LONDON - An insurance broker breached its duties by failing to renew $10 million excess coverage for a professional indemnity insurance policy as requested by the policyholders, an English justice held Nov. 18 (Dunlop Haywards Ltd. formerly known as Dunlop Heywood Lorenz Ltd. in liquidation v. Barbon Insurance Group Ltd. formerly known as Erinaceous Insurance Services Ltd. formerly known as Hanover Park Commercial Ltd., No. 2007 Folio 1059, High Justice, Commercial, QBD). From Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance Broker Liability

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian tribunal judge on Oct. 8 found that a former asbestos products manufacturer was liable under a partnership agreement with another company for the sale and manufacturing of asbestos products to pay only a portion of a $270,000 verdict awarded to a man who developed mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos brought home on his father's work clothes ([Re Jones-Mashman] Amaca Pty Ltd v. CSR Ltd, [No. 2] [2009], NSWDDT, 24, New South Wales DDT). From Mealey's International Asbestos Liability Report