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Hospitality owners warn of insurance market collapse for liquor liability; urge statutory changes and server training

2398380 · February 19, 2025
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Owners of restaurants, hotels and catering businesses told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that a retreat by insurers from the liquor-liability market has made it difficult or impossible for many hospitality operators to obtain required coverage.

Owners of restaurants, hotels and catering businesses told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that a retreat by insurers from the liquor-liability market has made it difficult or impossible for many hospitality operators to obtain required coverage.

Sean Blake, an attorney representing the Responsible Hospitality Reform Association and several Charleston-area businesses, said carriers are withdrawing from the market because losses on liquor-liability business are too high. "This is a crisis,"…

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