Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
RLI Promotes Ahrens to VP, Inland Marine; Hartje to VP, Excess Liability
Nov 4 2020 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., has promoted Blake A. Ahrens to vice president, Inland Marine, and Bob W. Hartje to vice president, Excess Liability. Ahrens previously served as assistant vice...
AGCS Names Generali’s Baker as Regional Head of Liability for London, Nordics Unit
Nov 4 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced the appointment of Luke Baker as the new regional head of Liability for Regional Unit London and Nordics. He will join AGCS, Allianz’s entity for large-scale...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Architects & Engineers Coverage Into 3 States
Nov 2 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has expanded the list of states the company offers its architects and engineers professional liability product to include Colorado, Kansas, and Wisconsin. With these three...
Michigan Insurance Market at a Glance
Nov 2 2020 // The reform of Michigan’s auto insurance market, which went into effect on July 1, 2020, brought the promise of much-needed premium relief for Michigan drivers. An April 2019 study by the Insurance Research Council...
Integrated Specialty Coverages Launches Investor Property Insurance Program
Oct 30 2020 // Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a program administrator developing insurance products utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology and analytics, has launched its Investor Property Program designed to address...
Nexus Specialty Adds Schneider, Fayette in Chicago
Oct 30 2020 // Nexus Specialty has hired Katie Schneider as assistant vice president, Management & Professional Liability, in the group’s Chicago, Ill., office. The company also named William K. Fayette, senior underwriter,...
Republicans Eye ‘Jackhammer’ to Reform Tech Liability While Democrats Grab ‘Scalpel’
Oct 30 2020 // Big Tech’s decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the ire of Republicans and Democrats alike, raising the prospect that a 24-year-old U.S....
WHO to Form COVID Insurance Scheme for Vaccine Side-Effects in Poor Nations
Oct 29 2020 // BRUSSELS – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to allay fears that could...
Boston Insurance Brokerage Expands Specialty Offerings; Fell to Lead New Division
Oct 29 2020 // Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB) has announced an expansion of its specialty offerings to include Programs & Compliance. The new division at BIB will be led by Senior Vice President Christopher Fell. BIB has a history...
Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Executives to Defend Liability Shield Before Senate
Oct 28 2020 // The chief executives of Twitter Inc., Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that a federal law protecting internet companies is crucial to free expression on the internet, according...
New CFC Intellectual Property Product Targets Risks of M&A Transactions
Oct 27 2020 // CFC has launched a new product designed to address intellectual property (IP) infringement risks facing buyers undertaking a merger or acquisition. The product offers protection to buyers for IP infringement risks...
Insurers Face Liability Uncertainties as Ships Begin to Sail Through Arctic Waters
Oct 27 2020 // When Captain Will Whatley guides a ship through Arctic waters, he is starkly aware of what can go wrong. Double the manpower is needed to navigate. Lookout shifts are kept to just one hour, so sailors don’t lose...
Big Tech Lobby Seeks EU Liability Cover to Tackle Hate Speech, Illegal Content
Oct 26 2020 // Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and illegal content as government scrutiny over how platforms manage user posts grows worldwide. A...
ISO Business Auto Form and Endorsement Revisions
Oct 23 2020 // Effective November 1, 2020, Insurance Services Office (ISO) is introducing 19 new endorsements for its business auto program. Many of these changes are the result of requests from IIABA’s Technical Affairs...
Walmart Sues U.S. to Clarify Pharmacy Liability in Opioid Crisis
Oct 23 2020 // Walmart Inc. said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, seeking clarity on the roles and legal responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacies in filling opioid prescriptions. Walmart said...
Tangram Teams With Markel on Propane and Fuel Distributors Program
Oct 23 2020 // Tangram Insurance Services, a managing general agency, and Markel Corp. have launched a program to provide excess liability capacity above Tangram’s current offering in the propane and fuel distribution...
FCC Says It Has Authority to Change Social Media Liability Shield
Oct 22 2020 // The top lawyer at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday the telecommunications regulator has legal authority to redefine the immunity shield protecting social media companies that could make it...
Survey Finds 78% of Risk Managers Now Buying Cyber Insurance
Oct 20 2020 // The tenth year of the Zurich North America and Advisen Cyber Survey reveals that 78% of risk managers now purchase some level of cyber insurance — compared to only 34% in 2011. Of this record of 78% with some cyber...
Halloran to Lead New PointeNorth Management & Executive Liability Practice
Oct 20 2020 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, LLC (PNIG), an independent insurance agency in the Southeast, has launched a management & executive liability practice to help businesses prepare and proactively manage executive liability...
BHSI Introduces D&O Liability, Professional Indemnity Policies in Dubai, Middle East
Oct 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has developed proprietary directors & officers (D&O) liability and professional indemnity (PI) policy wordings for customers in the UAE and throughout the...
