Latest Professional Liability Headlines

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

OneBeacon Names Iannotti as Professional Liability President

Sep 23 2015 // John Iannotti has joined OneBeacon Insurance Group as president of Professional Liability. Iannotti will oversee OneBeacon’s financial services, management liability and design professional liability business units,...

EPIC Adds Connelly in Greyling Insurance Brokers Division

Sep 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, hired Jeff Connelly as senior vice president/client executive in EPIC’s Greyling Insurance...

ACE Names Leaders for New Chubb Business Units, Major Product Lines

Sep 8 2015 // ACE Limited today revealed the leadership teams for the company’s North American business units, including national accounts, middle market, small commercial, high net worth personal lines, wholesale/excess and...

ANV Underwriters Hires Lippert to Boost Professional Lines Portfolio in Europe

Aug 25 2015 // ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of global specialty insurance group ANV, has appointed Christina Lippert as professional lines underwriting manager for Europe.Based in...

ACE Commercial Expands Small Business Specialty Offerings Online

Aug 20 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services (ACE CRS) announced several new products that expand its suite of specialty commercial products for small businesses.The products are available through ACE Solutions Fast Track, an online small...

E&O Insights: How Management Shapes an Agency’s E&O Culture

Aug 17 2015 // The phrase “you can’t judge a book by its cover” dates back to the mid-1800s. While that may ring true for the literary world, the opposite is true when it comes to an organization’s errors and...

101 Sales, Marketing & Management Ideas

Aug 17 2015 // Fellow agents, Insurance Journal readers, experts, educators, marketing professionals, along with Theodore Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Zig Ziglar, CNBC’s Kelly Evans, Harvard Business Review and Fortune magazine have been...

10 Things to Know About Hospitals

Aug 17 2015 // Hospitals of all types have provided patients with more than $459 billion in uncompensated care – no payment was received from the patient or insurer – since 2000. American Hospital Association, in a January 2015...

Allied World Enhances Professional Risk-Transfer Product

Aug 7 2015 // Allied World North America has introduced an enhanced professional risk-transfer organization (PRO) professional liability product. The product offers greater flexibility and a more responsive design, enabling clients to...

Simple Solutions

Aug 3 2015 // Once upon a time a doctor on Main Street USA made the same diagnosis and prescribed the same solution for every patient. This was a long time before WebMD or even Marcus Welby, MD. Patients had to weigh their two options...

BHSI Launches Bankers Professional Liability Insurance Program

Jul 29 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today launched Professional First Bankers Professional Liability Insurance in the U.S., adding to its executive and professional liability products for financial...

ANV Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program in U.S.

Jul 27 2015 // ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of global speciality insurance group ANV, has launched a new North America Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) product and team.The new...

ACE Appoints Stapleton VP, Cyber Insurance Manager – ACE Overseas General

Jul 23 2015 // ACE Group announced that Tim Stapleton has joined the company as Vice President and Cyber Insurance Product Manager, a newly created position, for ACE Overseas General, the company’s general insurance business...

W.R. Berkley Forms Construction Professional Liability Unit; Bustamante to Head

Jul 14 2015 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the creation of Berkley Construction Professional Liability Underwriters to provide professional liability, pollution liability and protective coverages for contractors and project owners...

Law Firms Face Large Malpractice Claims as Risks Grow: Study

Jul 10 2015 // As law firms adjust to the realities of the current business environment, they continue to fall victim to malpractice claims, which can be costly to defend and may result in enduring reputational damage. A new study by...

E&O Insights: Will Your Files Help or Hurt You in a Disaster?

Jul 6 2015 // Typically, there’s not much warning when a disaster strikes. No one knows the “when,” “where” and “how severe” of the next big weather event. Yet catastrophes include more than...

The Age of Big Data and Agencies – Not

Jul 6 2015 // This is the age of big data. The concept is to collect all kinds of data and then use various statistical techniques, usually some sophisticated form of regression analysis, to identify correlations between the data,...

Founders Professional Opening Chicago Office

Jun 30 2015 // Founders Professional, a professional liability insurance wholesaler, announced it is opening an office in downtown Chicago.The new location will be Founders Professional second; its first location is in St. Petersburg,...

PLUS Names Thompson as Executive Director

Jun 25 2015 // Robbie Thompson has been hired as the new executive director for Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS).Thompson brings 18 years of management experience to PLUS, most recently as president and CEO of the...

BHSI Launches E&O Coverage for Insurance Executives, Employees

Jun 24 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced Professional First Insurance Company Professional Liability Insurance, which provides customizable coverage for U.S. insurance companies, their executives and...