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