asking why it took so long, but that’s a question...
Mosaic Insurance Opens First U.S.-Based Office Location in New York City
Oct 15 2021 // Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in New York City. This is its first U.S.-based physical address for a growing number of employees. The Midtown South office, which will accommodate members of Mosaic’s cyber and...
STDs and the PAP
Oct 12 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...
California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires
Oct 8 2021 // California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to protect giant sequoias from a raging wildfire. But sometimes what are known as prescribed fires themselves...
Risk Scores for Underwriters, Brokers Reveal Companies’ Likelihood of Being Sued
Oct 7 2021 // Last week, Praedicat, a liability risk analytics company, announced that it launched a new Company Risk Score designed to simplify the underwriting of complex emerging risks for liability insurance. The risk score, ranging...
People Moves: Dunlavy Now President at Greenhill Insurance; Reed Named VP at Midlands Management
Oct 7 2021 // Greenhill Insurance Services Appoints Dunlavy President Houston-based Greenhill Insurance Services (Greenhill Insurance), a professional and general liability insurance provider specializing in social services and allied...
Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of CM&F Group
Oct 7 2021 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of CM&F Group, a digital provider of healthcare liability insurance coverage for...
Coalition Acquires Digital Commercial Agency Attune
Oct 6 2021 // Coalition, a San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, has acquired Attune, a digital agency with a platform focused on commercial insurance. With the acquisition, Coalition maintains it will be the...
Climate Change Impact: 40% Chance of ‘100-Year Storms’ Over 20-Year Span
Oct 6 2021 // While events like Hurricane Ida and a Texas winter freeze demonstrate wide-reaching impacts of climate change to all but ardent deniers, even insurers and reinsurers may not fully appreciate all the risks, a new report...
People Moves: Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s Juul as Head of Casualty; Mosaic Hires Jones From Liberty Specialty Markets; BHSI Promotes 2 for UK & Europe
Oct 5 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ed Bermuda, Mosaic Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here. Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s...
People Moves: Management Changes at Safety National Re; Westfield Specialty’s New Underwriting Execs; UFG Searches for New CFO
Oct 5 2021 // Safety National Re Revamps Management Team Safety National Re, a division of Safety National Casualty Corp., made changes to its management team. Bob King, formerly senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of...
People Moves: 1st Sustainable Insurer Names Foreman as Chair; Piiq and Gallagher Appoint Aerospace Execs; Optio’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt Hires Tetley as MD
Oct 4 2021 // This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at the first sustainable insurer, Parhelion; at brokers Piiq Risk Partners and Gallagher; and at Optio Group’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt. A summary of...
Bill Would Change Maritime Liability Rules After California Boat Fire
Oct 4 2021 // Federal lawmakers introduced legislation in late September that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The bill...
Logic & Language and Forms & Facts Oh the Tangled Web We Weave….
Oct 4 2021 // To paraphrase Sir Walter Scott, “Oh what a tangled web we weave when we try to figure out coverage under multiple insurance policies.” This month, I’d like to feature a real-life coverage scenario...
Religious Partners Fear Boy Scouts’ Bankruptcy Plan Leaves Them Unprotected
Sep 28 2021 // Amid the Boy Scouts of America’s complex bankruptcy case, there is worsening friction between the BSA and the major religious groups that help it run thousands of scout units. At issue: the churches’ fears that...
Colonial Surety Launches Cyber and Fiduciary Package for Retirement Planning
Sep 28 2021 // Colonial Surety, a direct and digital insurer, expanded its fiduciary liability product offering for plan sponsors – businesses that offer retirement plans – with a new, two-part package that includes cyber liability...
Bill Would Change Maritime Liability Rules After California Boat Fire
Sep 24 2021 // Federal lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would change 19th century maritime liability rules in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The bill would update...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance?
Sep 23 2021 // Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to insurers and reinsurers wanting to understand the potential for mass climate liability...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
Sep 23 2021 // A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: “Is it about climate...
Key Hearing on Fate of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Underway
Sep 23 2021 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday began a key hearing that could determine whether the Boy Scouts of America can emerge from bankruptcy later this year with a reorganization plan that would compensate thousands of men who say...
