All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim...
Apr 17 2024 // Hours before leaving port, the massive container ship that caused the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge experienced apparent electrical problems, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on...
Apr 16 2024 // Mark Zuckerberg won his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez...
Apr 15 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and AXIS Capital Holdings.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Sapra as CEO of...
Apr 15 2024 // Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that the city is taking legal steps to address the impact the Key Bridge collapse has had on the city of Baltimore and its residents, including the families of the victims,...
Apr 15 2024 // The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states.If signed by...
Apr 15 2024 // Predictions that the property/casualty insurance industry is in the midst of repeating the type of loss reserving cycle that accompanied the hard market of the beginning year of this century may be overblown, according to...
Apr 15 2024 // Security threats are getting more sophisticated – and expensive – and this trajectory will continue. Digital footprints and technology usage will only keep expanding, adding to vulnerability and presenting more...
Apr 15 2024 // Is the world being overtaken by robots? While the answer to that question is clearly “no” – or at least, “not yet” – it seems that the focus of nearly every industry and business media outlet is...
Apr 15 2024 // In 2017, I developed a webinar called “Raiders of the Lost Coverage: Insurance Jones and the Temple of Exclusions.” It evolved from an earlier seminar I did with the late John Eubank, CPCU, ARM, called...
Apr 15 2024 // Executives at carriers and reinsurers that announced reserve loss charges taken during fourth-quarter 2023, and even at some that did not, discussed the “problematic accident years” and lines of business,...
Apr 10 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Global Markets and Newline Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Global Markets’ Head of Underwriting Robson to Retire,...
Apr 10 2024 // Slice Labs Inc., the New York-based insurtech that operates an on-demand insurance platform, has expanded into seven additional states and the District of Columbia with its contractors general liability insurance product...
Apr 10 2024 // The Tennessee Supreme Court this week dealt a blow to businesses and insurance companies, finding that employers can no longer argue that direct negligence claims are barred when the business admits vicarious liability for...
Apr 10 2024 // The Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that an auto insurer is not obligated to pay underinsured benefits to make up the difference between the coverage limits available and the lower amount its insureds actually...
Apr 8 2024 // With one month left in the South Carolina legislative session, two bills designed to ease liquor liability insurance costs are evolving and moving forward.The state House of Representatives late last month voted 106-2 to...
Apr 2 2024 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) named a new head of Transaction Liability in Canada and has also promoted two executives in Europe within the claims and customer & broker engagement teams.Chres Lee has...
Apr 2 2024 // The owner of the ship that rammed into a bridge in Baltimore last week, killing six workers and throwing the eastern US transportation network into chaos, is seeking to limit its liability to about $43.7 million.The...
Apr 1 2024 // A landlord decides to lease a space in a retail strip center to a sports bar. The landlord’s commercial real estate representative sends the lease to the new prospective tenant to sign – it is a standard...
Apr 1 2024 // Towers Watson has been hit with another roadblock on its long and winding road to reach coverage for $90 million in settlements of two lawsuits related to its merger with broker Willis in 2016.A Virginia federal district...