Latest Product Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property,’ new coverage issues

May 7 2007 // While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses wants to put the controversy behind it, the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and...

FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims

Mar 26 2007 // Products from cloned animals, such as milk and meat, may be safe to eat, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t insurance risks. The problem is that it’s somewhat too soon to tell what claims could arise, and...

FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims

Mar 26 2007 // Products from cloned animals, such as milk and meat, may be safe to eat, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t insurance risks. The problem is that it’s somewhat too soon to tell what claims could arise, and...

FDA says cloned food safe, but could lead to non-covered claims

Mar 12 2007 // Products from cloned animals, such as milk and meat, may be safe to eat, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t insurance risks. The problem is that it’s somewhat too soon to tell what claims could arise, and...

XL Expands UK Product Coverage

Jan 22 2007 // The UK-based XL Insurance Company Limited, part of Bermuda’s XL Capital, announced the launch of its new primary food and drink product contamination insurance, which includes integrated crisis management cover.XL...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...

Nov 19 2006 // PeopleTony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was agency...

E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage

Nov 6 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...

Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverages

Nov 6 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...

Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverage

Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...

Spinach contamination demonstrates need for recall and business interruption coverages

Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections associated with fresh spinach consumption and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...

E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage

Nov 5 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...

Thompson Coe Attorneys Recognized as ‘Best Lawyers in America 2007’

Oct 30 2006 // Two attorneys from Texas-based Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP have been selected to be included in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Brian S. Martin was cited for his achievements in Insurance Law....

E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage

Oct 23 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...

World of nanotechnology stirs product liability concerns

Jul 3 2006 // Federal regulators want to get a better handle on the burgeoning use of nanotechnology in everyday products, as their German counterparts struggle to understand why nearly 100 people suffered respiratory problems after...

New Drug Makers’ Labeling Could Limit Product Liability

Jun 30 2006 // Beginning June 30, drug manufacturers will be required by the Food and Drug Administration to provide more concise and better organized patient information package insert sheets.Any drug approved within the last five years...

Catlin Launches Recall, K&R Coverage

Jun 26 2006 // International P/C insurer and reinsurer Catlin Group Limited, has formed a crisis management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap and ransom (K&R) coverages, effective 1 July 2006.Catlin’s...

Worldwide Facilities to Sponsor Tough Product Liability Class

Jun 8 2006 // The Los Angeles based office of Worldwide Facilities Inc., will be presenting a free educational seminar that discusses coverage and insurance issues relating to “tough” products liability accounts.The event,...

Federal product liability lawsuits declining, data indicates

Jun 5 2006 // After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the United States declined by 14 percent last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16 percent in 2006.The data was compiled...