Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

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

How to Avoid Agency Errors and Omissions Claims

Feb 8 2009 // There have been an increasing number of lawsuits brought against agents in situations where the client/policyholder does not have sufficient liability coverage limits to pay for the liability exposure caused by an...

Venture Introduces New Professional, Management Liability Unit

Feb 2 2009 // Venture Insurance Programs has introduced ProWriters, a new management and professional liabilities unit that works directly with appointed agencies to find the best coverage and risk management solutions for financial...

Don’t Cheap Out on the Training

Jan 25 2009 // Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively with your staff, customers and carriers. And above all, don’t cheap out on the training.Do those...

Hiscox Names Whetstone to Global Markets E&O Operation in Chicago

Jan 14 2009 // International insurance insurer Hiscox has appointed Jim Whetstone as senior vice president for Global Errors and Omissions (E&O) in the Global Markets area. He is based in Hiscox’s Chicago office.In this...

Rockwood, Modern Insurance Create Errors & Omissions Firm

Jan 5 2009 // Rockwood Programs has partnered with Modern Insurance of Florida to establish a new subsidiary company named Modern Insurance Consultants, LLC that will focus on errors and omissions (E&O) insurance for insurance...

IES Offers Errors & Omissions Package Policy for Technology Professionals

Dec 8 2008 // Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency of Beaverton, Ore., is offering a product that combines professional liability and general liability into one policy for technology service providers. The single policy includes...

Marsh Warns EU Companies of E&O Risks from Chemical Regulations

Dec 5 2008 // Marsh’s London office has issued a warning that companies that use chemical substances in the European Union (EU) could risk insurance implications “associated with their failure to adhere to the EU’s...

Agencies Shopping for Lowest E&O Rates Could Be Adding to Their Risk

Nov 16 2008 // Independent insurance agents may be shopping their errors and omissions insurance coverage to seek the best rates. But what they are giving up in the quest for the lowest rate? Agents should not treat their own E&O...

Survey: Agents Report Rise in Agency E&O Premiums

Nov 5 2008 // A near majority of agents and brokers responding to the 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey said they experienced increases in their agency’s errors and omissions premium this year. Some 44.1 percent of...

A Winning E&O Defensive Strategy: How Agents Can Block Claims

Nov 4 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...

Joe and Jo, Intrepid Agents

Nov 2 2008 // First there was GI Joe, then Joe the plumber. Now, though, there’s Insurance Agent Joe, or Josephine (Jo), if you prefer.Participating in the exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, Joe and Jo had a...

Avoiding Errors in Your Agency’s E&O

Nov 2 2008 // There have been significant changes in the insurance marketplace recently, as prices are down and carrier competition is fierce. Independent insurance agents may be shopping policies to seek the best rates for their...

Joe and Jo, Intrepid Agents

Nov 2 2008 // First there was GI Joe, then Joe the plumber. Now, though, there’s Insurance Agent Joe, or Josephine (Jo), if you prefer.Participating in the exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, Joe and Jo had a...

Agents Joe and Jo on AIG and E&O

Nov 2 2008 // The federal government’s recent bail out of American International Group Inc. (AIG) via a $122 billion-plus loan to keep the company afloat set the insurance industry on edge. AIG’s insurance entities are...

More Lawsuits, Firmer Prices on the Horizon for Executive Liability

Nov 2 2008 // More lawsuits and firmer rates for directors and officers liability coverage are almost certainly ahead as a result of the global financial crisis, which is likely to hit insurers especially hard. Given this, what are the...

A Winning E&O Defensive Strategy

Nov 2 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...

Quality Counts!

Nov 2 2008 // We have all had experiences in our lives where we look back and realize our very life was almost extinguished. If not for the difference of a few seconds or inches this column would not be written or you would not be...

More E&O Coverage for a Reasonable Price Suits the Average ‘Joe and Jo’

Nov 2 2008 // Joe the “insurance agent” wants a reasonably priced errors and omissions insurance policy for his independent agency that covers all the business activities his operation engages in, whether they are revenue...

How Independent Agencies Reduce E&O Exposure

Nov 2 2008 // 40 Risk Management Steps Independent Agents Implemented to Lower Their Risk The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey asked independent agents what risk management steps their agency has implemented to...

2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey at a Glance

Nov 2 2008 // The 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, conducted Oct. 3 through Oct. 16, drew 1,042 respondents from 50 states; there were no respondents from the District of Columbia. The five states with the highest...