All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has named Hilary Browne to the dual role of country manager for Ireland and head of Casualty for U.K. and Europe.Browne comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of...
Jan 6 2020 // The January 2020 reinsurance renewals saw significant variation in pricing and capacity depending on geography, line of business, cedents’ loss record and client relationships, according to two reports published by...
Jan 6 2020 // The senior population continues growing at a time when the insurance market for senior living operations is under strain and both trends are expected to continue.The population of Americans over age 80 will double, from 6...
Jan 2 2020 // More legalization in more states. More product liability risks. More regulations. More M&A.More of many things is what insurance professionals involved in the cannabis industry can expect in 2020. Insurance Journal...
Jan 2 2020 // A new year is a time of reflection for some, and last year, the city of Boston began 2019 by reflecting on an important piece of the city’s history: the 100-year anniversary of The Great Molasses Flood.The flood,...
Jan 2 2020 // California wildfires dominated the news in Insurance Journal’s Western region in 2019, despite it being a quiet year relative to two consecutive years of deadly blazes that came before.Three of the year’s top...
Dec 31 2019 // Fueled by efficiencies introduced by insurtechs and underwriters’ interest in niche classes, the insurance program business has experienced impressive growth the last few years.But heavy interest is also forcing...
Dec 30 2019 // Allied Public Risk, LLC, through its Allied Winery Risk division, has added Gregory Locher to the winery space in the Western U.S. as lead executive of the firm’s property and liability insurance program. The Allied...
Dec 30 2019 // Liability insurance as we know it no longer suits a large fraction of today’s and tomorrow’s small-business owners. Brokers and insurers are at a crossroads on how to serve small businesses’ changing...
Dec 29 2019 // Time is running out for employers to familiarize themselves with new federal rules on overtime pay.Starting January 1, the threshold for who is entitled to overtime pay — and who is not — changes. It’s the first...
Dec 24 2019 // While Harvey Weinstein’s insurers have reportedly agreed to pay $47 million to settle civil suits against the movie producer, most policyholders should prepare for an epic legal battle just to get their insurers to...
Dec 23 2019 // The DuPont Co. is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities that Chemours would be saddled with when DuPont spun off its former performance...
Dec 20 2019 // Massachusetts’ highest court on Monday rejected arguments that consent-to-settle clauses in professional malpractice insurance policies violate public policy.The Supreme Judicial Court sided with CNA subsidiary...
Dec 20 2019 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), a Covington, Louisiana-based provider of marine insurance coverage and services, has made three key promotions in its claims division, Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS).Christian Kelly has...
Dec 20 2019 // In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map.It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that had been used in an injured worker’s...
Dec 20 2019 // Ascot has appointed Crystal Greene as senior vice president, head of Management Liability.Greene will lead Ascot’s commercial directors and officers (D&O) and related product business in the U.S from Atlanta. She...
Dec 19 2019 // Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from a FAIR Plan official.The battle between the California Department of Insurance and the FAIR Plan will continue to rage on in the wake of two severe...
Dec 19 2019 // If gawking at tons of cannabis-churning pieces of agricultural equipment winding around a quarter-million feet of convention floor space wasn’t your thing, perhaps access to an abundance of pre-rolls, or whiffing...
Dec 18 2019 // Fruit smoothies may become the new martini for Wall Street holiday parties.Banking and trading firm BTIG LLC, for example, cut alcohol from its annual employee celebration on Dec. 12 at its New York offices. Instead,...
Dec 17 2019 // The future of another Florida domestic insurer is now in the hands of state regulators.Non-standard private passenger auto insurer Windhaven Insurance Co. (WIC), based in Miami, has been placed into rehabilitation by a...