Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits
Feb 1 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in companies such as GameStop Corp. that was...
Coalition Adds 5 Hires to Middle Market Production Underwriting Team
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships. New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Houston’s Skyward Specialty Names Burkhart President of Specialty Lines
Jan 26 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has appointed John Burkhart president of specialty lines with oversight of Executive and Professional Liability, Healthcare Professional Liability,...
Montana Virus Liability Bill Advancing Through Legislature
Jan 26 2021 // A bill that would protect businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits is advancing quickly through the Montana Legislature, after the state’s Republican governor said the measure was...
WestPro Insurance Partners with Obsidian on Bars, Taverns, Restaurants Program
Jan 26 2021 // Managing general underwriter WestPro Insurance Services has formed a program partnership with Obsidian, a hybrid fronting program carrier. WestPro, a division of Platinum Specialty Underwriters, targets neighborhood bars,...
Heinz Joins Lockton from Aon as Partner in Transaction Liability Practice
Jan 25 2021 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton has added Matt Heinz as a partner in its Transaction Liability practice. Heinz will co-lead the group with partners Josh Halpern, Eric Ziff and Gaurav Sud, who joined Lockton last year as the...
DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution
Jan 25 2021 // The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related to man-made chemicals associated with an increased risk of cancer and other health...
The Company You Keep Can Make All the Difference for Your Small Business Clients
Jan 25 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Hanover Insurance Group Inc. Tens of thousands of small businesses have changed the way they do business, interacting with customers digitally and adjusting their offerings to...
Declarations
Jan 25 2021 // Ag Safety “The agriculture industry is inherently risky, but it is a good reminder for us to work on safety on farms and ranches and put safety in a preeminent position on all of our operations.” — Austin...
Attune to Offer General, Professional Liability Products Through Hiscox
Jan 22 2021 // Attune Insurance Services, LLC has launched general liability and professional liability products with Hiscox serving as the carrier. The Attune and Hiscox partnership adds over 180 new classes and two admitted products to...
Spanos Joins Core Specialty Insurance E&S Group as VP
Jan 22 2021 // Van Spanos has joined Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc.’s newly formed excess and surplus (E&S) primary Product Liability group as vice president. Spanos is responsible for managing...
2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits
Jan 21 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021. Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...
Core Specialty Partners, Lancer Launch Excess Transportation Program
Jan 13 2021 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have partnered with Lancer Management Co. to provide excess liability limits for qualified local, intermediate and long haul trucking accounts as well as general...
Liability Bill in Montana Would Limit Virus Litigation
Jan 12 2021 // A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic. The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
IAT Insurance Group Hires Buffalano as Vice President in New Jersey Office
Jan 12 2021 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property/casualty and surety products, has hired Joe Buffalano as vice president of Underwriting and Management Liability. Buffalano resides in New Jersey and will be based out...
The Gig Economy, Auto Insurance and Surplus Lines
Jan 11 2021 // Automobile insurance looks very different today than it did a generation ago. The means by which people (and goods) travel via motor vehicles continue to expand and evolve, as do businesses and their automobile insurance...
2020 Agents of the Year
Jan 11 2021 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s Agents of the Year report. This report features 25 agents who define what it means to be a successful independent agent today. These agents are more than top sellers. While they have...
2021 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 11 2021 // Self-Leadership: Tips for Navigating the Quarantine Jan 8 Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P-BeAjpuRLeuTUiVu0-S1g [inline-ad-1] 2021 Gamma Iota Sigma Regional...
Employment Practices Insurance in the Age of Covid
Jan 11 2021 // Overall trends for the past 30 years in the employment practices liability insurance market have been influenced by society and culture. As concerns over racial and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, gender...
Rates, Retentions Up in Employment Practices Liability Market: Report
Jan 11 2021 // In its annual survey of the employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) market, The Betterley Report found that rates are continuing their trend upward, in part because commercial rates in general are on the rise but...
