All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2021 // Plano, Texas-based wholesale brokerage and general agency Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers (WSS), an XPT Partners company, hired Blake Brininstool as a broker and underwriter specializing in excess and surplus...
Aug 10 2021 // Insurance broker Marsh said it has collaborated with Amazon to build a new digital insurance network, Amazon Insurance Accelerator, where small businesses selling on Amazon can purchase product liability coverage.Amazon...
Aug 6 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...
Aug 4 2021 // Mexico sued several gun makers in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of reckless business practices that supply what it called a “torrent” of illegal arms to violent Mexican drug cartels, leading...
Aug 4 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a suite of covers to protect organizations within Asia Pacific’s rapidly expanding life sciences sector.In an environment in which risk exposures are complex and varied –...
Aug 3 2021 // Hartford Names Burns as Head of Marketing and Comms, Succeeding BromageThe Hartford has appointed Claire Burns chief marketing and communications officer, effective Sept. 1. Burns will report directly to Chairman and CEO...
Aug 3 2021 // Gas station retailers are reeling from a recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision that finds the stores can be held civilly liable for selling gas to intoxicated drivers.The July ruling could have major ramifications for...
Aug 2 2021 // Mosaic Insurance began underwriting transactional liability coverage with a new product launched last month in the United States amid a current upsurge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.The global specialty...
Aug 2 2021 // I’m finding it difficult to write an insurance piece about the recent collapse of the Champlain Towers Condominium. Before I dive into the insurance aspects, I have to recognize the human part of this tragedy. When...
Aug 2 2021 // Robust global economic recovery, higher risk awareness and the strongest rate hardening for 20 years in non-life insurance commercial lines will combine to push premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19-crisis levels this year,...
Aug 2 2021 // Talk about a growth market. Since Colorado and Washington became the first to pass state laws designed to legalize certain sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in their respective states in 2012, 15 other states...
Jul 30 2021 // Oklahoma’s highest court recently 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...
Jul 29 2021 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. said it has enhanced its product suites for lawyers and healthcare facilities.The Hanover Lawyers Advantage product suite offers stand-alone professional liability coverage for a wide range...
Jul 29 2021 // A U.S. congressional panel has asked Johnson & Johnson to provide it all documents related to the company’s plans to put its talc liabilities into bankruptcy, according to a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by...
Jul 28 2021 // In a legislative flurry, 30 states instituted liability protections in late 2020 and early 2021 designed to protect businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits, out of fear that companies would be sued for exposing workers, clients...
Jul 23 2021 // A U.S. safety regulator’s decision last week to sue Amazon.com Inc. could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from...
Jul 23 2021 // Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday will add to the stack of bills going after Section 230 – a law that protects tech companies from being sued over content posted by users – making such platforms...
Jul 23 2021 // Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market.The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first...
Jul 22 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its pioneering Virtual Care policy, which provides comprehensive protection against the interconnected risks facing digital health and wellness organizations.First launched in the...
Jul 22 2021 // When is an insurance commissioner not a governmental authority? A federal district judge reminds us that a state insurance commissioner, when acting as receiver of an insolvent insurer, acts in a different capacity to his...