Latest Product Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Product Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAMIC REPORT DETAILS STATE TORT REFORM EFFORTS:
Jan 26 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...
NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts
Jan 26 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently released a report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system. According to NAMIC, “Tort Reform: An Overview of...
NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts
Jan 9 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...
Products Liability
Dec 1 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: DFCORBY Insurance Services has available a market for products liability, CGL or mono-products. ISO2001 Coverage Form. Likes tough products including, but not limited to, imported products and...
Chattem Inc. Notes Motion to Intervene in Lawsuit Filed by Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
Nov 28 2003 // Chattem, Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer products, announced that Interstate Fire & Casualty Company (“Interstate”) has filed a motion to intervene as a party plaintiff in the...
Policy Options and Offerings are Major Issues for Mid-Size Manufacturers
Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...
Policy Options and Offerings are Major Issues for Mid-Size Manufacturers
Nov 17 2003 // Coverage options and product offerings, rather than price, are the most important factors for middle market manufacturers when they go looking for insurance to cover their businesses. At least that’s the conclusion...
Kemper Files Lawsuit Against Chattem
Aug 14 2003 // Chattem Inc., which markets and manufactures branded consumer products, announced that Kemper Indemnity Insurance Company (Kemper) filed a lawsuit against it in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., seeking to rescind the...
Colo. Joins Vanguard of States Reforming the Civil Justice System
Apr 21 2003 // Colorado has become the fourth state this year, following Arkansas, Idaho and West Virginia to enact substantive improvements in its tort system. Colorado recently enacted two reform bills and is considering three others...
Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent
Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...
An Exact Science: Insuring Biotech Takes Know-How
Sep 30 2002 // As far as commercial property and casualty coverages are concerned, it goes without saying that individual companies require specific types of policies to most effectively address risks inherent to their industries. The...
Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Continued Asbestos Costs
Aug 19 2002 // Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of...
New Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Asbestos Liability Costs
Aug 5 2002 // Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of...
Fake Stucco Trouble: EIFS Related Claims Constrict CGL Markets
Jun 10 2002 // Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several...
Hard to Place Products Liability
Jun 10 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a program for hard to place products liability. Worldwide coverage; design E&O available as add-on or stand alone; three-year occurrence conversion policy available....
Eagle International Schedules Claims Handling Conferences in London, Paris
Aug 9 2001 // Eagle International Associates, an international network of insurance defense attorneys and claims adjusters throughout North America and Europe, has announced that it will be offering two unique conferences on the subject...
Zurich North America Launches New Product Recall Coverage
Jun 12 2001 // Zurich North America’s Excess & Surplus Group is offering a new coverage for expenses related to product recalls, the company announced yesterday. The product recall expense coverage is designed for small to...
iwix.net Signs AIG Worldsource; Product Recall Products Added to Site
Oct 30 2000 // iwix.net, an Internet specialty insurance marketplace, has signed AIG Worldsource to provide new products on the iwix.net site. AIG Worldsource, located in New York, will provide product recall coverages, which will...
Recent Product Recalls
Jul 24 2000 // The following list, compiled from Safety Alerts.com, is a sample of recalls undertaken for an array of products distributed in various U.S. states from June 24-July 10, 2000: FOOD • Ex-Cel Corned Beef Company, Inc. 1,200...
Businesses at Risk:Do Your Clients Need CONTAMINATED PRODUCTS Insurance’
Jul 24 2000 // Ecoli bacteria in beverages, cyanide in capsules, salmonella contamination in meat, mislabeled products, threats to spread harmful rumors about a product-these and similar hazards create a crisis situation for a company...
