All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2013 // XL Group has added a crisis management team to provide corporate clients in the U.S. with product recall, war, terrorism and political violence, kidnap, ransom, and extortion insurance. Led by Denise Balan in New York, the...
Aug 20 2013 // Ironshore Inc.’s Specialty Casualty unit is launching a new claims-made policy form to complement its suite of products and services available to the commercial general liability market for prospective insureds...
Jul 29 2013 // Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week.Tennessee...
Apr 19 2013 // Wholesale Brokerage Professional Risk Solutions (PRS) has launched a new venture that extends its offerings to general and product liability coverages, as well as insurance options for the life sciences industry.Through...
Nov 5 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Oct 24 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Jun 29 2012 // ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused insurance division of the ACE Group, has introduced a new stand-alone product recall underwriting unit, which will deliver insurance products to respond to the increased...
Nov 1 2011 // A string of courtroom victories by drugmakers in key product liability trials could be a signal that these and other companies can beat back claims in upcoming cases against them.AstraZeneca Plc, Merck & Co. and Pfizer...
Aug 29 2011 // A surfer has filed a product liability lawsuit against a California surfboard manufacturer because the too-sharp fin sliced his leg.The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed by recreational surfer Tom Gregg contends the...
May 13 2011 // New York’s top court this week reinstated a Manhattan restaurant worker’s product liability lawsuit over a lye-crystal drain cleaner, concluding that the companies behind it have to do more than simply state...
Mar 21 2011 // Here’s what some insurers and brokers have been up to recently, inventing and tweaking key programs and coverages.Liability: Professional, E&O, D&O, EPLI CNA launched Epack Extra, an enhanced version of its...
Mar 17 2011 // The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would change the apportionment of damages in product liability cases so that a judge or jury must consider the fault of all parties. The bill is designed to shield or limit the...
Mar 4 2011 // Insurer XL has added John Turner as Product Recall Manager for North America. Turner, based in New York, has more than 20 years of insurance market experience, including multi industry product recall and product liability...
Feb 18 2011 // When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some are taking the vetting process to a new level: they’re quietly trawling social networks and other sites to...
Jan 24 2011 // The U.S. has failed to persuade Chinese makers of defective drywall to compensate American homeowners, in a dispute that threatens to mar strained trade ties.The failure to persuade about 13 makers of contaminated drywall...
Jan 13 2011 // K&K Insurance announces a new products liability program in partnership with RLI, a specialty insurance company operating in all 50 states. This arrangement offers an additional avenue for competitive quotes in the...
Jan 11 2011 // Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, has expanded its products liability insurance coverage to respond to the increasing risks associated with product recalls.Through a relationship with the Crisis Management unit...
Jan 11 2011 // The top U.S. product safety official said on Monday the agency has failed to persuade Chinese makers of defective drywall to compensate American homeowners, in a dispute that threatens to mar strained trade ties.The...
Nov 8 2010 // Normally sold as a stand-alone professional liability policy, the new manufacturers’ errors and omissions (ME&O) endorsement from Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) marks the first time this coverage can be...
Aug 12 2010 // Chartis has introduced limited product withdrawal expense coverage with complimentary loss control services, developed by its Commercial Casualty division to protect clients against the large expenses arising out of...