Latest Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Critics Say Indiana COVID-19 Liability Shield Allows Nursing Home Neglect
May 12 2021 // Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for healthcare providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that...
Oklahoma Bill Creating Framework for Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Signed by Governor
May 10 2021 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law a bill that sets up a regulatory framework for peer-to-peer car sharing. Senate Bill 355, authored by Sen. Paul Rosino R-Oklahoma City, Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, and House...
Insurer Sues West Virginia Gov.’s Company for Failure to Pay Deductibles
May 10 2021 // An insurance company alleges in a federal lawsuit that a company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes $166,000 for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage...
Texas Fetal “Heartbeat” Bill Expands Lawsuit Liabilities Well Beyond Patient, Provider
May 7 2021 // Texas lawmakers are poised to enact sweeping restrictions on access to abortions, prohibiting the procedure before many women know they are pregnant, and opening the door for a potential flood of lawsuits against abortion...
Positive Physicians Insurance Co. Expands Med Mal Coverage into Florida, Georgia
May 7 2021 // Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance within their respective states. The company obtained admitted status in Florida...
Allstate Q1 Revenue Soars 26% on National General, Premium Gains
May 6 2021 // Allstate reported an overall $1.4 billion net loss in the first quarter due to the sales of its life and annuity businesses, compared to net income of $513 million in the first quarter of 2020. However, net income adjusted...
COVID Is Far From the Only Risk Facing Insurers and Financial Sector Firms: Allianz
May 6 2021 // COVID-19 may drive market corrections and insolvencies that could impact financial institutions’ balance sheets, increase exposures for directors and result in litigation. However, financial institutions are also...
Trinity Underwriting Managers, Obsidian Partner on Auto Liability Offering
May 5 2021 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), part of Amwins Underwriting, has formed a new carrier partnership with Obsidian, an A.M. Best rated “A-” hybrid fronting program carrier. The partnership will add to...
People Moves: AXA XL’s Powell Joins Zurich Financial Lines; BHSI Transactional Adds Lockton’s Thieviasingham
May 5 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Timothy Powell as global head Financial Lines and Cyber, a newly-created role that combines lines of business. Powell joins Zurich from AXA XL, where he most recently served as chief...
People Moves: Towne’s Skinner, RT Specialty’s Reynolds Promoted; Buckle Hires Two
May 4 2021 // Towne Financial Services Group Promotes Skinner to President, CEO Towne Financial Services Group (TFSG) has promoted Brian K. Skinner to president and CEO, effective May 1, 2021. TFSG contains all the non-bank divisions of...
Core Specialty, DUAL to Offer Primary, Excess Professional Liability Coverage
May 4 2021 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries has formed an underwriting arrangement with DUAL Commercial, LLC to provide primary and excess professional liability limits for qualified classes of business....
Amwins Acquires Equine, Canine Specialist Broker Equisure
May 3 2021 // Specialty broker Amwins Group said it has agreed to acquire Equisure, Inc., a Colorado-based specialist in insurance programs for horse and dog owners, trainers and organizations. Equisure provides professional liability,...
Nevada Lawmakers Weigh Fire-Fighting Liability, Coordination
May 3 2021 // Nevada lawmakers on April 28 heard three proposals about changing liability laws and helping fire-fighting agencies coordinate their responses. As fire seasons become longer and more dangerous, the Legislature is one of...
Insuring Cannabis Webinar Take Home: Carriers, Brokers Waiting on Sidelines
May 3 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize. That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s...
How COVID Impacts Insurance in Unforeseen Ways
May 3 2021 // Having recently marked the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems like an opportune time to consider how the pandemic has impacted the insurance industry. While business interruption (BI) lawsuits...
How Liability Immunity for Vaccinations Affects Healthcare
May 3 2021 // When the race was on in earnest to develop and deploy an effective COVID-19 vaccination, much was made about the fact that pharmaceutical manufacturers would enjoy immunity against any liability related to the COVID-19...
Large Deductible Versus Self-Insured Retention
May 3 2021 // With recent predictions that the hardening of the commercial insurance market will continue beyond 2021, corporate insurance buyers are exploring all means of mitigating the adverse impact of limited insurer capacities and...
Top 5 Certificate of Insurance Questions
May 3 2021 // Over the past 20-plus years, I have answered many hundreds of questions about certificates of insurance (COIs). The first webinar I did on COIs sold out 1,000 connections and a second session had to be scheduled. About...
Rising Liability Premiums Adding Stress on Medical Practices: AMA Study
May 3 2021 // Medical liability insurance premiums have begun an upward trend after holding more or less steady during the past decade, according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2020, during the height...
London MGA Optio Acquires Nuclear Insurance Specialist MGA Northcourt
Apr 29 2021 // LONDON — Optio Group, a specialty managing general agency, said it has acquired nuclear risk specialist Northcourt for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2010, Northcourt is an MGA licensed to underwrite nuclear property...
