Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

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QBE North America Forms Alliance with MGA Professional Risk Facilities

Nov 1 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd., announced a strategic program underwriting alliance with managing general agent Professional Risk Facilities (PRF), designed to offer coverage for...

After the Storm: Insurance Agents E&O Lessons Learned

Sep 20 2017 // Editor’s Note: This is a republication of a January, 2013 article by Sally Coombs, who was then with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co, which is now integrated into Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...

Agency E&O in a Disaster: How to Avoid Errors While Helping Insureds

Sep 20 2017 // Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance announced an exclusive online discussion called “After the Storm: Preventing Agent E&O Claims in a Disaster” to be held on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 at 1:30...

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Names Mann in California Head of E&O

Aug 22 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has named Gary Mann North America head of errors and omissions. He is based in San Francisco, Calif. He reports to Paul Schiavone, North America regional head of financial...

101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas

Aug 21 2017 // 1. Dare to Break the Mold. We tend to hit a sweet spot of what works for us in agency management and stay there, focusing on the “sexier” sales side of the business. It’s fine to keep what works, but...

Dreaming of Selling Your Agency? Here’s How to Avoid Costly Mistakes

Jun 5 2017 // “I’m being bought out!”“We’re merging with an agency five times our size that will take our revenue to a whole new level!” While expressions of excitement like the ones above might be...

A Few E&O Tips to Watch: Certificates, Carrier Ratings and Alternative Markets

Jun 5 2017 // It seems agencies today have more challenges than ever. Below are three tips to reduce errors and omissions (E&O) exposures.I would love to share with you a story regarding a multinational company that demanded they be...

Pioneer Expands Miscellaneous E&O Division with 2 Pennsylvania Appointments

Apr 20 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters (Pioneer) has appointed Milan Devetak as senior underwriter and Andrew Nowlan as underwriter in the Miscellaneous E&O, Technology & Cyber division of its U.S. underwriting platform, Pioneer...

Cyber Losses Testing Insurance Policy Boundaries

Apr 13 2017 // Now that cyber attacks and data breaches have become common, insurers and risk managers are struggling to assign the resulting costs and losses among different types of insurance.On the one hand, there are traditional...

Argo Pro Enhances E&O Coverage for Professional Services Firms

Mar 24 2017 // Argo Pro, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., has launched a new Argo PROtect line of products and enhanced errors & omissions (E&O) forms for four different classes of professional services.The...

The Competitive Advantage: Insurance is Losing the Battle of Public Relations

Mar 6 2017 // Flooding in southern Louisiana in the late summer of 2016 revealed 86 percent of flooded homes had no flood insurance. No flood insurance next door to one of our nation’s — and that state’s —...

People

Feb 6 2017 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., has promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division.Durkin,...

CNA Names Lea Vice President, Commercial Underwriting for E&O, Cyber and Media

Jan 18 2017 // CNA said it has appointed Andy Lea as vice president of commercial underwriting for Errors & Omissions (E&O), Cyber and Media in the company’s commercial unit. In this role, Lea will manage the strategic...

Today’s Insurance Agency E&O Costs, Coverage and Claims

Jan 10 2017 // Independent agency owners spend their entire careers worrying about the risks and exposures of others. Managing the risks of their own agencies can take a backseat to helping their clients.While agents appreciate the...

All Risks to Provide E&O Coverage to PIA of Florida Members

Dec 22 2016 // All Risks, Ltd. has partnered with the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA of Florida), to provide professional liability errors and omissions insurance to its members. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, All Risks will...

Schoerner Joins Southern Insurance Underwriters in Georgia

Dec 13 2016 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) announced that John M. Schoerner has joined the company as the Professional Lines Practice manager and will lead the company expansion of errors & omissions, architects &...

Shop Around: What’s Out There?

Nov 7 2016 // There’s hot competition in agency errors and omissions market today, in price, policy terms and conditions. Most experts believe it’s a great time for agency owners looking to purchase or ramp up their limits....

Want to Know More About Agency E&O? Participate Now.

Oct 21 2016 // Insurance Journal is asking for participation in its 2016 Agency Errors & Omissions Survey. This survey report will share key insights on today’s Agency E&O market. Participate now to learn more about the...

QBE North America Adds Manufacturing E&O Endorsement to Product Liability Coverage

Sep 23 2016 // QBE North America’s Commercial Insurance business has introduced a manufacturing E&O endorsement to its product liability product offering. The manufacturing E&O endorsement is a claims made coverage form...

Allianz Launches Cyber Coverage to Address Emerging Risks

Aug 10 2016 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has introduced its next generation cyber and professional liability coverage product called ACCEPT Protect designed exclusively for the North American market. The new product...