All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2021 // Berkley Service Professionals, a division of Berkley company Berkley Alliance Managers, has named Tom Rea as executive vice president. Rea is a licensed insurance agent and surplus lines broker in the state of...
Feb 8 2021 // Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users, and make the companies more accountable when posts result in...
Feb 8 2021 // McGriff has launched a new product that gives freight brokers the ability to purchase excess auto liability coverage online.TripExcess is a per-shipment excess liability product that will allow shippers, 3PL/brokers and...
Feb 8 2021 // As soon as the first community was shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus or the first announcement of a safer at home order by a governor, some of us saw the storm of suits coming related to the loss of business...
Feb 8 2021 // “Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime. When false claims are made and money is stolen from insurance companies, it forces all of our insurance rates to increase and costs each of us hard-earned...
Feb 8 2021 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, societal unrest and other market forces experienced in 2020. Here are 10 industry sectors that could see new and...
Feb 8 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...
Feb 7 2021 // Indiana legislators are poised to finalize a fast-tracked proposal that will give a broad shield protecting businesses and others from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19.The proposal is a top priority...
Feb 5 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed Walmart Inc’s lawsuit seeking to preemptively block the U.S. government from blaming the world’s largest retailer for its alleged role in fueling the nation’s opioid...
Feb 4 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Feb 4 2021 // In his State of the State address on Feb. 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott advocated liability protections for businesses faced with lawsuits related to the coronavirus pandemic.In his prepared remarks, Abbott said business...
Feb 3 2021 // Montana House lawmakers voted this week to advance a bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a step the Republican governor said was necessary to remove a statewide...
Feb 2 2021 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has approved or licensed more than 1,000 risk-bearing captive entities (including conditional licenses and approvals) since its captive program inception in 2013 through year-end...
Feb 1 2021 // A new Colorado law allowing individual police officers to be sued will soon get a big test.Four Black girls who were mistakenly detained by Colorado police at gunpoint over a suspected stolen car filed a civil lawsuit...
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Feb 1 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in companies such as GameStop Corp. that was...
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships.New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Jan 26 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has appointed John Burkhart president of specialty lines with oversight of Executive and Professional Liability, Healthcare Professional Liability,...
Jan 26 2021 // A bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits is advancing quickly through the Montana Legislature, after the state’s Republican governor said the measure was...
Jan 26 2021 // Managing general underwriter WestPro Insurance Services has formed a program partnership with Obsidian, a hybrid fronting program carrier.WestPro, a division of Platinum Specialty Underwriters, targets neighborhood bars,...