All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2004 // The news that the market for lawyers’ liability coverage is softening may not be surprising, but the questions that today’s insurance underwriters ask about law firm accounts might be, as the attendees at a...
Jul 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: NIF Pro, a division of NIF Group Inc. of Manhasset, N.Y., announced the availability of a new market for professional liability (including employment practices liability) for public entities in New...
Jul 5 2004 // The news that the market for lawyers’ liability coverage is softening may not be surprising but the questions that today’s insurance underwriters ask about law firm accounts might be, attendees at a recent...
Jul 5 2004 // The news that the market for lawyers’ liability coverage is softening may not be surprising but the questions that today’s insurance underwriters ask about law firm accounts might be, attendees at a recent...
Jun 22 2004 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that its European insurance subsidiary, AXIS Specialty Europe Limited (AXIS Europe), has begun underwriting Directors and Officers Liability Insurance and other Professional Lines...
Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Target Insurance Services has a new E&O/EPLI market for Management Consultants. The program is available to technology consultants, including those in information technology. Firms with revenues up...
Jun 8 2004 // The impending departure of one of the few remaining commercial insurance companies offering liability coverage for physicians in Massachusetts is yet more evidence that the state faces a real crisis in professional...
Jun 8 2004 // Florida-based American Professional Liability Underwriters Inc. has announced a pair of promotions within the company. Robert Kenney has been named as president. Kenney has been with AmPro since 1996, and was formerly vice...
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
Jun 7 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Target Insurance Services has a new E&O/EPLI market for Management Consultants. The program is available to technology consultants, including those in information technology. Firms with revenues up...
Jun 7 2004 // For years, a debate has existed as to whether, and under what circumstances, an insurer or insured can introduce evidence outside of the policy and pleadings (the “eight corners”) to seek a determination of the...
May 25 2004 // London American General Agency of Arizona Inc. recently announced the addition of Donna Meeker, while Margaret Horde was hired for London American’s San Diego office. Meeker joins London American as a broker. She has...
May 21 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced approval by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance of Platte River Insurance Company to write hospital professional liability coverage on an admitted basis in...
May 17 2004 // The Kansas legislature passed several bills sought by the Kansas Insurance Department and defeated or amended virtually all bills viewed as onerous by insurers before adjourning on May 8, the American Insurance Association...
May 17 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Chicago-based CNA insurance companies and Affinity Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Aon Corp., have jointly introduced Agency Advantage, a new professional liability insurance program for...
May 13 2004 // Capstone Underwriters, specialty brokers and managing general agency, announced it will sponsor a continuing education seminar, “Professional Lines Essentials,” on June 11, 2004, during the Independent...
May 6 2004 // Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. (PLUS), an Austin-based professional liability insurance wholesaler, is pleased to announce that Michael Donnelly has joined the firm as vice president to assist in the...
Apr 21 2004 // AXIS U.S. Insurance announced from its headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., that it has expanded both its professional lines capabilities and its Builders Risk Product Offerings.For greater coverage of professional liability...
Apr 19 2004 // The Manatee County Independent Insurance Agents Association Inc. (Bradenton, Fla.) recently hosted two partners from the Phelps Dunbar, LLP law firm (Tampa office), who made a presentation regarding Error & Omissions...
Apr 19 2004 // The securities litigation landscape remains challenging for all involved in the directors and officers market, executives attending the 2004 PLUS D&O Liability & Insurance Issues Symposium were told.Introducing...