All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2018 // The National Labor Relations Board is ignoring its own guidelines and rushing to settle a major workplace action involving McDonald’s Corp., lawyers for employees involved in the litigation alleged. If the workers...
Mar 13 2018 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, is expanding its professional lines practice with the addition of a Tampa, Fla. office.Gary Smid has been hired to fill a production role, tasked...
Mar 9 2018 // Hiscox has added new coverages to its insurance policy for U.S. businesses in the mental health industry. Hiscox PRO Outpatient Mental Healthcare Professional Liability offers a variety of specialized benefits for mental...
Mar 8 2018 // Validus Specialty Underwriting Services Inc. announced the expansion of its product portfolio with an admitted, private company commercial directors and officers (D&O) policy.With broad coverage, the new form provides...
Mar 7 2018 // Getting sued is not an uncommon event for physicians. More than a third of physicians (34 percent) have had a claim filed against them at some point in their careers.Also, according to research from the American Medical...
Mar 7 2018 // Y-Risk, LLC, a specialty underwriting management company, has been approved as a Lloyd’s coverholder with authority for cyber and technology E&O insurance on behalf of certain Lloyd’s syndicates. Y-Risk is...
Mar 6 2018 // Sompo International announced it will launch a specialty insurance underwriting operation in Barcelona, Spain.Sompo currently has a London-based operation but must open EU-based headquarters in order to conduct business...
Feb 23 2018 // National wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities has added George Vogle to its Atlanta office as a senior vice president specializing in professional liability. Vogle began his career...
Feb 22 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC (New Day), a specialty intermediary with offices in Hamilton, N.J.New Day will...
Feb 22 2018 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired New York City-based Prosurance Redeker Group LTD., a specialty brokerage serving architects...
Feb 20 2018 // NAS Insurance Services has released a new miscellaneous E&O architects and engineers (A&E) insurance product that includes coverage for technology services and cyber liability coverage.NAS’ Architects and...
Feb 14 2018 // Insurers need to be thinking about blockchain technology and virtual currencies like bitcoin and how to approach these areas of emerging risk as they become harder to ignore, according to panelists at the 2018 Professional...
Feb 14 2018 // QBE North America has formed a strategic program underwriting alliance with Huntersure LLC, to offer its professional liability coverage for small to mid-size architectural, engineering and contractor businesses nationwide...
Feb 8 2018 // The Cyber and Technology insurance group of Validus Specialty Underwriting Services, Inc. have expanded its offering with a standalone cyber insurance product focused on privacy and network protection coverage. The product...
Feb 5 2018 // Most small agencies, and quite a few middle-to-large agencies, lack a current employee handbook or at least one of quality. Honestly, day-to-day, an employee handbook really is not that important, especially with just a...
Feb 5 2018 // David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.The firm will focus on serving law firms, as it did when it was...
Jan 30 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) has expanded into the financial services sector with the addition of two specialty insurance coverages: miscellaneous professional liability insurance for a broad range of lenders, advisors and...
Jan 23 2018 // Experienced lawyers and insurance professionals David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm will...
Jan 22 2018 // San Mateo, Calif.-based CAMICO has named Michael Ryder vice president of sales, marketing and communications. Ryder has more than 25 years of experience in professional liability insurance programs, sales and program...
Jan 17 2018 // Ascent Underwriting, a niche-product managing general agent, has launched a professional liability product for allied health practitioners and facilities in the U.S.Ascent’s new Allied Health product includes a...