General Liability News

Bill to Fix California Surplus Lines, LLC Contractors Law Thriving

As a horde of bills that’s introduced each year wends their way through both houses of California’s Legislature, a few people in the insurance industry are watching closely an innocuous looking bill with simple language to change a few words …

ACE, Trust Risk Management Launch Small Healthcare Provider Program

ACE USA’s Medical Risk Group has expanded its relationship with Trust Risk Management Services, Inc. (TRMS) to offer an admitted professional and general liability policy designed to provide insurance protection to a variety of individuals and small groups of six …

Professional Risk Solutions to Offer Product Liability, Life Sciences Coverages

Wholesale Brokerage Professional Risk Solutions (PRS) has launched a new venture that extends its offerings to general and product liability coverages, as well as insurance options for the life sciences industry. Through its specialist team headed by Henry Gottesman in …

XL Group Names Huels to Lead Surplus Lines’ GL Team in Chicago

XL Group plc’s surplus lines team continues to grow with the addition of Matthew Huels who joins as vice president and general liability line of business head. He is based in Chicago and reports to Roxanne Mitchell, president of XL …

AIG Introduces OSHA Assist for Construction Clients

American International Group, Inc. has introduced OSHA Counsel Assist (OSHA Assist), an enhancement to general liability programs for construction clients that provides policyholders with legal support and additional limits if a work place injury or death results in an investigation …

Allied World U.S., Venture Underwriters Launch GL Program for Contractors

Allied World U.S. and Venture Underwriters, Inc. have entered into an agreement to provide a general liability program for commercial contractors. The program will target specialty trade contractors and small general contractors in the Western U.S., specifically in California, Arizona, …

Markel Updates IT Professional Policy

Markel has launched a revamped IT professional policy, with a complete overhaul of the existing form. In addition to basic professional liability, the policy now includes configurable first and third party data privacy and security coverage, general liability and media …

ACE Adds Chemical Withdrawal Expense Endorsement to Ace PaC Form

ACE USA, the U.S-.based retail operations of the ACE Group, has expanded coverage for buyers of its combined general liability and pollution policy form—ACE PaC—designed for mid-sized clients in the chemical industry with pollution exposures. The ACE chemical product withdrawal …

Gridiron Insurance Releases E-Portal Product

Gridiron Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a program manager that specializes in writing program business on a regional and national basis through select retail and wholesale producers, has debuted its new Easy Excess E-Portal. The Easy Excess web portal provides up to …

K&K Insurance Launches E-Commerce Option for Tenant Liablity Insurance

K&K Insurance Group, Inc, a sister company to Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. and a managing general underwriter, has launched a new e-commerce option for its tenant users liability insurance program (TULIP). The TULIP program offers facilities or venues a way …