California Jury Hits Bayer With $2 Billion Award In Roundup Cancer Trial
A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AGs glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical.
May 14, 2019
Liability
Litigation
California
Chemical Spill In Houston Ship Channel After Vessels Collide
Much of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed Saturday a day after two vessels collided, causing a large gasoline blend spill and setting off another round of environmentalists concerns for the Gulf Coast.
May 13, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Marine
Salvage
Texas
A Way to Attack Healthcare Fraud
If insurers want to mitigate risk, rather than risk their time and money with litigation, if they want to guard against fraudulent claims, if they want to protect good doctors against wrongful claims, then they should invest in sound legal counsel.
May 13, 2019
Liability
Life & Health
Litigation
Risk Management
Your Next Catastrophic Risk? Hint: It Has Nothing To Do With Climate Change
Amped-up settlements and jury awards are creating upward pressure on the global liability market, while new technology offers an opportunity for insurers to be more proactive.
May 9, 2019
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Boston Bound: What To Expect At CLMs 2019 CMPL Conference
This July marks the start of a fully reinvented conference that focuses on cyber, management, and professional liability claims issuessomething Andrew Fastow, a former Enron executive who served six years in prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, knows something about.
May 7, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Risk Management
Technology
Pasadena Chiropractor, 14 Others Charged In $6 Million Auto Insurance Fraud, Kickback Scheme
A Pasadena-based chiropractor has been charged along with 14 others in an alleged $6 million insurance fraud and illegal kickback scheme involving automobile collision medical claims, the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office announced Friday.
May 6, 2019
Fraud
Liability
California
Insurers Cough Up Tens Of Millions Over Church Sex Abuse
The Diocese of Duluth has reached a settlement with the 125 people who claimed they have been abused by the organizations priests the dioceses insurers will have to shoulder the brunt of the payment as a result.
May 6, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Nationwide Joins Construction Leaders In Bid To Cut Costly Causes Claims
Business owners in construction-related companies know that falls in the workplace have a ripple effect of difficult impacts.
May 3, 2019
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Human Error Likely Cause Of Seattle Crane Crash, 5 Companies Being Investigated
Human error may be to blame for the Seattle crane collapse on Saturday that killed four people and injured four others, experts said Monday.
April 30, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Litigation
Washington
Crane Collapse Onto Busy Seattle Street Kills Four People
Dramatic dashcam video shows the moment a crane came crashing down at Googles new campus in Seattle on Saturday. Four people were killed, including college student Sarah Wong and iron worker Travis Corbet, and four others were hurt.
April 29, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Washington
2018 Oregon Dog Bite Insurance Claims Topped $5 Million
In U.S. households, almost 90 million dogs are owned as pets and, in most cases, considered to be “part of the family.” But dogs in your care can also be a source of liability if they injure people or other pets, which is why insurers encourage dog owners to train and care for their pets properly to avoid tragic injuries and costly dog bite claims.
April 26, 2019
Liability
Property
Oregon
15 Vehicles Involved In Fiery Chain-Reaction Crash On Colorado Interstate
Multiple people were killed and many others injured in a fiery multi-vehicle crash west of Denver during the evening commute on Thursday when a tractor-trailer careened out of the control into several other vehicles, police said.
April 26, 2019
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Colorado
No-Fault Insurance Fraud: Allstate Files Racketeering Suit Against Detroit Medical Clinics
Auto insurance giant Allstate claims in a new federal lawsuit that it fell victim to a racketeering conspiracy involving six metro Detroit patient treatment clinics, an MRI center and a medical transportation company that Allstate says acted together and made millions by abusing Michigans no-fault insurance system.
April 24, 2019
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Litigation
Michigan
Six Dead In Crash Of Twin-Engine Plane In Texas
All six people on board a twin-engine plane died when it crashed on a private ranch near an airport in Kerrville, Texas on Monday, officials said.
April 23, 2019
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Pledge To Put Your #phonedown
In 2016, California teen Amanda Clark was on the phone when her Chevrolet Trailblazer rolled three times, landing on its roof. According to the Sacramento Bee, Clark wrote: “I hate the thought of dying without my family knowing how I felt about them.”
April 22, 2019
Auto
Liability



