All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 2 2020 // Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon — Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff — have joined the firm to lead its mergers and acquisition (M&A) consulting...
Dec 2 2020 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared wary of barring lawsuits against American companies over alleged human rights abuses abroad but signaled they could toss out a case accusing Cargill Inc. and a Nestle SA...
Nov 23 2020 // Praedicat, the Los Angeles-based liability emerging risk modeling firm, has developed an insurance tool for the casualty insurance market, which allows insurers to track exposures, establish reserves, and manage...
Nov 20 2020 // More items are being proposed for the California Export List than in recent memory, including coverages for cyber, parametric products, earthquake, and COVID-19, according to a surplus lines expert.The California...
Nov 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced a pair of promotions in its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group, naming Shelby Rootenberg as senior vice president, head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public)...
Nov 19 2020 // Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance, according to underwriters at Lloyd’s.It is also marked by...
Nov 17 2020 // As the development, and possible mass production, of COVID-19 (C-19) vaccines gather speed, the transportation and logistics industry will need to turn its attention to how the product can be safely and efficiently...
Nov 16 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has approved the request by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) for a 4.8% increase in commercial auto rates, with an effective date of March 1, 2021.TAIPA...