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Insuring Commercial Drones: Liability or Opportunity?

Sep 6 2021 // Developments in drone technology are often heralded as having the potential to change the landscape of business operations, most prominently in the consumer goods shipping sector. Yet, the development of federal regulation...

Unintended Consequences

Sep 6 2021 // Sometimes, in responding to coverage requests or loss exposure identification, we make decisions that may result in unintended (often bad) consequences. Too often, these decisions involve what I refer to as “premium...

Veterinarian-Turned-Insurance-Pro Sees Practitioners Thriving But Stressed

Sep 6 2021 // The country’s veterinarians have weathered the pandemic better than many businesses. Many were able to keep their practices operating from early on and have not had to worry about lost income like restaurants, gyms...

With Federal Legalization Expected, Cannabis Insurers Get Ready

Sep 6 2021 // Insurers are quietly gearing up for a potential ten-fold increase in sales to the booming $17.6 billion-a-year cannabis industry as Congress inches closer to legalizing pot at the federal level.While 36 U.S. states and the...

Judge Will Approve Purdue Bankruptcy Plan, Freeing Sacklers From Future Liability Suits

Sep 2 2021 // A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he would approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits and shielding the company’s wealthy...

People Moves: C3 in California Launches Construction Division with Heidemann, Hallett, Porlas, Shea

Aug 31 2021 // C3 Risk & Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. hired four insurance industry veterans to establish new construction and surety divisions. The new team members to the construction and surety divisions are: Paul...

Veterinarian-Turned-Insurance-Pro Sees Practitioners Thriving But Stressed

Aug 27 2021 // The country’s veterinarians have weathered the pandemic better than many businesses. Many were able to keep their practices operating from early on and have not had to worry about lost income like restaurant, gym and...

Paying an Appraisal Award Doesn’t Always Bar Prompt Payment Liability: 5th Circuit

Aug 24 2021 // Considering two principal questions in an insurance dispute between Texas homeowners and their insurance carrier, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed each party a win and a loss.The dispute in Randel v....

Bankruptcy Judge Says Purdue Pharma’s Sacklers Face ‘Substantial’ Liability Risk

Aug 24 2021 // The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy said on Monday that some members of the Sackler family who own the OxyContin maker face a “substantial risk” of liability and could be on the hook for...

Maine Enacts Law That Will Ban Use of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in All Products by 2030

Aug 20 2021 // Maine last month enacted a law that makes it the first U.S. state to ban the use of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in nearly all products. PFAS are commonly referred to as “forever chemicals”...

With Federal Legalization Expected, Cannabis Insurers Quietly Get Ready to Roll

Aug 20 2021 // Insurers are quietly gearing up for a potential ten-fold increase in sales to the booming $17.6 billion-a-year cannabis industry as Congress inches closer to legalizing pot at the federal level.While 36 U.S. states and the...

People Moves: ClearPath Promotes Mudd; Beecher Carlson Adds O’Reggio

Aug 18 2021 // ClearPathClearPath Mutual Insurance Company has promoted Jo Jo Mudd to Underwriting Manager. Mudd joined the company in 2010 when it was KESA, The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Fund, as a Senior Underwriter. Most...

Sacklers: Purdue’s ‘Moral Responsibility’ to Pay for Opioid Crisis Tied to Liability Shield

Aug 18 2021 // A member of the Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma testified on Tuesday that his family bears a “moral responsibility” to help abate the U.S. opioid crisis but said it will not contribute financially to the...

Risk Strategies Acquires Florida Medical Malpractice Liability Firm Danna-Gracey

Aug 16 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Danna-Gracey, a specialist in medical malpractice insurance headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. Terms of the deal were...

Takeaways from Our Conversation about Cannabis Product Liability Suits Worth Watching

Aug 16 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvIf you ask just about any insurance pro or risk manager to list the top exposures for a company, being sued is likely to be right up there. And if you boiled that down into another list, among...

Insurers Expect COVID-19 Liability Claims Against Employers as Employees Return

Aug 16 2021 // Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after 18 months of...

Oklahoma Supreme Court: Progressive’s Uninsured Motorist Exclusion Not Lawful

Aug 16 2021 // Oklahoma’s highest court found that an insurer’s uninsured motorist exclusion violates state law. The Oklahoma Supreme Court came to that conclusion in answering a certified question from the U.S. Court of...

Trial Begins Over Sacklers, Purdue Pharma $10 Billion Opioid Liability Exit Plan

Aug 12 2021 // Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, members of the Sackler family, are nearing the end of their decades-long association with opioids, seeking court approval to pay billions of dollars and walk away from the business that...

Texas Outlines Legislative Changes in SB 1367 Related to Property/Casualty Insurance

Aug 10 2021 // Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that...

McGowan Acquires Assets of Michigan’s Arbanas & Associates

Aug 10 2021 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan) acquired the assets of Arbanas & Associates (Arbanas) in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, effective Aug. 1.Arbanas specializes in writing professional liability for accountants, lawyers,...