Latest Liability Headlines

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

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...

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

Sep 5 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 Appoints Stewart as North American Head of Liability; Rokstone Hires 2 From AIG to Inland Marine Division

Sep 4 2025 // Allianz Commercial, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, named Mary Ann Stewart as regional head of liability, North America, effective September 22.Based in Chicago, Stewart will be responsible for the strategic...

People Moves: QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims; Underwriting Agency Doe and Emuss Names Watmough as Professional Liability U/W

Aug 21 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE European Operations and London-based underwriting agency Doe and Emuss. QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims Commercial insurer QBE has...

Alabama DOI Posts New Data Call on Liability Insurance

Aug 15 2025 // The Alabama Department of Insurance wants new data on how liability coverage affects insurance claims costs.In a bulletin posted Thursday, Commissioner Mark Fowler said the department has issued a data call to carriers of...

Navigating The Challenging US Liability Litigation Environment

Aug 13 2025 // The liability litigation environment in the U.S. continues to be challenging, driven by increases in nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, rising attorney representation rates and evolving litigation...