All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2006 // After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the U.S. declined by 14% last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16% in 2006.The data was compiled with information gathered...
May 22 2006 // Editor’s note: This is part 2 of two-part series on product recall. Part 1 appeared in the May 8, 2006, Western region issue of Insurance Journal.Losses resulting from a product recall are generally classified as...
May 22 2006 // Editor’s note: This is part 2 of two-part series on product recall. Part 1 appeared in the May 8, 2006, Western region issue of Insurance Journal.Losses resulting from a product recall are generally classified as...
May 22 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operational exposure, and insurance agents don’t understand it, and the public’s understanding is even more...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operational exposure, and insurance agents don’t understand it, and the public’s understanding is even more...
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For large and small consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost...
May 8 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...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business?For consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost millions of...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us: This bag is not a toy; and this or that small object is a chocking hazard. As if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operation exposure, and if agents don’t understand it, public understanding is even more limited. Insurance companies are...
May 8 2006 // Product recalls pose financial, logistical and communication challenges Part 1 of a two-part series on Product Recall. Protecting consumers is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is whether it can be...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // It takes only a brief glance through a newspaper in the United States to see that multimillion dollar jury awards have become a fact of life in products liability cases. But U.S. companies doing business overseas need to...
May 8 2006 // We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy warning us that this bag is not a toy, this or that small object is a chocking hazard, as if left to our own devices, we would all be giving our children...
May 8 2006 // Protecting the consumer is the number one priority in a product recall. The challenge is, can you do so without crippling your business? For large and small consumer goods manufacturers and distributors, recalls can cost...
May 8 2006 // Basic insurance coverage salespersons don’t fully understand their products or completed operational exposure, and insurance agents don’t understand it, and the public’s understanding is even more...
May 8 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...