Latest Liquor Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Liquor Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Popular South Carolina Country Music Venue Shuts Down After 29 Years Due to Liquor Liability Insurance Costs
Jun 3 2024 // A popular country music venue in Greenville, South Carolina, has closed its doors after almost 30 years, citing the cost of liquor liability insurance in the state. The Blind Horse Saloon, known for hosting some well-known...
Minnesota Program Fails to Deter Alcohol Overservice
May 30 2024 // A strategy aimed at preventing Minnesota restaurants and bars from serving alcohol to patrons who are already intoxicated does not appear to be effective, according to a study recently published in Alcohol: Clinical and...
Popular SC Country Music Venue Shuts Down Due to Liquor Liability Insurance Costs
May 16 2024 // A popular country music venue in Greenville, South Carolina, has closed its doors after almost 30 years, citing the cost of liquor liability insurance in the state. The Post and Courier newspaper and other news outlets...
Wisconsin Wedding Barns Sue Over State’s New Liquor Law Requiring Licensing
May 10 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Wisconsin wedding barns sued the state Tuesday seeking to block enactment of a new law that requires them to get liquor licenses similar to other establishments that host events. Owners and...
SC Bill, Passed by House, Would Let Captives Solve the Liquor Liability Squeeze
Apr 8 2024 // With one month left in the South Carolina legislative session, two bills designed to ease liquor liability insurance costs are evolving and moving forward. The state House of Representatives late last month voted 106-2 to...
Landlords and Their Tenant’s Liquor Liability
Apr 1 2024 // A landlord decides to lease a space in a retail strip center to a sports bar. The landlord’s commercial real estate representative sends the lease to the new prospective tenant to sign – it is a standard...
A Look at the Liquor Liability Landscape
Mar 18 2024 // Liquor liability availability and pricing have put small business owners in the alcohol-related sector in some states in a bind. While securing coverage is easy in some areas, premiums have skyrocketed and carriers have...
South Carolina Lawmakers Mulling Liquor Liability Fund to Ease Coverage Crisis
Feb 20 2024 // Businesses and homeowners will be familiar with insurers of last resort – the state-created, quasi-governmental organizations that provide property and liability coverage when the primary market won’t. These...
South Carolina Liquor Liability Market ‘Extremely Unprofitable,’ DOI Report Says
Feb 5 2024 // A report from the South Carolina Department of Insurance confirms what insurers and bars and restaurants have said for the past few years: Liquor liability coverage in the state is “extremely unprofitable” for...
South Carolina Liquor Liability Market ‘Extremely Unprofitable,’ DOI Report Finds
Jan 11 2024 // A report from the South Carolina Department of Insurance confirms what insurers and bars and restaurants have said for the past few years: Liquor liability coverage in the state is “extremely unprofitable” for...
Authorities Still Digging After Brazen Heist of $1.6M in Liquor From Florida Warehouse
Oct 18 2023 // The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating after burglary that swiped more than $1.6 million worth of liquor from a Tampa-area warehouse. The theft happened in July at the Republic National...
New Michigan Law Allows Alcohol to Be Sold at Public University Sports Venues
Jul 24 2023 // A new state law allows alcoholic drinks to be sold at college sporting events in Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation last week allowing liquor licenses to be issued to sporting venues at public universities,...
South Carolina DOI Issues Data Call on Why Liquor, Cyber Liability Costs Are Soaring
Jun 5 2023 // Two Southeastern insurance regulators have posted new information about liability insurance data and catastrophe claims reporting. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation last week posted the 2023 catastrophe reporting...
Distraction, Speeding, Alcohol Drive Up 2021 Traffic Deaths
Apr 5 2023 // Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise. The 2021 final numbers, released Monday by the National...
South Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Uninsured Motorists, Liquor Liability
Mar 30 2023 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down three opinions that resolve two questions about insurance law. One decision will probably disappoint auto insurers; another will please carriers in the liquor...
Landlords and Their Tenant’s Liquor Liability
Mar 20 2023 // A landlord decides to lease a space in a retail strip center to a sports bar. The landlord’s commercial real estate representative sends the lease to the new prospective tenant to sign — it is a standard...
Alcohol Causes 1 in 20 Deaths in Massachusetts, Boston University Report Shows
Dec 15 2022 // Alcohol kills on average 2,760 people a year in Massachusetts and the health, safety and economic toll of liquor on Bay State residents outstrips revenues from state alcohol taxes. Those are among the findings from a new...
Moving and Storage Businesses: Heed FMCSA Clearinghouse Requirements to Reduce Drug and Alcohol Violations
Nov 18 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Drug and alcohol violations have increased by 10.2% for truckers,[1] making it more important than ever for motor carriers to utilize the Federal Motor...
Alcohol Death Toll is Growing, U.S. Government Reports Say
Nov 9 2022 // The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had...
Indiana Mayor’s Blood Alcohol Was Twice State Limit When He Struck Car
Oct 14 2022 // The mayor of Indiana’s second-largest city had a blood alcohol reading nearly twice the state’s limit for driving when he was arrested over the weekend for drunken driving, court records show. Fort Wayne Mayor...
