All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 1 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurance brokers BMS and Gallagher.A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Launches Global Healthcare Liability Unit, Led by Wendin From...
Apr 29 2024 // Warren Buffett’s warning that wildfires have turned utilities across the western US into risky investments is mistaken — at least in California, according to the head of the state’s largest electricity...
Apr 26 2024 // A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month.The suit, filed Thursday by the Karen Austin, the founder...
Apr 25 2024 // A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the workers’ compensation law judge within the 28 day statutory period, the judge did not...
Apr 25 2024 // Zurich NA Names Higginbotham Head of Professional Liability & CyberZurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has named Kara Higginbotham as head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national...
Apr 24 2024 // When it comes to observations of the excess and surplus lines market, there is a difference between the momentum of liability and property lines, said W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley, Jr.Addressing some talk that has...
Apr 23 2024 // The city of Baltimore is fighting the attempt by the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge to limit their liability under maritime law.“In no way should their...
Apr 22 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB.When working on a construction project, the company you are working for may ask to be an Additional Named Insured or an Additional Insured. It’s easy to believe that...
Apr 19 2024 // Chubb said it has promoted Melissa Scheffler to chief operating officer of Personal Risk Services (PRS). Currently, Scheffler serves as regional executive officer for the Mid-Atlantic region.In a corresponding move, Bryce...
Apr 19 2024 // With its personal lines business benefiting from the impact of rate increases earning into the book, and the commercial lines insurance premium changes staying in double-digits, Travelers reported $1.1 billion in net...
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...