All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 20 2021 // Anderson Benson, a Nashville-based independent insurance and risk management broker, has been appointed as a coverholder by Lloyd’s of London for a worldwide media liability errors and omissions (E&O) program...
May 13 2021 // Despite a slight improvement in net income in 2020, U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurers saw their sixth consecutive year of underwriting losses, according to a new AM Best report.According to the new...
May 12 2021 // First Indemnity Insurance Group, a specialty insurance agency providing professional liability products for lawyers and law firms, has launched Excess Protect insurance coverage for law firms of one to 750 attorneys.Excess...
May 4 2021 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries has formed an underwriting arrangement with DUAL Commercial, LLC to provide primary and excess professional liability limits for qualified classes of business....
Apr 28 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has launched its Healthcare Professional Liability practice led by Brenda Craig, April Gilcreast and Chantelle Burton.Underwriting will focus on...
Apr 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance...
Mar 31 2021 // 360 Coverage Pros has launched a professional liability insurance program for tax preparers with an online application.The program features liability limits of up to $1 million and is designed for professionals providing...
Mar 22 2021 // When you go to an errors and omissions (E&O) education program, inevitably, the message contains something like this: “Do not advise that you are a professional or a specialist or otherwise create higher...
Mar 10 2021 // Aon’s first ever Errors & Omissions/cyber insurance product snapshot presents a pretty dire picture of worsening conditions.There were on average three new E&O cyber matters per business day in 2020, a...
Feb 23 2021 // San Diego, CA (February 23, 2021) – Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance today announced the release of “Professional Lines Insurance: An Oral History: The People and Companies that Built a...
Feb 22 2021 // The Big “I” announced that Amanda H. Juratovic has been promoted to assistant vice president of errors & omissions operations at Big I Advantage. Juratovic will lead the Big “I” Professional...
Feb 22 2021 // Agents are bracing for errors and omissions (E&O) claims stemming from the pandemic when insureds discover they carry inadequate coverage or none at all. Regrettably, agents likely face a similar scenario in cyber...
Feb 18 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its U.S. Executive & Professional Lines leadership team, naming Shelley Norman as senior vice president, Management Liability, Central region, and promoting...
Feb 10 2021 // CFC has upgraded its errors and omissions policy for US-based design and construction contractors to include costs for steps taken by the contractor to mitigate against a potential claim where work was not rectified, and...
Feb 8 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...
Feb 8 2021 // 2020 was a year of disruption, change and challenges. Businesses were forced as never before to adapt in order to survive. With these changes, many businesses took on new exposures that potentially threaten their...
Jan 22 2021 // Attune Insurance Services, LLC has launched general liability and professional liability products with Hiscox serving as the carrier.The Attune and Hiscox partnership adds over 180 new classes and two admitted products to...
Jan 21 2021 // Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.Agency E&O claims are a lagging indicator, meaning plaintiffs typically only go...
Jan 7 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Jan 7 2021 // Hudson Insurance Group has completed a business transfer agreement with Validus Specialty Underwriting Services for the renewal rights transfer of a select portfolio of Miscellaneous Professional Liability, Financial...