All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2021 // Sierra Specialty, program specialist, managing general agency and wholesale insurance brokerage, has appointed Vicky Dith as a broker and underwriter specializing in construction insurance. Dith is located in Clovis,...
Apr 13 2021 // A bill that calls for providing liability insurance coverage to all full- and part-time school employees up to $1 million per occurrence has passed out of committee and moved to the House for consideration.Senate Bill 634,...
Apr 13 2021 // Starr Insurance Companies has hired Matt Curtis as vice president and profit center manager for its Primary Construction unit.In his prior role at Liberty Mutual, Curtis oversaw the primary construction casualty unit....
Apr 13 2021 // U.S. regulators are throwing another wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC machine by cracking down on how accounting rules apply to a key element of blank-check companies.The Securities and Exchange Commission is setting...
Apr 13 2021 // Simply Business, Inc., a Boston-based digital insurance agency offering small business owners access to insurance providers, has partnered with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Risk Retention Group, Inc....
Apr 12 2021 // Despite considerable operating challenges in 2020 from the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers saw a statutory underwriting profit for the third consecutive year, with an average 99% combined...
Apr 9 2021 // This wrap-up of International People Moves details recent appointments at Hiscox, Canopius, IGI and HDI Global.A summary of these new hires follows here. HiscoxSpecialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Robert Dietrich...
Apr 9 2021 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a fresh warning for the booming SPAC market: Blank-check companies aren’t an end-around to avoid disclosing key information to investors.In a Thursday statement, a top...
Apr 8 2021 // A Colorado-based workspace management software company has launched an insurance brokerage for coworking and flex space operators, members and tenants.The new agency, Proximity Protect, is offering insurance policies...
Apr 7 2021 // Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation giving businesses, nursing homes and others a broad shield from lawsuits related to COVID-19, making Arizona the latest state to limit liability after the pandemic.Republican...
Apr 7 2021 // It is well known that small and medium businesses face an ever-increasing risk of cyber attacks. Sixty-three percent reported they had experienced a cyber breach in the last 12 months, when Ponemon surveyed them in the...
Apr 7 2021 // The official committee representing child sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking a judge for permission to file its own reorganization plan, saying the plan proposed by the BSA falls woefully...
Apr 6 2021 // Roughly three dozen pieces of California legislation are directly related to wildfire, and while those bills should hold much interest for the insurance community, there are other bills making their rounds that should draw...
Apr 5 2021 // A pair of companion bills have been introduced in the Texas House and Senate that proponents say are aimed at providing consistency and uniformity in civil actions involving commercial vehicle accidents. Opponents, on the...
Apr 5 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost the first round in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of a university student who was run over and killed on a San Diego freeway after one of the company’s drivers allegedly ordered her out...
Apr 5 2021 // See a need and then fill it. That’s the secret of most successful businesses — and that was the driving motivator of insurtech Thimble, which is currently working on coverage for small business customers during...
Apr 5 2021 // In some recent Academy of Insurance classes, I’ve been asking people about their working situation. Most of the people I’ve been talking to transitioned for a while to the work from home space, and many are...
Apr 1 2021 // Kentucky lawmakers voted to shield businesses and health care facilities from coronavirus-related lawsuits as they hurried to finish work Tuesday before ending this year’s session.Beshear’s office said the...
Mar 31 2021 // The Arizona House voted this week to give businesses, nursing homes and others a broad shield from lawsuits related to COVID-19.Republicans approved the measure in a 31-29 party-line vote, saying businesses struggled...
Mar 31 2021 // 360 Coverage Pros has launched a professional liability insurance program for tax preparers with an online application.The program features liability limits of up to $1 million and is designed for professionals providing...