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