7th Circuit: Liberty Must Defend USA Gymnastics in Nassar Lawsuits; Coverage May Be Limited March 2, 2022 By Jim Sams Larry Nassar is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and young women while working with USA Gymnastics, resulting in...
Liberty Mutual Closes Deal for State Auto Group March 1, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Liberty Mutual Insurance said it completed the all-cash deal of about $1 billion for super-regional insurer State Auto Group. The...
Court Upholds Decision Not to Certify Class in Washington Auto Case February 14, 2022 The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court’s decision declining to certify a proposed damages class in...
UK Hospitality Groups Are Back in Court With Insurers Over Lockdown Losses January 21, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Some of the world’s biggest insurers are bracing as a second wave of multi-million-pound lawsuits, brought by struggling British pubs,...
People Moves: Garland to Be President of State Auto After Liberty Mutual Acquisition December 9, 2021 Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to appoint Kim Garland as president of State Auto Financial Corp. following the completion of Liberty...
Jury Awards $42 million to South Dakota Woman Injured at Work November 16, 2021 A Pennington County jury has awarded $42 million to a Rapid City woman after she was denied medical benefits from...
People Moves: Pancoast Moves to Ironshore E&S; PwC’s Coggins Leads Actuaries; McLean Joins Lockton from Willis November 8, 2021 Pancoast to Head Ironshore’s E&S Primary Casualty Adam Pancoast has been named to lead the excess and surplus Primary Casualty...
Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency November 5, 2021 Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation’s sixth-largest personal lines property/casualty insurer, is planning to transition its more than 2,200 exclusive insurance...
J.D. Power Agents’ Survey Reveals Top-Ranked P/C Carriers (Story in Charts) October 8, 2021 Neglected no more. Independent agents are feeling the love from property/casualty insurance carriers—and the scores they are giving carriers are...
How One Citizen’s Damage Claim Against Mississippi City Upended Her Life August 16, 2021 By Isabelle Taft The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant...