Litigation/Liability Trends
UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlors, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts after Britain's highest court ruled many policies should cover ...
Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims
Insurers, policyholders and industry observers have issued comments on the UK Supreme Court's ruling that insurers should pay small businesses for many business interruption claims from the COVID-19 ...
UK Insurance Ruling Is ‘Massive Boost’ for Businesses: Hiscox Action Group
A UK Supreme Court insurance judgment substantially in favor of policyholders will be a "massive boost" for British businesses currently suffering from a third government lockdown, the Hiscox Action ...
European Firms, Insurers, Warned of U.S. Sanctions Over Russian Pipeline
The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump ...
British Officials Claim They Had to Bear Liability in Exchange for Vaccine Deals
Britain had no choice but to agree to bear liability if claims were made against vaccine makers as part of supply deals, officials said on Monday, adding that approval for three of the candidates ...
SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools
The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on ...
Boeing Will Pay $2.5B to Resolve U.S. Criminal Probe of 737 MAX Crashes
Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to ...
Norwegian Landslide Will Cost Insurers $107M
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A landslide that swept away homes in a residential area north of the Norwegian capital will cost insurance companies at least 900 million kroner ($107 million), a ...