All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2021 // Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly...
Oct 27 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Corrigan Johnston Risk Advisors, an all-lines brokerage focused on transportation-related industries. Terms of the deal were not...
Oct 26 2021 // Driving a truck too fast and injuring a fellow officer during a firearms training is not within the scope of employment duties for a Massachusetts police officer, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found. This means...
Oct 26 2021 // A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost of settlements may spell trouble for commercial liability insurers.Policyholder attorney...
Oct 25 2021 // The Hartford Names Garrison Head Of Navigators WholesaleThe Hartford has named Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators, a brand of The Hartford. Garrison will lead the strategic direction, growth, and...
Oct 22 2021 // Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has extended its war, terrorism and political violence coverage to offer up to $600 million per risk.The increased capacity allows the company to serve clients via domestic U.S. or Bermuda...
Oct 21 2021 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd. has launched a new underwriting cell, North American Professional Liability (NAPL), to focus on professional service firms’ business in the U.S.The cell is writing both primary and...
Oct 19 2021 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane named Linwood Floyd as director of fiscal services for the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA).Floyd comes to the MIA after more than 13 years with the Maryland...
Oct 18 2021 // The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from a Facebook Inc. whistle-blower sparked fresh calls to rein in an industry that has largely...
Oct 18 2021 // The Insurance Services Office (ISO) has unveiled an update to its homeowners’ program. It’s the first update in 11 years, which is a good thing. It begs asking why it took so long, but that’s a question...
Oct 15 2021 // Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in New York City. This is its first U.S.-based physical address for a growing number of employees.The Midtown South office, which will accommodate members of Mosaic’s cyber and...
Oct 12 2021 // You may have heard and even laughed about GEICO being sued by a Missouri woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of unprotected sex in a GEICO-insured vehicle. Beyond the sheer inventiveness...
Oct 8 2021 // California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to protect giant sequoias from a raging wildfire.But sometimes what are known as prescribed fires themselves...
Oct 7 2021 // Last week, Praedicat, a liability risk analytics company, announced that it launched a new Company Risk Score designed to simplify the underwriting of complex emerging risks for liability insurance.The risk score, ranging...
Oct 7 2021 // Houston-based Greenhill Insurance Services (Greenhill Insurance), a professional and general liability insurance provider specializing in social services and allied health care, appointed Chris Dunlavy president.With...
Oct 7 2021 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of CM&F Group, a digital provider of healthcare liability insurance coverage for...
Oct 6 2021 // Coalition, a San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, has acquired Attune, a digital agency with a platform focused on commercial insurance.With the acquisition, Coalition maintains it will be the...
Oct 6 2021 // While events like Hurricane Ida and a Texas winter freeze demonstrate wide-reaching impacts of climate change to all but ardent deniers, even insurers and reinsurers may not fully appreciate all the risks, a new report...
Oct 5 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ed Bermuda, Mosaic Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s...
Oct 5 2021 // Safety National Re, a division of Safety National Casualty Corp., made changes to its management team.Bob King, formerly senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of Treaty Reinsurance, assumed the role of...