All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 21 2021 // Casualty is proving its value as a good diversifier for reinsurers, especially given the positive primary rate movement seen in recent years, according to an Aon report.The combination of challenged property experience,...
Jul 21 2021 // edical & Commercial International (MCI), the specialist managing general agency, has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s for Syndicate 1902 to underwrite business incepting on or after Jan....
Jul 20 2021 // Surplus lines premium exceeded $24 billion and premium bearing transactions exceeded 2.6 million through the first six months of 2021, according to the 2021 Midyear Report of the U.S. Surplus Lines Service and Stamping...
Jul 19 2021 // A small Delaware town has opted to triple its police department’s liability insurance, noting a rise in civil rights lawsuits.The Dewey Beach Town Council voted recently to increase the coverage from $1 million to $3...
Jul 19 2021 // TransRe has reorganized its global underwriting structure and promoted key leaders in the areas of Regional Markets, North America, Global Portfolio Management, Europe and Asia Pacific. In addition, it has restructured its...
Jul 19 2021 // Why would anyone in their right mind choose an insurance market with no state guaranty fund protection? What makes the excess and surplus lines non-admitted insurance market a viable option? Well, I will tell you why I...
Jul 19 2021 // The collapse of a condominium tower near Miami will set off years of litigation as victims and their families look to find fault among the building’s management as well as engineers, architects and others, according...
Jul 19 2021 // Missouri has enacted legislation that prohibits a claimant, tortfeasor, or any other party from using an arbitration award against any liability insurer that did not agree to the arbitration.The new legislation also places...
Jul 16 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,...
Jul 15 2021 // A local government in Georgia agreed Tuesday to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hispanic man who died in a struggle with police officers 2017.Columbus Council members met in closed session and...
Jul 14 2021 // The Salon and Spa Specialty Insurance Agency, or SASSI, launched a business owners policy (BOP) for smaller salons and spas.The BOP is intended for boutique salons and spas with focused service offerings that may not need...
Jul 14 2021 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group solely dedicated to complex wholesale property/casualty brokerage, has opened its newest office in Boston, Massachusetts, and added five brokers to its...