All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 28 2020 // Cincinnati-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings reported that Jeff Jacobs has joined as senior vice president, head of Errors and Omissions Professional Liability.Jacobs has 30 years of insurance sector experience...
Dec 24 2020 // Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online, a position that’s leaving smaller websites concerned about the cost of accepting more...
Dec 23 2020 // The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Mark Braswell, who died on May 16, 2014...
Dec 23 2020 // Indiana’s governor and legislative leaders are lining up in favor of giving a legal shield to businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits when the General Assembly returns to action next month.Supporters argue the liability...
Dec 23 2020 // Is the U.S. healthcare industry prepared to shoulder the massive responsibility of administering an estimated 300 million COVID-19 vaccinations?Healthcare professionals will face challenges, according to experts at...
Dec 22 2020 // Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by...
Dec 21 2020 // Automobile insurance looks very different today than it did a generation ago. The means by which people (and goods) travel via motor vehicles continue to expand and evolve, as do businesses and their automobile insurance...
Dec 16 2020 // QBE North America announced the appointment of four senior industry veterans to leadership positions within its Financial Lines business. Joining QBE are: Danielle Librizzi as head of Professional Liability Thomas Kocaj as...
Dec 16 2020 // On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during his 11 years at the helm.There was not a database or an IT deployment model out there to which his...
Dec 16 2020 // A number of internet companies that are not big social media players are organizing to defend the law that shields them from lawsuits.The companies have formed a coalition called Internet Works to protect what they see as...
Dec 15 2020 // ProFinity Insurance Services in Los Angeles, Calif., a specialty MGA, recently opened its doors to wholesale distribution.ProFinity is led by Ravi Uthayashanker, formerly of Lloyd’s of London, where his main focus...
Dec 15 2020 // Boston Insurance Brokerage LLC (BIB) has hired Alex Gabriel to its Healthcare Professional Team. He will be working to grow business out of Northern Virginia.Gabriel brings with him more than 15 years of experience...
Dec 15 2020 // A bipartisan group of lawmakers released proposed Covid-19 relief legislation that may provide momentum for breaking a months-long impasse, by separating out coronavirus liability protections and state aid — the two...
Dec 13 2020 // Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed developments on federal funding, including pandemic relief, during a roughly half-hour phone call on Sunday and agreed to speak again on Monday,...
Dec 10 2020 // A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export List.More items were proposed for the list than in recent memory during a California Department of Insurance hearing...
Dec 7 2020 // Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA), a property and casualty (P&C) carrier exclusively serving 501(c)(3) organizations, has launched a new coverage to protect nonprofits from liability arising from communicable...
Dec 7 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many expecting a sizable increase in claims, according to a new AM Best report.With its...
Dec 4 2020 // Euclid Life Science Specialty LLC has named David N. Bailey vice president of underwriting and executive underwriter. Bailey’s focus will be growing the company’s presence and core book of life science...
Dec 3 2020 // NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has hired Jonathan Franznick to its P&C division as a senior vice president.In this...
Dec 2 2020 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would have expanded liability protection against COVID-19-related lawsuits for various businesses and entities in the state as they continue to grapple with coronavirus...