Signs and flowers left at the Gold Spa on Piedmont Rd. in Atlanta. The Gold Spa along with two other Spa’s in Atlanta and Kennesaw was the scene of a mass shooting that left eight people dead. Photo John disney/ALM
Today’s gun tragedies prompt wide search for liable parties By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU
For good reason, the property/casualty insurance business has sought to stay out of America’s debate over gun violence, and to avoid being assigned a role in addressing a problem it didn’t create and can’t correct on its own. The reasoning is that no one can be insured for intentional harm to another (except in self-defense) and that accidental gun injuries and fatalities are rare enough to be insured under existing parameters of coverage.
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