Latest Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

US Admits Liability in Chopper-Jet Crash Over Potomac River

Dec 22 2025 // The US government acknowledged in a federal court filing that it was liable for damages resulting from a deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a regional American Airlines Group Inc. jetliner earlier this year...

People Moves: Marsh McLennan Appoints Mathews Digital Infrastructure Leader; Loop Hired to Lead AXA XL Media Liability

Dec 19 2025 // Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York City, appointed Mike Mathews as global digital infrastructure leader.Based in Boston, Mathews brings over 25 years of specialized industry experience to this newly created...

Leonardo Denies Liability for Helicopter Crash That Killed Leicester City Owner

Dec 16 2025 // Italy’s Leonardo has denied liability for the 2018 helicopter crash which killed Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, saying in its defense to a lawsuit that its AW169 model is safe.The family of...

India’s Nuclear Bill Spares Suppliers from Accident Liability

Dec 15 2025 // India’s new nuclear energy bill will spare equipment suppliers from liability in case of incidents, among other sweeping changes to the sector.The government introduced the bill in the lower house of parliament,...

People Moves: DUAL Europe Names Berhault and Benajiba to Lead Europe Transactional Liability; AXIS Taps LSM’s Edwards as Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Mkts

Dec 12 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA DUAL Europe and AXIS Capital Holdings.A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Europe Names Berhault and Benajiba to Lead Europe...

In Alabama, Shot Employee Gets No Workers’ Comp and No Employer’s Liability

Dec 2 2025 // He was not covered by workers’ compensation insurance. But his course and scope of employment was enough for an employer’s liability insurance exclusion to apply, said the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,...

Product Liability Verdicts Are on the Rise but There Are Ways to Avoid Them

Dec 1 2025 // Nuclear verdicts in product liability suits are on the rise. But manufacturers and their insurance companies can take multiple steps to prevent and defend against large jury verdicts, insurance and legal experts said at a...

Mission Launches New D&O and Other Liability Products for Small Businesses

Nov 6 2025 // Mission, a group of specialty underwriters and program administrators based in Alpharetta, Georgia, announced it has launched Diamond Head Specialty Underwriting, a program administrator offering executive liability...

People Moves: Pyfrom Named Starwind Cannabis EVP of Sales and Distribution; Golden Bear Adds Witherspoon As Lawyers Professional Liability Team Lead

Oct 22 2025 // Pyfrom Hired as EVP of Sales and Distribution, Starwind CannabisStarwind Specialty Insurance Services, a CRC Group company, named Charles Pyfrom executive vice president, sales and distribution, for Starwind Cannabis, its...

North Carolina Supreme Court Lets Stand Greg Lindberg’s Civil Fraud Liability

Oct 21 2025 // The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided that it will not, after all, review another legal filing by convicted insurance entrepreneur Greg Lindberg.The Oct. 17 ruling lets stand a 2023 decision by the state Court of...

People Moves: Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head of Business Solutions; Allianz Commercial Promotes Raven as Head of Large Corporate Liability in UK

Oct 7 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Allianz Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Int’l Taps Beazley’s Reid as Head...

AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment, and It Could Get Worse

Oct 6 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years–and things are getting worse.Commercial auto has posted an underwriting loss for the 14th consecutive...

Allstate Promotes Rizzo to COO, Merten to President of Property-Liability

Oct 2 2025 // Allstate Corp. did some shuffling of it’s senior leadership team Oct. 1.Effective immediate, Mario Rizzo is chief operating officer. He will be responsible for the Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer’s...

People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names Potter From AXA XL as Director of Liability

Sep 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland.A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal...

India Considers Nuclear Liability Fund for Major Accidents, Sources Say

Sep 25 2025 // India plans to set up a nuclear liability fund to cover accident compensation in excess of 15 billion rupees ($169 million) owed by plant operators, in a bid to ease risk-sharing concerns among global suppliers and private...

AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse

Sep 22 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse.For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting...

Maryland Moves to Deny Liability Limit Sought by Ship Manager in Key Bridge Collapse

Sep 22 2025 // The manager of the cargo ship that caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March 2024 should be denied the protections of a federal maritime law it seeks to invoke because it is not the owner of the ship,...

People Moves: Allianz Commercial Names Stewart Head of Liability, N.A.; Alliant Hires Martin to Lead Alternative Risk Transfer

Sep 18 2025 // Allianz Commercial Appoints Stewart as North American Head of LiabilityGlobal insurer Allianz Commercial, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, appointed Mary Ann Stewart as regional head of liability, North America,...

Colorado Jury Says Liability Waiver Doesn’t Shield Vail From $21M Ski Lift Fall Verdict

Sep 9 2025 // A $21 million jury verdict against Vail Resorts for a paralyzing ski lift fall shows that liability waivers — those documents often written in legalese that people must sign before taking part in an activity—...

A Look at Senior Care Liability Claims

Sep 8 2025 // The average indemnity payments paid for senior care facilities have more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to Liberty Mutual/Ironshore’s inaugural Senior Care Claims Study, which examined senior care...