Latest Professional Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

ProAssurance of Alabama Makes Management Changes; Francis to Lead Healthcare

Apr 17 2019 // ProAssurance Corporation has revised its management structure for its newly formed Specialty P&C operating division.As previously announced, Michael L. Boguski will assume the presidency of Specialty P&C on May 13,...

Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers PL Program to 3 New States

Apr 15 2019 // Synergy Professional Associates, in partnership with Tokio Marine HCC – Professional Lines Group, has expanded its lawyers professional liability programs focusing on small law firms into Colorado, Florida and New...

AXA XL Promotes Minors to Product Line Leader, Bermuda Professional Lines Business

Apr 4 2019 // AXA XL has promoted Jennifer Minors to senior vice president – product line leader in its Bermuda Professional Lines Insurance business.Minors is responsible for managing directors and officers (D&O), professional...

Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers PL Program to 3 New States

Apr 3 2019 // Synergy Professional Associates, in partnership with Tokio Marine HCC – Professional Lines Group, has expanded its lawyers professional liability programs focusing on small law firms into Colorado, Florida and New...

Tokio Marine HCC Acquires Cyber Specialist NAS in California

Apr 1 2019 // Tokio Marine HCC has acquired in Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition of NAS represents the continuance of a partnership between NAS and the Tokio Marine...

How Errors & Omissions Lawsuits May Change

Apr 1 2019 // Plaintiff attorneys, at least the smart ones, must make sales decisions, too. Whereas a smart producer will create a pipeline that filters prospects by probability of a sale, plaintiff attorneys need to filter potential...

New Investment Management Coverage from Berkley Targets Asset, Fund Managers

Mar 29 2019 // Berkley Professional Liability, a Berkley Company, has expanded its product offerings to include a primary management liability policy for investment advisors and funds. The new customizable policy offers a choice of...

Lockton Affinity to Administer Westport Lawyer PL Program in Pennsylvania

Mar 28 2019 // Lockton Affinity will be the new program administrator for the Westport/Swiss RE’s Lawyer Professional Liability insurance in Pennsylvania, effective June 1, 2019.This program offers a comprehensive professional...

How to Turn Today’s Confusion Into a Sustainable Cyber Insurance Market

Mar 26 2019 // There has been plenty of talk about how cyber continues to evolve in an ever-changing technology landscape, how cyber risks have become increasingly sophisticated and how the insurance industry needs to keep...

Analysis: Warren Buffett Champions an Inferior Product in THREE Policy

Mar 25 2019 // Warren Buffett, often ahead of the curve, sounded like a disrupter in a 2004 shareholder letter. Fifteen years ago, Buffett wrote, “Insurers have generally earned poor returns for a single reason: They sell a...

Berkley Launches Private Company Primary Management Liability Policy

Mar 19 2019 // Berkley Professional Liability, a Berkley Company, has expanded its product offerings to include a primary private company management liability policy. This comprehensive package policy offers coverage designed to address...

BHSI Launches Professional Liability Cover for Asset Managers and Funds in UK, Ireland

Mar 18 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Professional First Asset Management Liability Insurance, which provides broad professional liability, directors & officers liability, and crime coverage...

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Mar 18 2019 // Nashville-based auto insurer The General has appointed veteran insurance executive Tony DeSantis to president and CEO, joining Chief Operating Officer Steve Tjugum as the company’s top leaders. Elicia Azali has been...

New Jersey’s RT New Day Promotes Nawa to Vice President

Mar 4 2019 // Joseph Nawa has been promoted to vice president within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice.For the past five years, Nawa has been integral to the company’s new...

The Power of Trust and the Value of an E&O Audit

Mar 4 2019 // I have been completing E&O audits for almost 25 years now. My first experience was one of the oddest because my trainer had me watch him complete 1.5 audits. Halfway through the second audit, he turned it over to me...

How to Conduct an E&O Self Audit

Feb 18 2019 // Mistakes happen. After all, we are human. That is why insurance agencies have agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage.Even with the support of E&O coverage, an E&O claim can take its toll on the people...

New Jersey’s Brooks Insurance Agency Hires McCluskey

Jan 31 2019 // Brooks Insurance Agency, a Manalapan, N.J.-based multi-line wholesaler, has hired Michael McCluskey as senior vice president and broker.McCluskey specializes in placing professional liability insurance for the financial...

INSUREtrust Adds Boyd as a Professional Lines Account Executive in Georgia

Jan 28 2019 // INSUREtrust has added Rachel Boyd as a Professional Lines account executive on Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller’s brokering team.Boyd has seven years of wholesale experience in management liability,...

Amity Insurance Agency Forms Strategic Alliance with New Hampshire Bar Association

Jan 24 2019 // Amity Insurance Agency Inc., a Quincy, Mass.-based full service agency, has formed a strategic alliance with the New Hampshire Bar Association.The announcement was made by Roy Solomon, president and owner at Amity...

Synergy Professional Associates Launches Lawyers PL Programs in Arizona, Texas

Dec 20 2018 // Synergy Professional Associates, in partnership with Tokio Marine HCC – Professional Lines Group, has launched two new lawyers professional liability programs focusing on small law firms in Arizona and Texas.The new...