Nevada’s insurance commissioner has ‘grave concerns’ about insurers leaving the state because of recent legislation that prohibits them from issuing policies that reduce liability limits by defense costs.

When it comes to workplace settings in virtually every industry and sector, harassment among coworkers is a considerable risk.

A crane, located atop a high-rise building in Manhattan, experienced a partial collapse and caught fire over 40 stories above the ground Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were alerted to the situation when they received a call about a fire in the crane’s engine compartment at around 7:30 a.m.

A Florida jury has ruled that $800,000 in damages should be awarded to the family of a girl that alleged hot chicken nuggets from a local McDonald’s franchise left her severely burned.

Federal workplace safety inspections at two Dollar General stores in the Tampa area have once again exposed alarming hazards and unsafe conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, has issued citations for repeat violations, raising concerns about the well-being of employees at one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.

Even though we are well into the summer season, camps and youth recreation programs are still re-evaluating their insurance needs to prepare for known and unanticipated risks.

If a leak destroys an apartment, is a co-op board responsible for the repairs?
In the event of a fire, water, or other damage, almost every proprietary lease has boilerplate language on who is responsible for certain repairs to common areas or apartments.

Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility provider, is facing another large lawsuit over its role in the 2021 Marshall Fire. Nearly 250 residents and business owners filed a lawsuit in Boulder County District Court on Monday, alleging Xcel caused a variety of losses among plaintiffs.

The kids are out of school, vacations are beginning, and backyard barbeques are burning. It’s official: summertime is here. Sadly, along with summertime comes an increase in drowning deaths.

There are countless factors that go into emerging liability risk assessment. But at a high level, a systemic event typically has followed this track...

Theodore Cooperstein worked as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Mississippi. Part of his job was to appear in federal court as counsel for the government, and as such, he was insured under a federal employee professional liability policy.

After the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, municipalities are repairing and upgrading their aging infrastructure. This has led to an increase in the number of damaged underground utility claims in construction involving roadways, water/sewer/storm drains, and landscaping.

Harvard Medical School (HMS) is facing multiple class-action lawsuits in the aftermath of shocking allegations that a morgue employee was involved in stealing and selling human remains donated to the university’s medical school.

It was the dead cows on Wilbur Tennant’s farm that shaped most of Rob Bilott’s professional life. Tennant’s farm was located in Parkersburg, W. Va.; Bilott was -- and remains -- an environmental lawyer at the firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. All had been well for Tennant until 1998, when half of his herd of 300 cows began to languish and die.

Increased attorney involvement in commercial claims is a direct cause of substantial loss ratios, with costs continuing to rise. These growing costs result from high legal involvement rates, social inflation, third-party litigation funding and bad-faith lawsuits filed by attorneys.