Latest Product Liability Headlines

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

Medical Science Takes Uneasy Role in Drug, Asbestos Product Liability Cases

Feb 21 2005 // When word spread that people injured by the fen-phen diet drug cocktail could share in a multibillion dollar legal settlement, law firms began sponsoring health screenings so large that a judge quipped that one...

Aviation Products Liability

Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Response Aviation Insurance Services has a new program for repair shops. They will also consider engine shops, cylinder shops, propeller shops and non-critical product wholesalers or...

Chubb Develops Next Generation Coverage for Life Sciences Companies

Sep 27 2004 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced that it has launched a portfolio of policies to help protect life sciences companies from property and casualty exposures faced by the industry.“Chubb’s...

Products Liability Insurance Seminar To Be Held in Orange County

Jun 8 2004 // Yates & Associates invites agents and brokers to an informative Products Liability Insurance seminar on June 24, 2004. The topic, “Insuring Tough Products Liability Accounts,” will give the attending...

Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out

Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...

NAMIC REPORT DETAILS STATE TORT REFORM EFFORTS:

Jan 26 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...

NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts

Jan 26 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently released a report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system. According to NAMIC, “Tort Reform: An Overview of...

NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts

Jan 9 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...

Products Liability

Dec 1 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: DFCORBY Insurance Services has available a market for products liability, CGL or mono-products. ISO2001 Coverage Form. Likes tough products including, but not limited to, imported products and...

Chattem Inc. Notes Motion to Intervene in Lawsuit Filed by Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.

Nov 28 2003 // Chattem, Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer products, announced that Interstate Fire & Casualty Company (“Interstate”) has filed a motion to intervene as a party plaintiff in the...

Policy Options and Offerings are Major Issues for Mid-Size Manufacturers

Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...

Policy Options and Offerings are Major Issues for Mid-Size Manufacturers

Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...

Kemper Files Lawsuit Against Chattem

Aug 14 2003 // Chattem Inc., which markets and manufactures branded consumer products, announced that Kemper Indemnity Insurance Company (Kemper) filed a lawsuit against it in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., seeking to rescind the...

Colo. Joins Vanguard of States Reforming the Civil Justice System

Apr 21 2003 // Colorado has become the fourth state this year, following Arkansas, Idaho and West Virginia to enact substantive improvements in its tort system. Colorado recently enacted two reform bills and is considering three others...

Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent

Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...

An Exact Science: Insuring Biotech Takes Know-How

Sep 30 2002 // As far as commercial property and casualty coverages are concerned, it goes without saying that individual companies require specific types of policies to most effectively address risks inherent to their industries.The...

Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Continued Asbestos Costs

Aug 19 2002 // Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of...

New Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Asbestos Liability Costs

Aug 5 2002 // Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of...

Fake Stucco Trouble: EIFS Related Claims Constrict CGL Markets

Jun 10 2002 // Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several...

Hard to Place Products Liability

Jun 10 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a program for hard to place products liability. Worldwide coverage; design E&O available as add-on or stand alone; three-year occurrence conversion policy available....