Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Global P/C Industry Sees Strongest Rate Hikes in 20 Years but Inflation Headwinds Loom
Jul 16 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,...
Columbus, Georgia To Pay $500,000 To Settle 2017 Police Custody Death
Jul 15 2021 // A local government in Georgia agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017. Columbus Council members met in closed session and...
SASSI Introduces Business Owner Policies for Salons & Spas
Jul 14 2021 // The Salon and Spa Specialty Insurance Agency, or SASSI, launched a business owners policy (BOP) for smaller salons and spas. The BOP is intended for boutique salons and spas with focused service offerings that may not need...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Opens Massachusetts Office, Adds Five in Northeast
Jul 14 2021 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group solely dedicated to complex wholesale property/casualty brokerage, has opened its newest office in Boston, Massachusetts, and added five brokers to its...
Canadian Municipalities Face Surging Liability Insurance Costs
Jul 13 2021 // TORONTO – Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut services for...
Guy Carpenter Launches Suite of Climate Advisory and Modeling Services
Jul 9 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of a suite of climate advisory and modeling services, as companies look to develop and integrate robust climate change strategies...
People Moves: Chubb’s Thanduparakkal to Hiscox, SCOR’s Prabis to Hiscox ILS; Tokio Marine HCC Int’l Hires 3 for Professional Risks
Jul 8 2021 // These International People Moves detail appointments at Hiscox and Hiscox ILS as well as three appointments at Tokio Marine HCC International’s Professional Risks team. A summary of these new hires follows...
Michigan’s Top Court Eyeing Liability in Snowmobile Crashes
Jul 8 2021 // The Michigan Supreme Court is looking at a pair of cases that involve possible liability against the state in crashes involving snowmobiles. The issue is whether a snowmobile and a utility vehicle should be considered...
Opinion: New Missouri Legislation Protects Insurers from Unreasonable Arbitration Awards and Findings
Jul 8 2021 // Missouri recently enacted legislation that prohibits a claimant, tortfeasor, or any other party from using an arbitration award against any liability insurer that did not agree to the arbitration. The new legislation also...
Michigan Court Opening Door to More Slip-And-Fall Cases
Jul 6 2021 // The Michigan Supreme Court is chipping away at a longstanding legal doctrine that makes it tough to win slip-and-fall lawsuits in the state. Donna Livings needed three surgeries after falling in an icy lot as she tried to...
People Moves: Allianz’ Ress to AXA XL; Tye Succeeds Card as Carbon’s CEO; Woodhams Promoted at iprism
Jul 6 2021 // This group of international People Moves provides details of appointments at insurer AXA XL; Carbon Underwriting, a managing general underwriter; and iprism, a managing general agent. A summary of these new hires...
Condo Collapse: Everyone Will Point Fingers But Florida Laws Narrow Liability
Jul 6 2021 // The collapse of a condominium tower near Miami will set off years of litigation as victims and their families look to find fault among the building’s management as well as engineers, architects and others, according...
As UK Eases COVID Rules, Businesses Concerned About Legal Liability
Jul 6 2021 // Businesses have been been clamoring for the government to finally reopen the UK economy. Now that face masks and social distancing will be all but dropped, they have a new set of worries. Industry groups, big and small,...
5 Lawsuits Filed in Surfside Condo Collapse; Judge Says $48M Insurance Not Enough
Jul 5 2021 // Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the partially collapsed...
Supreme Court Passes on Media Liability Protection Case as 2 Justices Balk
Jul 5 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a case challenging libel protections for journalists and media organizations, but conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch disagreed with the action and questioned...
Content Creators at Risk: How Evolving Copyright Law Is Opening New Doors for Litigation
Jul 5 2021 // There has been a substantial uptick in litigation involving copyright infringement in the music industry thanks a groundbreaking decision involving the 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.” The dispute involved Marvin...
California City is Requiring Gun Owners to Carry Liability Insurance
Jul 1 2021 // San Jose, Calif., officials have passed a new law that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence. The law is the first in the U.S. and was...
Drug Industry Faces First High-Stakes Opioid Jury Trial
Jun 29 2021 // Jurors on New York’s Long Island are set to determine whether a group of opioid makers and drug distributors created a public health crisis and should pay for it, in a bellwether trial for lawsuits filed by...
BHSI Introduces D&O Liability and Professional Indemnity Policies in Ireland
Jun 29 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has added to its customized suite of directors & officers (D&O) liability and professional indemnity policies, for customers in Ireland. The company has...
Louisiana State Police Cling to Crash Theory in Black Man’s Fatal Arrest
Jun 29 2021 // More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass are still trying to blame his death on a car...
