Latest Liability Headlines

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Nursing Malpractice Coverage Brings Peace of Mind

May 2 2022 // Health care is a highly complex and ever-changing environment that can lend itself to high-risk, and life-threating, situations. Healthcare professionals, including nursing professionals, can make mistakes so having the...

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Cannabis D&O

Apr 29 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvDirectors and officers insurance is pricey and difficult to obtain in most business sectors, but by some accounts cannabis businesses may pay up to 50% more in premiums for D&O – if they...

A Different Kind of Guard: Agent Watches NFL Draft With Eye on Protecting Players

Apr 28 2022 // Like millions of Americans, Timothy Radcliff will be glued to the NFL Draft the next couple days.Radcliff’s interest in the draft isn’t predicated on which quarterback goes off the board first or whether the...

Global Insurance Rates Continue to Moderate in Q1 – With the Exception of Cyber

Apr 28 2022 // Global commercial insurance prices rose 11% in the first quarter of 2022, marking the fifth consecutive reduction in rate increases since pricing peaked at 22% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Global...

Inflation Boosts W.R. Berkley Top Line to Record Level as Exposures Grow

Apr 28 2022 // While investment analysts continue to track commercial insurance rate hikes for property/casualty insurance carriers, exposure growth was an important contributor to a top-line record for the first quarter at W.R. Berkley...

People Moves: Vantage Adds Lea as Vice President; MJ Insurance Names Gates as IT Project Manager

Apr 27 2022 // Vantage Adds Andrew Lea as Senior Vice PresidentVantage Group Holdings Ltd. has hired Andrew Lea as senior vice president of cyber liability, technology E&O, media and management professional liability insurance. Lea...

People Moves: Lockton Restructures Int’l Leadership; MGA Arcadian Promotes Barna for Transactional Liability; McGill and Partners Hires DARAG’s Hill for Structured Solutions

Apr 26 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers Lockton and McGill and Partners as well as the Bermuda MGA Arcadian Risk Capital.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Announces New...

Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of BSA Warehouse

Apr 26 2022 // The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the organization’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million and lease back the...

Thorny Issues Face Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge

Apr 25 2022 // More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers, a Delaware judge is weighing whether to confirm...

Shell’s Board Faces Personal Liability for Failure to Cut Emissions: Environment Group

Apr 25 2022 // A group that won a victory over energy major Shell last year with a Dutch court order to deepen greenhouse gas cuts has warned the company’s board of possible personal responsibility if it fails to implement the...

People Moves: Miller Taps WTW’s Power, Besso’s Harvey for Professional Risks; Arch Insurance Int’l Appoints Underwriters Barattini and Smith

Apr 21 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurance broker Miller and insurer Arch Insurance International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Taps WTW’s Power,...

Is Your Agency on ‘Par’ with Cash Management?

Apr 19 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by InsurBanc.As you may know, in the golfing world, “par” refers to the number of strokes that an expert golfer would be expected to make on a determined hole or course....

Future Liability Releases at Center of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

Apr 18 2022 // Protecting local Boy Scouts of America councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is critical to the national group’s reorganization plan, BSA attorneys told a...

Affidavit of Merit Not Needed in Vicarious Liability Claims, Rules New Jersey High Court

Apr 14 2022 // A plaintiff is not required to present an affidavit of merit when bringing a vicarious liability claim against a licensed entity for the alleged negligence of an unlicensed employee, the New Jersey Supreme Court has...

Mosaic Insurance Opens Second U.S. Office in Chicago

Apr 13 2022 // Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in Chicago, IL, its second US physical location, for a growing number of employees. Located in the city’s Loop, at 318 West Adams Street, the office is Mosaic’s fourth...

Credit Suisse Shareholders Advised Against Clearing Board of 2020 Liability

Apr 13 2022 // Proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS have recommended Credit Suisse’s shareholders vote against discharging the bank’s board and management from liability for the 2020 financial year at its annual general meeting...

Power Outages Increase as Extreme Weather Inflicts Toll on Aging Grid, Vulnerable Citizens

Apr 7 2022 // Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation’s aging electrical grid,...

Markets/Coverages: Bundler Branch Adds 6 States; Pathpoint, Bold Penguin E&S Partnership; Rokstone Owners’ Interest Policy

Apr 4 2022 // Auto, Home Insurance Bundler Branch Now Available in 25 StatesBranch, an insurance company that touts “instantly-bundled” home and auto insurance, announced its expansion to the six states of Idaho, Iowa, New...

New Hampshire High Court Limits Landowners’ Recreational Use Immunity

Apr 4 2022 // New Hampshire landowners who make their properties available to the public for recreation at no charge do not enjoy complete immunity under the state’s recreational use statute. Landowners have immunity from...

Employers Adapting to New World of Worries

Apr 4 2022 // The past few years have been filled with newer exposures when it comes to employment practices liability insurance (EPLI). Along with significant disruptions in workplaces due to COVID-19, employers have been attempting to...