All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2022 // The animals exclusion in an apartment complex owner’s liability policy is not ambiguous and the insurer rightfully denied a claim involving a boy who was injured when he was attacked by a dog while visiting in an...
Dec 19 2022 // Pen Underwriting has launched a new regional claims hub in Chelmsford dedicated to managing commercial property and liability claims, which will complement its existing team of specialists in Manchester, England.As part of...
Dec 16 2022 // The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a collision of a train and a car at a railroad crossing that raises questions of federal preemption as well as sufficiency of evidence.Ladonna Sue Rigsby was...
Dec 15 2022 // In a year marked by yet more climate-linked floods, hurricanes and droughts, governments and companies were forced to look more closely at the financial risks and their exposure to liability.Nowhere was this more apparent...
Dec 13 2022 // Delaware courts have never before been asked whether a horse-drawn buggy is a motor vehicle. Now a state court has definitively ruled that a horse-drawn buggy is not a motor vehicle.“The plain meaning of ‘motor...
Dec 13 2022 // Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers.From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee training to prevent...
Dec 5 2022 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Two U.S. Executive & Professional Lines LeadersBerkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has promoted two members on its U.S. executive and professional lines team in...
Dec 5 2022 // If the insurance industry hasn’t noticed, the sport known as pickleball is exploding across the country, especially in Florida, where more than 15 indoor clubs, replete with air conditioning, cafes, locker rooms,...
Dec 5 2022 // The national labor shortage is disrupting businesses across the country, and the brewery industry is no exception.There are three million fewer Americans in the labor force today compared to February 2020, According to the...
Dec 1 2022 // More than half of risk managers are significantly involved in their organization’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, but 77% believe they should take an active or more active role in ESG strategy...
Nov 29 2022 // An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago.The woman’s...
Nov 29 2022 // Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance is ramping up its global growth plan with the opening of an office in Frankfurt, Germany to meet high demand for cyber and transactional liability coverage through Continental Europe.The...
Nov 23 2022 // Reinsurance rates for property catastrophe business should increase by well over 10% when contracts are renewed in January 2023, according to a commentary from Fitch RatingsFitch expects double-digit percentage premium...
Nov 22 2022 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has handed down four decisions that could affect insurers’ payouts in auto, homeowners and worker injury claims.Non-employee Covered In Ball vs. United Financial Casualty Co., the...
Nov 17 2022 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced it has acquired Wallace Specialty Insurance Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based just outside of Dallas in...
Nov 15 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, SCOR, and Chubb Global Markets,A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Names Adamantiadis as CEO, Continental EuropeMarsh, the insurance...
Nov 10 2022 // A new report shows California utilities have noticeably reduced their liability following catastrophic wildfires in the past that have been blamed on the utilities and have driven several massive lawsuits and financial...
Nov 9 2022 // Hub International Limited (HUB) on Nov. 9 announced the launch of its Professional & Executive Risk (ProEx) Specialty Practice. The new practice brings together over 100 HUB specialists with executive liability,...
Nov 8 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvAn increase in new markets, and better brand recognition and distribution from existing markets, has led to more competition in the insuring cannabis space. That’s a good for the...
Nov 8 2022 // Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and his movie studio. His company went bankrupt and later settled legal claims by...