Latest Professional Liability Headlines

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

CapSpecialty Adds D&O, EPL Product to Insurance Company Coverage Offerings

Feb 10 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched a new insurance company directors & officers/employment practices liability (D&O/EPL) product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp.Insurance company D&O/EPL is a specialty...

E&O Experts: Agents Not Immune to Cyber Segment Exposures

Feb 9 2015 // In today’s digital world of constant communication through methods like email, texting and social media, consumers expect 24/7 access to everyone, including their insurance agent. And while this access can increase...

QBE North America Launches Transactional Liability Insurance Practice

Feb 6 2015 // QBE North America’s has expanded its specialty lines offerings with the launch of a new Transactional Liability Practice.The Transactional Liability Practice, led by Dennis Kearns, QBE senior vice president &...

CapSpecialty Introduces E&O Insurance for Technology Providers

Feb 4 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched CapSpecialty TechMediaCyber (CapTMC), a new professional liability errors & omissions product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp. that includes cyber protection and offers data privacy...

Chubb Reports Q4 Net Income Falls 2%; Says No Fear of ACE, Google

Feb 2 2015 // The Chubb Corp. in Warren, New Jersey, reported net income of $558 million for the 2014 fourth quarter, a 1.9 percent decrease from $569 million net income during the prior year fourth quarter.The operating income, which...

XL Group Introduces New Excess Executive Liability Form

Jan 28 2015 // XL Group has developed a new excess “follow form” insurance policy to provide the option of buying an additional layer of professional liability insurance protection.According to Kelly Lyles, chief executive of...

IA&B Adds to Sales Center Staff in Pennsylvania

Jan 27 2015 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, hired John Angstadt as business development specialist and Cheryl Shiffer as professional lines account...

Not All Program Market Competition Is Good

Jan 26 2015 // The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion.However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are cautioning that not all...

Top 5 Professional Liability Issues for Accountants to Watch in 2015

Jan 26 2015 // As insurers look to 2015, they need to be aware of the evolving exposures within their clients’ professions to help avoid professional liability claims. The following is a list of five top areas of concern that we...

E&O Insights: Key E&S Issues Agencies Need to Know

Jan 26 2015 // Regardless of whether the market is hard or soft, for agencies to be successful will typically require that they have an active, ongoing relationship with at least a couple of excess and surplus lines (E&S)...

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Workers’ Comp ‘Exclusive Remedy’

Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the state’s workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court.The Florida...

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Strengthens Cyber & Technology Team

Jan 23 2015 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has strengthened its Cyber & Technology team with the addition of two new senior executives. Francois Brisson and Richard De Piero have been appointed Global Head and North America Head,...

Florida Broker AmPro to Open Tampa Office, Hires Smid as Senior Broker

Jan 16 2015 // Florida-based American Professional Liability Underwriters, Inc. (AmPro) has added Gary Smid as a senior broker to its new office opening in Tampa. Smid has more than 18 years of insurance underwriting experience,...

Florida Court Upholds Workers’ Compensation ‘Exclusive Remedy’

Jan 16 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court.The Florida Supreme Court...

ALTRU Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program in 11 States

Jan 14 2015 // ALTRU, LLC has introduced of a new miscellaneous professional liability insurance facility. The new program is an expansion on the partnership ALTRU began with Chicago Underwriting Group and Old Republic Insurance Co. in...

2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

Professional Underwriting Group Launches Admitted Insurance Agents E&O Program

Jan 9 2015 // Professional Underwriting Group, Inc. is now offering an admitted program for insurance agent’s errors and omission insurance to qualifying insurance agents in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida,...

OneBeacon Sells Lawyers Professional Liability Business to Argo

Dec 17 2014 // OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. has sold the renewal rights to its lawyers professional liability business to Argo Group US, Inc., a member of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.The transaction includes renewal rights to...

How and When to Shop for Agency E&O Coverage

Dec 9 2014 // While many insurance agencies stick with their agency E&O carrier for years, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising and, according to a recent Insurance Journal survey, more agencies are...

Agency E&O Culture

Dec 1 2014 // Now more than ever agents are stepping up to the plate to protect their business. The experts agree that today agencies are more aware and proactive about reducing errors and omissions (E&O) risk.“Agents have...