Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Supreme Court Allows For Exception to 8-Corners Rule
Feb 17 2022 // For more than 50 years, insurers have known that their duty to defend a Texas policyholder from a lawsuit must be decided based only on the language of the insurance contract and the allegations made by the plaintiff. The...
Six Years After Deadly Police Chase, Georgia High Court Limits Insurer’s Obligation
Feb 17 2022 // The headlines in 2016 provoked an outcry across Georgia: A man stole a car near the Atlanta airport, fled from police in a high-speed chase, then crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and her two grandchildren. Six...
Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Trial Will Test Contractors’ Liability
Feb 15 2022 // Jury selection starts Feb. 15 in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were not...
Gunmaker Remington to Pay $73M to Settle Liability Claims With Sandy Hook Families
Feb 15 2022 // Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, the first time a gunmaker has been held responsible...
J&J Defends Baby Powder Bankruptcy Strategy Cancer Plaintiffs Call ‘Rotten’
Feb 15 2022 // A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary came under attack in court on Monday for attempting to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims that its baby powder and other talc-based products caused...
Texas Supreme Court Rules Golf Cart Accident Isn’t Covered in District’s Auto Liability Policy
Feb 14 2022 // The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that injuries suffered in a golf cart at a school isn’t covered in an auto liability policy held by the school district. In Pharr–San Juan–Alamo Independent School District,...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Mkts Names Beattie Head of War & Terrorism; New Dawn Risk Hires Aon’s Khan for Professional Risks, Lothbury’s Vernon for Healthcare/Life Sciences
Feb 10 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and broker New Dawn Risk. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Names Beattie as Global Head of...
Appeals Court Allows Dallas Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed
Feb 10 2022 // The family of a Dallas man who died in police custody five years ago can proceed with their lawsuit against four officers, a federal appeals court ruled in an opinion filed last week that overturned a lower court’s...
Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants
Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...
10 Emerging Risks to Watch
Feb 7 2022 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and a few challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic forces and tough insurance market conditions in 2021. Here are 10 industry sectors that could see new...
A Special Time for Specialty Markets
Feb 7 2022 // The specialty insurance marketplace always has been a vast laboratory for nascent products. It once was a tiny market. Those days are over. Today, with tens of billions in premiums in the U.S. market, specialty is for more...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates in 2022, USI Forecast Predicts
Feb 7 2022 // Although it wasn’t the headline of a commercial insurance broker’s market pricing report last month, the report’s observation that “commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to...
Transactional Liability Insurance: Why Management Liability Isn’t Enough in Today’s M&A World
Feb 7 2022 // After a slight Covid-19 related dip in 2020, M&A activity has reached unprecedented levels with 2021 being the busiest year on record, resulting in significantly elevated demand for M&A insurance. At the same time,...
U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021
Feb 7 2022 // Surplus lines premium increased 22% and transactions rebounded almost 6.6% over their 2020 totals in the 15 states with designated surplus lines’ stamping offices. The increases represented record levels of premium...
Idaho Coronavirus Liability Shield Extension Bill Heads to Senate
Feb 3 2022 // Legislation headed to the Idaho Senate on Monday to extend a legal shield for Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches COVID-19. The House voted 70-0 to approve the measure that...
Allied Asks Court to Bar Coverage for Florida Law Firm in Condo Collapse
Feb 3 2022 // The insurer for a South Florida law firm that represented the collapsed Surfside condominium – lawyers known for fighting off attempts to reform condo safety laws – has asked a judge to absolve the carrier of coverage...
Aon Launches Cannabis-Focused Management Liability Program Greensite
Feb 3 2022 // Greensite Insurance Services, an Aon speciality insurance program, has launched a cannabis management liability program tailored toward private entities including start ups that are looking for substantial management...
M.J. Hall in California Introduces D&O, EPL and FL Cannabis Coverage
Feb 3 2022 // San Francisco, California-based M.J. Hall & Co. is introducing directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability insurance coverages for cannabis business owners. The coverages,...
People Moves: NFP Cyber Adds Marsh’s Maugé, WTW’s Cavaliere; Dillman to Head Chubb’s Digital Transformation
Jan 28 2022 // NFP Welcomes Cyber Risk Experts Maugé and Cavaliere Insurance broker NFP announced the addition of Courtney Maugé, senior vice president, cyber practice leader, and Rick Cavaliere, senior vice president, senior cyber...
Gun Rights Group Files Suit Against California City’s Liability Insurance Law
Jan 28 2022 // A gun rights group and a gun owner have filed a lawsuit against a California city for a newly passed ordinance requiring citizens to obtain firearm liability insurance and pay an annual fee. The National Association for...
