Liability Insurance and Excess Casualty Markets: Trends, Issues & Outlook

American businesses and their insurers are under tremendous pressure from a wide range of new and existing liability challenges. From Enron to asbestos and mold to medical malpractice, the cost of insuring corporate America against a rising tide of lawsuits is rising. This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of some of the major liability cost drivers in the United States today.

The following presentation is called "Liability Trends, Issues and Jury Verdicts: Impact on Insurance Liability and Excess Casualty Markets". It was presented by Dr. Robert P. Hartwig in October, 2003.

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