All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2021 // Newly launched specialty lines insurer, Dallas-based Upland Capital Group (Upland), has added an Excess Transportation Liability (XTL) specialty insurance offering targeting fleet sizes up to 250 revenue producing...
Feb 25 2021 // Home insurer Hippo is partnering with ADT to add smart home services and discounts for home insurance customers.Hippo customers in select states who enroll in its smart home program will be offered free installation of an...
Feb 24 2021 // Most professional liability insurers covering architects and engineers (A/E) achieved varied premium growth last year as the U.S. construction industry remained resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, worsening claims...
Feb 23 2021 // Digital wholesaler broker Pathpoint reported it now has a new general liability submission and instant quoting service for contractor segments, with participation from leading contractor excess and surplus...
Feb 23 2021 // Insiders said one company pushed unnecessary pain medication to the U.S. military; another promoted an unproven treatment for children with cancer; and a third used unlicensed counselors to treat poor people with mental...
Feb 22 2021 // Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law.Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb on Feb. 18 signed the bill that he and GOP lawmakers...
Feb 22 2021 // Questions swirl around the available COVID vaccines. Some are medical questions and some are legal questions. The most common legal question is, “Can employers require the vaccine?”An employer’s legal...
Feb 22 2021 // The insurance industry is so intertwined with the economy and society. Any noticeable change in either will have impacts on the insurance industry. There is nothing like what has occurred with COVID-19, and there is no...
Feb 19 2021 // In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in private entity use of biometric-dependent technology to assist with employee timekeeping, financial transactions and security.In turn, privacy concerns regarding...
Feb 19 2021 // Crum & Forster has expanded its eRisk team with the addition of Cassie Quaranta as an executive underwriter in the Northeast Region and Vlad Borovskyi as an underwriter in the Southeast Region. Quaranta and Borovskyi...
Feb 18 2021 // Millions of Texans have gone days without power or heat in subfreezing temperatures brought on by snow and ice storms. Limited regulations on companies that generate power and a history of isolating Texas from federal...
Feb 18 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its U.S. Executive & Professional Lines leadership team, naming Shelley Norman as senior vice president, Management Liability, Central region, and promoting...
Feb 18 2021 // HDI Global SE (HDI) is resetting the strategy of its Liability Line and is expanding its management team that reports to Dr. Mukadder Erdönmez, member of the HDI Global SE Executive Board.Joining the management of the...
Feb 17 2021 // Montana’s statewide mask mandate that had been in place since July was lifted by Gov. Greg Gianforte. But some cities and counties are keeping local mask requirements because they think the governor’s move was...
Feb 16 2021 // Waitr Inc. never had the resources of rivals Grubhub Inc. and UberEats. Yet in November 2018 the online food ordering and delivery business went public through a merger with blank-check firm Landcadia Holdings...
Feb 12 2021 // Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill this week intended to protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits.Gianforte said the new law will allow businesses to safely open during the...
Feb 11 2021 // A new commercial insurance product from SafeHerb, a division of Specialty Program Group, provides a full suite of insurance protection for the cannabis and hemp industries.SafeHerb’s Cannabis & Hemp Insurance...
Feb 10 2021 // CFC has upgraded its errors and omissions policy for US-based design and construction contractors to include costs for steps taken by the contractor to mitigate against a potential claim where work was not rectified, and...
Feb 10 2021 // Target Corp. has been denied its $138 million insurance claim against ACE (now Chubb) Insurance companies stemming from a 2013 data breach. A federal judge in Minnesota ruled the retailer had failed to prove that its...
Feb 8 2021 // Alabama lawmakers on Thursday fast-tracked a pair of pandemic bills – one to exempt coronavirus relief payments from state income tax and another to shield businesses, health care providers and others from...