All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2021 // TORONTO – Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance costs, forcing them to raise property taxes or even cut services for...
Jul 9 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of a suite of climate advisory and modeling services, as companies look to develop and integrate robust climate change strategies...
Jul 8 2021 // These International People Moves detail appointments at Hiscox and Hiscox ILS as well as three appointments at Tokio Marine HCC International’s Professional Risks team.A summary of these new hires follows here....
Jul 8 2021 // The Michigan Supreme Court is looking at a pair of cases that involve possible liability against the state in crashes involving snowmobiles.The issue is whether a snowmobile and a utility vehicle should be considered motor...
Jul 8 2021 // Missouri recently 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...
Jul 6 2021 // The Michigan Supreme Court is chipping away at a longstanding legal doctrine that makes it tough to win slip-and-fall lawsuits in the state.Donna Livings needed three surgeries after falling in an icy lot as she tried to...
Jul 6 2021 // This group of international People Moves provides details of appointments at insurer AXA XL; Carbon Underwriting, a managing general underwriter; and iprism, a managing general agent.A summary of these new hires follows....
Jul 6 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 6 2021 // Businesses have been been clamoring for the government to finally reopen the UK economy. Now that face masks and social distancing will be all but dropped, they have a new set of worries.Industry groups, big and small,...
Jul 5 2021 // Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the partially collapsed...
Jul 5 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a case challenging libel protections for journalists and media organizations, but conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch disagreed with the action and questioned...
Jul 5 2021 // There has been a substantial uptick in litigation involving copyright infringement in the music industry thanks a groundbreaking decision involving the 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.” The dispute involved Marvin...
Jul 1 2021 // San Jose, Calif., officials have passed a new law that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence.The law is the first in the U.S. and was...
Jun 29 2021 // Jurors on New York’s Long Island are set to determine whether a group of opioid makers and drug distributors created a public health crisis and should pay for it, in a bellwether trial for lawsuits filed by...
Jun 29 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has added to its customized suite of directors & officers (D&O) liability and professional indemnity policies, for customers in Ireland.The company has...
Jun 29 2021 // More than a year and a half after Louisiana state troopers were captured on body camera video brutalizing Black motorist Ronald Greene during his fatal arrest, police brass are still trying to blame his death on a car...
Jun 25 2021 // These international People Moves detail new hires at two Lloyd’s insurers (Ascot and MS Amlin) and broker Howden.A summary of these appointments follows here. Insurer Ascot Group announced the expansion of its U.S....
Jun 25 2021 // Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers.Amazon CEO Bezos, a lifelong space...
Jun 22 2021 // Within weeks, it had all changed.As a pandemic spread and took root in an unprepared world, many organizations were finding out that their insurance policies would not cover the one event that had brought global business...
Jun 21 2021 // Crum & Forster Adds Srygley in Captives, Gig Economy RolesFurther strengthening its Captive Solutions and Sharing (Gig) Economy practices, Crum & Forster’s Accident & Health (A&H) Division has...