Worldwide: Insurance Laws and Products

The Massachusetts Appeals Court's recent decision in Nwozuzu v. Safety Insurance Company, 2026 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 190 (Mar. 12, 2026)...

Following the wildfires of recent years, many states west of the Mississippi River have considered (and multiple states have now adopted) legislation to limit the liability of utilities for bodily injury...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) imposes significant responsibilities on fiduciaries in managing retirement plans.

Declining birth rates are reshaping pension systems globally, creating new opportunities and capital flows

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is intensifying its oversight of how insurers use AI — and the pace of regulatory activity shows no signs of slowing.

In Messersmith v. CATIC Title Insurance Company, 2025 WL 3530275 (M.D. Pa. 2025), the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted a title insurer's motion to dismiss based...

More and more frequently, excess carriers writing retail, restaurant, multifamily, and hospitality towers are likely to see premises liability claims turn on more than just the incident itself.

The survey exception in a title policy bars coverage when property boundary issues would have been revealed by an accurate survey prior to closing.

On March 6, 2026, in Progin v. UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., No. 25-CV-40003, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46522 (D. Mass. Mar. 6, 2026), Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a motion to dismiss a class action complaint brought by website users against Massachusetts health care and hospital entities.