Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

All the headlines from our Errors Omissions Topic Page, ordered by recency.

E&O Insights: Professional Liability

Nov 1 2010 // Typically, when looking to move an account from one carrier to another, you can count on some degree of similarity in policy forms. For the most part, a general liability policy with one standard company will look similar...

The Time is Not Right to Drop Real Estate Professionals E&O

Nov 1 2010 // The ongoing downturn in the real estate market is forcing many professionals to make tough choices on where to trim expenses. While during a hot real estate market realtors would not consider dropping their errors and...

American Safety Launches Professional Liability Product

Oct 21 2010 // American Safety Insurance (ASI) announces the launch of its professional liability unit, providing directors and officers (D&O) and errors and omissions (E&O) coverage for specialty risks. The team, lead by Peter...

E&O Insights: Co-Insurance Penalty

Oct 18 2010 // Co-insurance penalty. Trust me these are not the words you want to hear from your customer right after a claim. How confident are you that your customers know: 1) if they have a co-insurance provision in their property...

The Power of More

Oct 18 2010 // They go by many names — networks, alliances, franchises, clusters and aggregators — but all have similar goals. Aggregator groups have been around the insurance industry for more than three decades but in the past few...

Last Chance: Participate in Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey

Oct 14 2010 // Agents, there’s just one more day to participate in Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey. The deadline to take the survey is Friday, Oct. 15.Don’t miss your chance to find out what’s been going...

Agency E&O: What do YOU Know? Take IJ’s Survey Now

Oct 12 2010 // The deadline to complete Insurance Journal’s Agency E&O Survey is Friday, Oct. 15.Don’t miss your chance to find out what’s been going on with insurance agents’ errors and omissions insurance....

Agents’ E&O: What Do YOU Know? Take Insurance Journal’s Survey Now

Oct 7 2010 // It’s time again for Insurance Journal to find out what’s been going on with Insurance Agents’ Errors & Omissions Insurance. IJ’s annual survey solicits the experiences and opinions of...

The Future for Independent Insurance Agencies

Oct 6 2010 // I believe the future of independent insurance agencies is at a tipping point. A number of forces are pushing agencies toward the precipice of major change. A few of those forces include: legislation, case law, the Web,...

The Future for Independent Insurance Agencies

Sep 20 2010 // Proactively Manage Your Future and Be Ready for Change I believe the future of independent insurance agencies is at a tipping point. A number of forces are pushing agencies toward the precipice of major change. A few of...

E&O Coverage for Real Estate Agents – Don’t Sell a Home Without It

Sep 20 2010 // Real estate errors and omissions (E&O) liability coverage is big business. Although the recent property debacle has focused attention on single home sales, they are only part of the market, even if transactions...

E&O Insight: Attention Personal Lines Unit!

Sep 20 2010 // When reviewing errors and omissions (E&O) claims frequency by line of business, homeowners ranks third behind two commercial lines products (casualty and property). Focusing strictly on personal lines makes homeowners...

AZ Court Decision Could Increase Agent E&O Premiums

Sep 6 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form – a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...

E&O Insights: Insuring Contractors

Sep 6 2010 // If you are running an agency, there is a pretty good chance you insure a contractor or two – whether they are your traditional artisan contractors or a class of contractors that falls outside the artisan definition....

Travelers Introduces Liability Package for Medical Technology

Aug 16 2010 // The evolution of software and electronics for medical devices and the transferring of electronic personal identity records is creating a new combination of risks in the medical technology industry. To address these risks,...

AZ Court Decision Could Increase Agent E&O Premiums

Aug 13 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form — a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...

NAS Managed Care Errors & Omissions Adds Cyber Liability

Aug 6 2010 // NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its managed care product with an e-MD cyber liability coverage enhancement. Because of increased regulations on patient privacy, HIPAA and customer notification, managed care...

V3 Launches Auto Dealer Program with Optional ‘Red Flags’ Coverage

Jul 21 2010 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a specialty multi-line managing general underwriter, has introduced a multi-line insurance program for auto, truck and RV dealerships, wholesalers and auto auctions.Called DealerV3antage, the...

E&O Insights: E&S Market Fraught with Landmines

Jul 19 2010 // For probably as long as the concept of insurance has been in existence, so has the excess and surplus (E&S) lines marketplace. It no doubt plays an extremely vital role in our industry. It is strongly suggested...

Insurance Skills Center Names Koch Managing Director

Jul 8 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s (IBA West) education division, Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has entered into an agreement with Cheryl L. Koch, president and CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, for...