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