Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

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What’s New in Agency E&O? Participate in This Year’s Survey Today

Oct 8 2021 // Insurance Journal invites buyers of agency errors and omissions insurance to participate in this year’s Agency Errors & Omissions Survey.The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and will...

Anderson Benson of Tenn. Appointed Lloyd’s Coverholder for Media Liability E&O Program

May 20 2021 // Anderson Benson, a Nashville-based independent insurance and risk management broker, has been appointed as a coverholder by Lloyd’s of London for a worldwide media liability errors and omissions (E&O) program...

Are Brokers in for a Tsunami of Pandemic- Related E&O Claims in 2021?

Apr 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance...

Errors & Omissions and An Agency’s Value Proposition

Mar 22 2021 // When you go to an errors and omissions (E&O) education program, inevitably, the message contains something like this: “Do not advise that you are a professional or a specialist or otherwise create higher...

E&O-Cyber Incidents Worsened in 2020: Aon

Mar 10 2021 // Aon’s first ever Errors & Omissions/cyber insurance product snapshot presents a pretty dire picture of worsening conditions.There were on average three new E&O cyber matters per business day in 2020, a...

Big I Advantage Promotes Juratovic to Assistant Vice President for E&O

Feb 22 2021 // The Big “I” announced that Amanda H. Juratovic has been promoted to assistant vice president of errors & omissions operations at Big I Advantage. Juratovic will lead the Big “I” Professional...

E&O Risks to Agents Extend to Cyber

Feb 22 2021 // Agents are bracing for errors and omissions (E&O) claims stemming from the pandemic when insureds discover they carry inadequate coverage or none at all. Regrettably, agents likely face a similar scenario in cyber...

CFC Enhances E&O Policy for Design, Construction Contractors

Feb 10 2021 // CFC has upgraded its errors and omissions policy for US-based design and construction contractors to include costs for steps taken by the contractor to mitigate against a potential claim where work was not rectified, and...

2021: The Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits

Feb 8 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...

What the Recessionary Environment Means for E&O Exposures

Feb 8 2021 // 2020 was a year of disruption, change and challenges. Businesses were forced as never before to adapt in order to survive. With these changes, many businesses took on new exposures that potentially threaten their...

2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits

Jan 21 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...

Core Specialty Adds Tokio Marine’s Jacobs to E&O, Professional Liability Team

Dec 28 2020 // Cincinnati-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings reported that Jeff Jacobs has joined as senior vice president, head of Errors and Omissions Professional Liability.Jacobs has 30 years of insurance sector experience...

Professional Liability Underwriters Feeling Pressure From COVID: AM Best

Nov 13 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many expecting a sizable increase in claims, according to a new AM Best report.With its...

Agency E&O Survey: More See Premiums on the Rise

Nov 2 2020 // According to Insurance Journal’s 2020 Agency E&O survey, slightly more than half of all respondents (50.2%) saw an increase in their E&O renewal premium from 2019 to 2020, and 53.8% expect another increase at...

Agents’ E&O Under Pressure

Nov 2 2020 // The agency errors and omissions liability market has enjoyed stable market conditions for years. But that could be changing as agents and their insureds attempt to balance emerging risks in a changing insurance market.The...

How Many Screwdrivers Do You Need?

Oct 19 2020 // If you do not do much home or auto maintenance or build furniture, or in general, you just don’t do much with hand tools for any reason, then you probably only need two screwdrivers — a Phillips #2 and a...

Munich Re Specialty Launches E&O Covearge for Mid-Sized Law Firms

Oct 12 2020 // Munich Re Specialty Insurance has launched a lawyers professional liability (LPL) insurance product, an errors and omissions policy specially designed for mid-size law firms.The LPL policy provides up to $5 million in...

Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys, Virus Lawsuits

Sep 30 2020 // Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing them as more cases against insurance companies begin to fail and claimants...

Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys and COVID-19 Lawsuits

Sep 21 2020 // Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing them as more cases against insurance companies begin to fail and claimants...

Defendants in Separate COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits Score Wins in Texas Courts

Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms.In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...