Latest Professional Liability Headlines

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

Insurance Rates for Architects, Engineers Not Going Anywhere

Mar 18 2016 // After three straight years of moderate increases, insurance premiums for architects and engineers professional liability leveled off in 2015. A new survey by insurance broker Ames & Gough also found that insurers plan...

Socius Insurance Services Adds Mittelmark to Florida Office

Mar 16 2016 // Socius Insurance Services, Inc., a management liability and property/casualty insurance wholesaler, has hired Dan Mittelmark to join its management and professional liability practice as assistant vice president. Dan will...

Chubb’s Hearden, Allianz’s LePiane Join Hiscox Professional Risks

Mar 2 2016 // Specialty insurer Hiscox announced senior executive hires to its Professional Risks division, which writes liability coverage for professionals in the technology, architects and engineering, accounting, financial services,...

XL Catlin Expands Professional Liability Unit; Adds AIG’s Santiago

Mar 2 2016 // XL Catlin has announced the regional expansion of its Hartford-based Professional Liability underwriting operations, establishing offices in New York, Chicago, Denver and Toronto.According to Dan Kumpf, chief executive of...

BHSI Launches Portfolio Product for Nonprofit Organizations

Feb 26 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First Nonprofit Portfolio, a collection of executive and professional lines coverages tailor-made for America’s nonprofit organizations.The...

BHSI Launches Professional & Pollution Liability Coverage for Contractors

Feb 23 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Contractor’s Protective, Professional and Pollution (CP3) Liability Policy, which is available on a primary and excess basis for practice or project-specific...

QBE North America Names Kearns to Lead Financial Institutions Practice

Feb 11 2016 // QBE North America announced that Dennis Kearns, senior vice president, underwriting leader, will assume leadership of its Financial Institutions practice in addition to his existing role leading the Transactional Liability...

Brands & Independent Insurance Agencies

Feb 8 2016 // Much has been discussed and considerable investments have been made specific to branding within the independent insurance agency market over the past five to 10 years. Intense pressure to “brand” exists because...

Ghost of 2008 Crash Still Haunts Real Estate E&O

Feb 8 2016 // The ghost of the 2008 financial collapse still haunts the liability insurance market for real estate professionals and some are worried the business may be headed for a replay of that crisis.While it is still recovering...

ISO Launches Management and Professional Liability Unit

Feb 1 2016 // ISO has launched a management and professional liability unit. The unit will spearhead new and revised coverage options as well as actuarial and analytics products for business and corporate risks. Joining ISO to lead the...

Allied World Appoints Herron as VP in Australia Professional Liability Team

Jan 28 2016 // Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings announced that Michael Herron was appointed vice president, Professional Liability – Allied World Global Markets.Based in Sydney, Australia, Herron will be responsible for the growth...

Puno Joins Safety National Re Professional Liability Treaty Team

Jan 28 2016 // Safety National Re announced it has added Charles Puno as vice president with a specialty in professional liability treaty reinsurance. He is based in Indianapolis, Ind.With over 25 years of industry-related insurance and...

BHSI Launches Life Agent & Broker Dealer Professional Liability Coverage

Jan 28 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched life agent & broker dealer professional liability insurance and named Atea Martin as head of claims. Underwriting of the new line is overseen by Paul Humel,...

XL Catlin Expands Architects & Engineers Product to Cover Drones, Technology Risks

Jan 25 2016 // XL Catlin’s Design Professional insurance business has enhanced its professional liability insurance for architects and engineers (A&E) as well as other design professionals.XL Catlin’s newest Design...

Browning-Ferris Files Appeal of NLRB’s Joint Employer Liability Ruling

Jan 25 2016 // A California waste management company has launched a legal challenge to a new U.S. labor board standard for “joint employment” that could make it easier for unions and regulators to hold companies accountable...

My New Market

Jan 25 2016 // My New Markets is brought to you by Insurance Journal’s sister website: www.mynewmarkets.comVacant Property Insurance Market Detail: US Assure‘s vacant structure product provides coverage for vacant residential...

Why Agents Must Pause for Ethics

Jan 25 2016 // Many insurance agents are so caught up in the day-to-day activities of their jobs, they do not realize that they are being presented with ethical concerns. They may be acting unethically without even realizing it.Even if...

BHSI Launches Executive First Portfolio for Private Companies

Jan 24 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its executive & professional lines appetite to private companies in the U.S., launching the Executive First Private Company Portfolio.The portfolio offers...

U.S. Labor Department Issues Joint Employer Liability Rules

Jan 21 2016 // More U.S. companies could be classified as “joint employers” of workers employed by a staffing agency or contractor and held liable for labor violations tied to those staff, the U.S. Labor Department said in...

BHSI Launches D&O & PI Cover in Australia, Expands Team

Jan 19 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has launched four new executive and professional lines policies in Australia and named Sami Jaghbir as senior underwriting manager, Executive & Professional Lines,...