All the headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2006 // Eight years ago, then-18-year-old Oliver Bishop IV made a costly mistake.The Guilford, Conn. teen bought a case of beer and a half-pint of liquor and visited numerous parties. Though he had a designated driver that night,...
Mar 6 2006 // For years, legislation has been introduced in the General Assembly that would ban open containers of beer and liquor from cars. And for years it has been defeated.Proponents are trying again. “I’m the eternal...
Feb 24 2006 // Geo. F. Brown & Sons Inc. is offering a liquor liability program in Arizona. Available on a non-admitted basis, the new program is for all classes serving alcoholic beverages including bars and taverns, restaurants,...
Feb 20 2006 // Arizona lawmakers have preliminarily approved a bill and constitutional amendment that would deny workers’ compensation benefits to employees injured or killed on the job who test positive for alcohol or illegal...
Feb 10 2006 // Arizona lawmakers have preliminary approved a bill and constitutional amendment that would deny workers’ compensation benefits to employees injured or killed on the job who test positive for alcohol or illegal...
Jan 5 2006 // Rhode Island bartenders are being told they must go back to school to learn about how to help prevent underage drinking and drunk driving by patrons.The state’s servers must complete an alcohol-awareness class by...
Sep 5 2005 // Nuts and Bolts: Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) is expanding its Illinois liquor liability program to a multi-state program. Available on an admitted basis in Illinois and non-admitted elsewhere, this new program is...
Aug 11 2005 // Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) has reached an exclusive agreement with the AM Best “A”-rated carriers of the RSUI Group Inc. to expand its Illinois liquor liability program to a multi-state program.The...
Jun 8 2005 // The Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Association of Massachusetts now offers coverage up to $1 million per person and $1 million per occurrence.The previous coverage limit was $500,000 per person and $1 million per...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Union General is offering coverage for facilities specializing in care and treatment of drug and alcohol abusers, including for profit and nonprofit centers and halfway houses. Coverage available for...
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Midlands Management Corp. is offering a new market for restaurants that serve liquor.Dollars: Policy limits of $750,000 property per location are available and $1 million-$2 million limit for liability....
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Midlands Management Corp. has a new market for restaurants with liquor.Dollars: Policy limits of $750,000 property per location; $1 million – $2 million limit for liability. Deductibles of $1,000...
Aug 25 2004 // The Liquor Liability Joint Underwriting Authority (LLJUA) of Massachusetts has taken advantage of a new law and filed to write higher occurrence policy limits of $1 million/$1 million.By law, the LLJUA had been limited to...
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Prime Insurance Syndicate (Prime) announced two new insurance coverage packages—a Special Events Liability package and a Liquor Liability package—both of which are tailored to the specific market needs...
Jul 5 2004 // Lighting up a cigarette in a bar in Georgetown, Delaware is unlawful, but you can get more drunk in Delaware than anywhere in the nation and still be allowed to get behind the wheel.“Delaware’s got so many laws...
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Prime Insurance Syndicate announced two new insurance coverage packages—one for special events and the other for liquor liability—that are tailored to the specific market needs of promoters of...
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Prime Insurance Syndicate (Prime) announced two new insurance coverage packages—a special events liability package and a liquor liability package—both of which are tailored to the specific market needs...
Mar 30 2004 // Exercising its new power, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission has suspended the Laconia Rod and Gun Club’s liquor license because the club had two illegal sale violations and no liquor liability insurance.Liquor...
Aug 4 2003 // Like most other industries, clubs have been impacted a great deal by the hardening market. While recent pricing has improved slightly, clubs still face pricing, stability and consistency issues with respect to their...
Jun 18 2003 // Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton announced that after nearly seven years of litigation, in a seven-month trial, its trial team, headed by Gregory A. Long, and with Fred Puglisi, Phil Atkins-Pattenson, Jim Burgess,...