Latest Product Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Markets/Coverages: QBE Introduces Media Liability Endorsement; Travelers Offers Product Liability for Life Sciences
Mar 25 2025 // QBE North America Introduces Media Liability Endorsement QBE North America announced a new media liability endorsement for media organizations facing legal actions brought under consumer protection laws. This endorsement...
Sedgwick: U.S. Product Recalls Reached High Level Again Last Year
Mar 10 2025 // The number of U.S. product recalls remained high in 2024 with more than 3,200 events recorded for the second consecutive year, a new report shows. Sedgwick brand protection’s 2025 U.S. State of the Nation Recall...
Markets/Coverages: Apollo Expands Into Drone Product Liability Cover
Feb 19 2025 // Apollo, the London-based insurance group, announced they have expanded their offering into drone product liability. Apollo is providing the capacity for this product liability offering as part of an existing binder with...
Failure to Produce Proof of Purchase Dooms Insurer’s Product Liability Case
Dec 6 2024 // A federal court in Pennsylvania recently affirmed that plaintiffs seeking to hold a seller or distributor liable for a faulty product must provide clear evidence of where they purchased their product. In a homeowners...
Texas-Based Upland Expands Into Product Recall
Dec 4 2024 // Upland Capital Group announced it is expanding into a new market with the introduction of a Product Recall product to its portfolio. The new product focuses on product defect coverage for component parts and consumer goods...
US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High: Report
Dec 2 2024 // If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows. Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five...
Sedgwick: US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High
Nov 19 2024 // If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows. Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five...
Sedgwick: Product Recalls Dropped in Q2 in 5 Key Industries
Sep 3 2024 // Product recalls in the U.S. decreased across the automotive, consumer product, food and drink, medical device and pharmaceutical industries in the second quarter, according to a new report from Sedgwick.. Sedgwick’s...
People Moves: Tokio Marine HCC Expands Product Recall Offering With 2 Hires From AXA XL; London P&I Club’s CEO Gooch to Step Down, Succeeded by Bean
May 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine HCC – Specialty Group and The London P&I Club. A summary of these new hires follows here. Tokio Marine HCC Expands Product Recall...
Internet Firms Must Face Defective Product Liability Suit Over Buffalo Mass Shooting
Mar 20 2024 // A New York state judge has allowed a case seeking to hold social media companies liable in the tragic mass killing at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022 to go forward on grounds of product liability. Erie County Supreme Court...
Tesla to Fix Software in 8,700 vehicles in China Product Recall, Regulator Says
Feb 27 2024 // China’s market regulator said on Friday that Tesla Inc. would fix software in 8,700 vehicles to reduce the chance of accidents. The action involving 1,071 imported Model S and Model X and 7,629 China-produced Model 3...
Product Recall Specialist MGA BluNiche Launches UK Unit for SME Businesses
Nov 28 2023 // BluNiche, a London-based managing general agent (MGA) that specializes in product recall insurance, announced the launch of BluNiche UK to target small and medium sized businesses across the UK. BluNiche UK is led by Ed...
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Meyer to Head of Product Liability, North America; Forte Named President of Berkley Public Entity
Oct 3 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has promoted Angela Meyer to head of Product Liability in North America. She was previously head of Life Sciences in North America. Meyer joined BHSI in 2014 as...
Product Liability Cases on the Rise: Lex Machina
Sep 19 2023 // Product liability cases are increasing, according to Lex Machina’s annual Product Liability Litigation Report, with 5,826 such cases in federal courts in 2022. The data analyzed by Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company,...
People Moves: Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding Lee; MS Amlin Names Ross From Sedgwick as Product Recall Senior U/W
Jul 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton and MS Amlin. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding...
Product Recalls Hit Four-Year High in First Quarter 2023: Sedgwick
Jun 19 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report...
Product Recalls Hit Four-Year High in First Quarter 2023: Sedgwick
May 30 2023 // Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that the number of product recalls in the U.S. increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. According to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest U.S. product recall index report —...
People Moves: Lewis Brisbois Expands Midwest Products Liability Capabilities; Alera Group Promotes Floyd to SVP
Feb 16 2023 // Lewis Brisbois Expands Products Liability Capabilities in Midwest with Experienced Litigation Team in St. Louis Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts to its St. Louis, Missouri office as...
People Moves: Marshall & Sterling New Senior Leadership; Rock Hired as Trium Cyber Claims Chief; Nexus Nabs Product Recall Specialist Darlea
Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership Team Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...
Unilever Adds to Growing List of U.S. Products Recalled Due to Benzene
Oct 26 2022 // Unilever issued a voluntary recall of dry shampoo aerosol produced before October 2021 and sold nationwide because they may contain benzene, a human carcinogen. New Jersey-based Unilever U.S. said the list of products...
