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Shand Morahan Buys Investment E&O Specialist Cambridge Alliance

Aug 1 2007 // Shand Morahan & Co. Inc., a Markel Corp., reports it has acquired Cambridge Alliance, a Burlington, Vermont managing general agency that specializes in errors and omissions insurance for registered investment advisors...

Fireman’s Fund Offers E&O for Big “I” Membership

Jun 5 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has endorsed a program for insurance agents errors and omissions (Agents E&O) coverage with Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), known...

Swiss Re, Big ‘I’ Ink 5-Year Pact On E&O Coverage

May 29 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of America and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance have signed an agreement for Swiss Re to be the endorsed errors and omissions carrier of the Big I for five more...

Swiss Re Now Offering Nonadmitted E&O Coverage for Big ‘I’ Agents

May 3 2007 // Swiss Re is now offfering a nonadmitted coverage for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). The nonadmitted product is designed for agencies with unique operations and special needs...

Court ruling indicates claims made policy language ambiguous

Mar 26 2007 // A recent San Diego Superior Court ruling serves as a potential warning to legal malpractice insurers to review policy language to ensure their claims made policies can’t be more broadly construed as occurrence...

The New Frontier

Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter?“Owners and or creators of IT...

The New Frontier: Hidden exposures and brewing claims in the tech liability field

Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter?“Owners and or creators of IT...

Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures

Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states.Surplus line brokers...

Court ruling indicates claims made policy language ambiguous

Mar 26 2007 // A recent San Diego Superior Court ruling serves as a potential warning to legal malpractice insurers to review policy language to ensure their claims made policies can’t be more broadly construed as occurrence...

Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures

Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states.Surplus line brokers...

Darwin Adds Managed Care E&O Risk Management Program

Feb 5 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. has established a comprehensive risk management and loss control program for its managed care errors and omissions (E&O) liability policyholders at no additional cost.The services...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Ebert in Baltimore

Jan 29 2007 // Burns & Wilcox, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, announced the addition of Jennifer Ebert, who joins the company’s Baltimore office in the position of senior commercial...

Don’t be guilty of ignoring the lawyers’ E&O marketplace

Jan 28 2007 // Every day hundreds of thousands of lawyers throughout the U.S. provide legal advice, depose witnesses, prepare and file various legal documents, negotiate contracts and settlements, make court appearances, attend...

Darwin Enhances Public Entity E&O Products

Jan 26 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. is making available enhanced public entity errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance products, with policies to address educators professional liability risks, police...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...

Darwin Expands Data Security Coverage for Health Care Firms

Dec 14 2006 // Specialty insurance underwriter Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., is expanding its Tech//404 liability product for health care organizations in response to increasing exposure to network security and data privacy...

Venture Programs’ Latest Offering: Professional and Management Liability

Dec 12 2006 // Venture Insurance Programs of West Chester, Pa., (www.ventureprograms.com), a national program administrator, has launched Venture Professional, a professional and management liability solution featuring Directors &...

Best-in-class program writers

Dec 11 2006 // Today’s competitive specialty program marketplace requires attention to detail, including efficiency, professionalism and ethics. One way to stand out above the rest is to become a best-in-class program writer.Thomas...

Five keys to captive success

Dec 10 2006 // Whether you’re talking about road contractors or hospitals or agents and brokers, every organization has in-house expertise. And you want to use it. You need to bring members together to share best practices.The...