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How Program Managers Can Avoid the Courthouse Blues

Dec 5 2005 // The little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by earthquake. Her family sued the agent, the case went to trial, and the jury...

Companies May Not Be Protected Against Personal Privacy Breaches

Dec 5 2005 // As more companies outsource the processing of sensitive personal information, insurance brokers and their clients need to be better educated about protecting customer and employee privacy, and about data security,...

How Program Managers Can Avoid the ‘Courthouse Blues’

Dec 5 2005 // A little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners’ coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by earthquake. Her family sued the agent, the case went to trial and the jury...

Companies May Not Be Protected Against Personal Privacy Breaches

Dec 4 2005 // As more companies outsource the processing of sensitive personal information, insurance brokers and their clients need to be better educated about protecting customer and employee privacy, and about data security,...

How Program Managers Can Avoid the Courthouse Blues

Dec 4 2005 // The little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by earthquake. Her family sued the agent, the case went to trial, and the jury...

Dec 4 2005 // How Program Managers Can Avoid the ‘Courthouse Blues’A little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners’ coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by...

E&O Alert: Has Your Agency Outgrown Its Policies and Procedures?

Nov 7 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar?The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...

Like A Virus

Nov 7 2005 // Technology and Information Risk Infect Traditional BusinessesFollowing the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology...

Disaster Claims and the Ripple Effect

Nov 7 2005 // Hurricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...

Avoiding Financial Catastrophes:Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O

Nov 7 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...

How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability

Nov 7 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers.With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...

Avoiding Financial Catastrophes: Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O

Nov 6 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...

How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability

Nov 6 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers.With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...

Like A Virus

Nov 6 2005 // Following the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology resources, services and products they use. Information management,...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 6 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...

E&O Alert: Has Your Agency Outgrown Its Policies and Procedures?

Nov 6 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar?The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...

Professional liability ripples

Nov 6 2005 // urricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...

CAR Launches Program to Address Liability Inusrance Omissions

Oct 14 2005 // The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.), Los Angeles, has launched its Strategic Defense Program, which will create a panel of real estate defense attorneys charged with improving the litigation climate and...

Chubb Unveils E&O Policy for Large Financial Institutions

Oct 3 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has developed an errors and omissions (E&O) insurance policy for large financial institutions. BPL for Financial Institutions addresses traditional banking exposures such as...