All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2012 // The Supreme Court is holding the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 in its hands, but that hasn’t stopped the medical malpractice liability market from developing new products and taking...
Apr 16 2012 // Louisiana Agency Partners, The Kirksey AgencyLouisiana Agency Partners (LAP) announced that The Kirksey Agency in West Monroe, La., has become the 12th member agency of the Louisiana-based network of independent insurance...
Apr 12 2012 // Close to 3,000 medical professional liability claims were closed in Ohio in 2010, regulators report.The Ohio Department of Insurance’s annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report for 2010 showed a...
Apr 10 2012 // Chartis has introduced Leaders Risk Protector, a modular insurance product expressly designed for schools, associations and public entities that was developed by its Financial Lines division. Underwritten by the Chartis...
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Apr 2 2012 // Effective use of the various forms of social media can play a huge role in the success of your business. Therein is the crux of the issue — “effective use.”To simply start using social media such as Twitter,...
Mar 30 2012 // Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. will reorganize its U.S. professional lines businesses into a single platform under the Argo Pro brand. The reorganization consolidates three of Argo’s current business units:...
Mar 28 2012 // A new program sponsored by the National Ethics Association provides low-cost E&O insurance to property & casualty insurance agents nationwide. Issued by Everest National Insurance Co. and administered by Marsh U.S....
Mar 26 2012 // Beazley Group has introduced a new healthcare regulatory liability policy to protect policyholders against errors & omissions claims brought by or on behalf of governmental entities. Uniquely, the policy also responds...
Mar 19 2012 // This article is part of our Hot Insurance Markets for 2012 special feature.Healthcare is one of the country’s largest industries. Annual spending on healthcare in the U.S. tops $2.6 trillion, more than 16 percent of...
Mar 19 2012 // There is a tremendous amount of mergers and acquisitions activity going on in our industry. Every day, insurance news providers report on insurance acquisitions. The big agencies are not only getting bigger, they seem to...
Mar 19 2012 // I have been working with agency owners in one capacity or another for 25 years. During this quarter-century, some aspects of agency management have greatly transformed, while others have not changed at all.Clusters &...
Mar 7 2012 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) has launched a nationwide program with coverage for employment practices liability, directors and officers and fiduciary risks.The product, backed by a carrier rated...
Mar 6 2012 // Protective Specialty Insurance Co. has launched a pair of new errors and omissions products for insurance agents. One product will cater to life insurance agents, and the other will be tailored to property/casualty...
Feb 27 2012 // S.H. Smith & Co. Inc., a wholesaler and managing general agent headquartered in Hartford, Conn., announced three promotions. Jeanine Loomis has been promoted to vice president. Loomis works in the St. Paul, Minn.,...
Feb 22 2012 // The Professional Underwriting Group, Inc. (PUG) will now provide insurance agents and brokers professional liability insurance for insurers earning a rating of “A” or better from Demotech. The insurance...
Feb 21 2012 // Allied World U.S. has expanded its professional lines operations through the launch of a new mergers and acquisitions division that will be headed up by Jeff Anderson, vice president, in the company’s New York...
Feb 17 2012 // Five Star Healthcare, a division of Crump Insurance Services, has added an insurance facility to provide coverage for managed care service providers.The product consists of a single-policy solution providing multiple...
Feb 17 2012 // Brownyard Group has introduced errors and omissions (E&O) coverage for its PCOpro pest control program. The new coverage provides protection against claims seeking monetary damages due to negligence. The program...
Feb 16 2012 // XL Group plc’s Select Professional insurance underwriting unit and Hays Affinity Solutions have teamed up to offer professional liability insurance for dentists nationwide.“This coverage provides dentists with...