US Covid-19 liability shields: What do they mean for UK insurers?

As US states introduce a new wave of legislation intended to encourage businesses to reopen without the fear of an onslaught of Covid-related lawsuits, Andrea Best and Kristi Garrett of law firm Mc Dermott, Will & Emery ask whether these liability shields will have the intended consequences. Or actually create more uncertainty for insurers and their clients.

Blog: Preparing for the next asbestos - silicosis and insurance

With the All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health’s call to arms for the reform of workplace exposure limits to silica dust, Jim Byard, insurance partner at Weightmans, explores the likely impact on the insurance industry, and how it can begin to prepare for what some are tipping to be ‘the next asbestos’.

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