All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2018 // Maybe “trend” is inaccurate because the data is scant, or maybe “trend” is a presage. The “trend” does not yet exist, but it will. The “trend” is companies taking drastic...
Dec 18 2017 // INSUREtrust has promoted Will Tschetter to Professional Lines broker.In his new role, Tschetter will specifically focus on new broker production and will be brokering cyber insurance, technology errors and omissions...
Dec 13 2017 // Of the 14 property/casualty impairments identified for 2016, 11 were members of the Tower Group, with the remaining three composed of two medical professional liability risk retention groups and a commercial lines...
Dec 13 2017 // Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings has launched a professional liability policy, offering coverage specifically designed to address the risks of health care consultants and companies that provide consulting services to...
Dec 4 2017 // Founders Professional has hired Matt DeCew and Jeff Steen and is launching a new San Diego, Calif. office.This is the firm’s fifth location. DeCew and Steen will work with retail insurance agencies throughout the...
Nov 22 2017 // CAMICO, a nationwide CPA-directed program of insurance and risk management for the accounting profession, has introduced a new insurance application for smaller CPA firms. The online, interactive application guides users...
Nov 21 2017 // Hiscox has launched a new suite of professional and management liability coverages for financial services firms across the U.S. The new platform, Hiscox FS, is an expansion of Hiscox’s current offering to financial...
Nov 20 2017 // Tricia Wilson has joined insurance broker Holmes Murphy as an account executive, specializing in property/casualty for the Dallas market.Wilson comes to Holmes Murphy with more than 18 years of industry experience. Over...
Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...
Nov 16 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled its Professional First Network Security & Privacy Liability Policy in Canada. The product combines cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk...
Nov 14 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Flagship Healthcare, a physician-owned insurance brokerage specializing...
Nov 8 2017 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. and ISMIE Indemnity plan to expand their medical professional liability coverage for health professionals, groups and health care facilities in Wisconsin.With a recently updated state rate...
Nov 8 2017 // CRC Group has hired Carol Blair as a professional lines broker for the CRC Midtown Manhattan office, effective October 1, 2017.Carol brings more than 16 years of experience in brokerage to CRC in professional risks in...
Nov 8 2017 // Advent Claims, the insurtech-led claims third party administrator (TPA), announced it has signed an agreement to administer all claims for Aquila Underwriting-backed MGA, Principia Underwriting.Principia, which previously...
Nov 8 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Silicon Valley-based software company Zeguro, to address cyber security and risk management for small to...
Nov 6 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled the Excess Integrated Follow Form, a single excess policy that sits atop multiple first- and third-party insurance policies, for contractors in the U.S. and...
Nov 6 2017 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Worldwide Facilities has named Cameron Kelly its chief operating officer.Kelly will be responsible for managing the company’s production offices, compliance, and acquisition integration. He...
Nov 2 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Cooper & McCloskey Inc. Insurance Brokers has named Jack Witherspoon the lawyers professional liability team leader. Witherspoon will be responsible for leading and managing the CMI LPL...
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...
Oct 31 2017 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Jeff Summerville as head of Casualty, Financial & Professional Services North America, effective immediately. Summerville will oversee the North American Casualty business in...