E&S/Specialty

Asbestos. Purported "miracle fiber." Shipbuilding. Asbestosis. Construction materials. Brake pads. Asbestos dust. Mesothelioma. Fireproofing. Cement pipes. Lung cancer. Cigarette filters. 730,000 claims. Connect the dots.

The Supreme Court ruled in early March that federal law does not prevent people injured as a result of inadequate warnings on drug labels from suing the drug makers in state court, even if labels were approved by the Food & Drug Administration.

In looking at medical professional liability financial results, some people might say that pigs are indeed airborne.

The prognosis for the financial health of medical malpractice insurers seems cautiously optimistic, despite continuing economic uncertainty and a range of challenging underwriting conditions.

As a one-year mandatory medical malpractice rate freeze is set to expire at the end of June, interested stakeholders wait to see if state leaders will come up with a plan to address the state's worsening market.

In spite of the impact of an economic recession and the unraveling of one major competitor, the property-casualty insurance business--and the specialty insurance market, in particular--remain strong, according a specialty carrier executive.