Latest Liability Headlines

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

Employment Practices Liability Rates

Apr 4 2022 // Even with all of the change and disruption, employment practices liability insurance market experts say the market is competitive and poised for moderation in rates throughout 2022. For employment practices liability...

People Moves: Faylo New U.S. Cyber & Tech Leader at Lockton; Big ‘I’ Names Boggs VP of Agent Development; MGA Falcon Hires 3 Senior Leaders

Mar 31 2022 // Lockton appointed Michelle Faylo as its U.S. Cyber & Technology Leader. Faylo will lead Lockton’s team of skilled cyber specialists, delivering innovative and effective solutions to global businesses that face...

U.S. SEC Proposes Boosting Blank-Check Company Disclosures, Liability

Mar 30 2022 // Proposal requires SPACs disclose conflicts during, after listing Disclosures must be issued at least 20 days before deal vote Rule would strip SPACs of legal safe harbor for projections Wall Street’s watchdog on...

People Moves: TigerRisk Boosts Delegated Authority Offering; Mosaic Expands M&A Liability Team With 4 Hires; MGU Carbon Names Chubb’s Turner as Property U/W

Mar 30 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker TigerRisk Partners, Mosaic Insurance and MGU Carbon Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. TigerRisk Partners LLC, a leading risk,...

Rideshare Riders Could Get Stuck with Medical Bills in a Crash

Mar 30 2022 // In the early hours of Sept. 12, 2020, Denver chef Brian Fritts, 32, was riding in the backseat of a Lyft car when another vehicle crashed into it and drove off, leaving him with six crushed vertebrae and a broken jaw.His...

Ohio Court: Coverage Owed for Contamination That Ruined Product

Mar 29 2022 // Contamination that ruined more than $1 million worth of glass containers manufactured by a policyholder’s customer counts as damage that is covered by an umbrella insurance policy, the Ohio State Supreme Court ruled...

Sick Montana Workers Allege Insurer Delaying Medical Payments

Mar 25 2022 // Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance this week for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring...

Water Drain: Florida Court Rulings Show Importance of Exclusion Wording

Mar 25 2022 // Editor’s note: Insurers report that an increasing share of claims and claims litigation is the result of non-weather water damage. Jacksonville attorney Joseph Mackey, formerly of the Marshall Dennehey law firm and...

People Moves: TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Tuttle as Sr. Reinsurance Broker; HDI Promotes 3 for UK, Ireland Teams; BMS Taps Howden’s Powell as Chief Commercial Officer

Mar 23 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at TigerRisk Partners, HDI Global, and BMS.A summary of these new hires follows here. TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Tuttle as Partner, Senior Reinsurance...

Arizona Auto Insurance Rates Rising on Heels of COVID

Mar 22 2022 // As if spiraling gas prices weren’t enough, motorists across Arizona and the nation are paying more for auto insurance as repair costs and more crowded roads push premium rates higher.After giving customers premium...

Scouts Reach Deal With Catholic Committee in BSA Bankruptcy

Mar 21 2022 // A committee representing several Catholic entities in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has reached a settlement with the BSA and is withdrawing its objections to its proposed reorganization plan, attorneys told a judge...

On the Water: Boats & Risk

Mar 21 2022 // People who like the water like boats. This might be a gross misuse and the mariners among us might get offended by it, but I’m going to use the term boat to refer to any kind of watercraft that an individual might...

Reimagining Restaurants and Risk

Mar 21 2022 // Supply shortages, rising inflation, higher food costs and labor shortages, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, are challenging the food services industry today. It’s likely these challenges will subside eventually...

People Moves: Alliant in California Names VanZanten VP in Employee Benefits group; Burns & Wilcox Adds New Associates

Mar 17 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services named Kerstin VanZanten vice president within its employee benefits group.VanZanten is based in Orange County, California. VanZanten’s background includes experience in benefits...

M.J. Hall Launches Admitted Cannabis Management Liability in California and Arizona

Mar 16 2022 // M.J. Hall & Co. is now offering directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability insurance coverages to cannabis companies and their executives through an admitted product in...

Trial Set to Consider Approval of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan

Mar 15 2022 // More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection amid an onslaught of child sex abuse allegations, a judge will determine whether to confirm its proposed reorganization plan in a trial...

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Who the Insuring Cannabis Brokers Are

Mar 15 2022 // Are most people in the insuring cannabis business merely cannabis insurance brokers in name only – their only client being a cousin who owns a mom-n-pop dispensary in downtown?Or do most focus primarily on cannabis? Or,...

Georgia High Court Finds Retailers May be Liable for Securing Loads on Vehicles

Mar 14 2022 // Georgia shoppers who are unable to load bulky purchases onto their vehicles by themselves might find store employees less willing to help — or at least being more vigilant if they do lend a hand.The Georgia Supreme Court...

Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit

Mar 9 2022 // An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending a grocery chain accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information...

Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims

Mar 8 2022 // A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers, distributors and pharmacies are refusing to help pay for it.A Delaware Supreme Court ruling in January...