Latest Product Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Catlin Launches Recall, K&R Coverage
Jun 26 2006 // International P/C insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited, has formed a crisis management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap and ransom (K&R) coverages, effective 1 July...
Worldwide Facilities to Sponsor Tough Product Liability Class
Jun 8 2006 // The Los Angeles based office of Worldwide Facilities Inc., will be presenting a free educational seminar that discusses coverage and insurance issues relating to “tough” products liability accounts. The event,...
Federal product liability lawsuits declining, data indicates
Jun 5 2006 // After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the United States declined by 14 percent last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16 percent in 2006. The data was compiled...
Product Liability Suits Going Down
May 26 2006 // After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the U.S. declined by 14% last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16% in 2006. The data was compiled with information...
Ready, set … recall
May 22 2006 // Editor’s note: This is part 2 of two-part series on product recall. Part 1 appeared in the May 8, 2006, Western region issue of Insurance Journal. Losses resulting from a product recall are generally classified as...
Ready, set … recall
May 22 2006 // Editor’s note: This is part 2 of two-part series on product recall. Part 1 appeared in the May 8, 2006, Western region issue of Insurance Journal. Losses resulting from a product recall are generally classified as...
Products liability = risk identification = Insurance 101
May 22 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operational exposure, and insurance agents don’t understand it, and the public’s understanding is even more...
Danger: Paper bags are not a toy
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
Products Liability = Risk Identification = Insurance 101
May 8 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operational exposure, and insurance agents don’t understand it, and the public’s understanding is even more...
READY, SET………..RECALL!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For large and small consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost...
World of nanotechnology stirs product liability concerns
May 8 2006 // Federal regulators want to get a better handle on the burgeoning use of nanotechnology in everyday products, as their German counterparts struggle to understand why nearly 100 people suffered respiratory problems after...
Danger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
Ready, Set … Recall!!!
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost millions of...
Danger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
Danger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us: This bag is not a toy; and this or that small object is a chocking hazard. As if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
Products liability = risk identification = Insurance 101
May 8 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operation exposure, and if agents don’t understand it, public understanding is even more limited. Insurance companies are...
Ready, set … recall
May 8 2006 // Product recalls pose financial, logistical and communication challenges Part 1 of a two-part series on Product Recall. Protecting consumers is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is whether it can be...
Danger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices we would all be giving our children...
International product exposures can hit business here, there and everywhere
May 8 2006 // It takes only a brief glance through a newspaper in the United States to see that multimillion dollar jury awards have become a fact of life in products liability cases. But U.S. companies doing business overseas need to...
Danger: Paper bags are not a toy
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
