All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2011 // Overland Park, Kan.-based insurance broker IMA Inc. announced that Darren Black joined the firm as director of its professional services practice. The practice will continue to focus on professional liability and risk...
Sep 12 2011 // Coverage for open houses, mold, network risks and privacy claims are now part of Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s real estate E&O policy. Schinnerer includes the three new coverages at no additional...
Sep 8 2011 // Pearl Insurance has introduced a new errors and omissions policy for real estate professionals. The REALTORS professional liability policy includes a mold endorsement with increased limits, subpoena assistance, free...
Sep 7 2011 // NSM Insurance Group has acquired AFPD, a New York-based program administrator for lawyers and dentists errors and omissions programs.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NSM is a national program manager based in...
Sep 7 2011 // Geof McKernan, CEO of Philadelphia-based NSM Insurance Group, announced the acquisition of AFPD, a national program administrator for Lawyers and Dentist E&O programs, headquartered on Long Island, NY.AFPD is a program...
Sep 6 2011 // Insurance Noodle, part of Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has added has added the management and professional liability products of ACE Commercial Risk Services to the offerings of its online quoting...
Aug 23 2011 // Monitor Liability Managers, LLC has introduced a new employed lawyers professional liability (ELP) insurance program. The product provides attorneys and their staff working as corporate counsel with coverage for claims...
Aug 19 2011 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) now offers a new standard professional liability (E&O) policy form for hundreds of service professions. Policies will be underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, the company’s partner...
Aug 17 2011 // Wright USA has launched a professional liability product tailored to United States government personnel who are responsible for managing the activities of others. The product – branded as the Career Protector Plan – is...
Aug 17 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team that it established a year ago. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America Construction team include:Lawrence Lejfer —...
Aug 15 2011 // While most agencies want to avoid errors and omissions (E&O) claims, there may be some agents that are just dying for the experience of what it feels like. For those folks, here are some ways to significantly increase...
Aug 15 2011 // I am frequently asked how agencies can increase their revenue per person. Since all agencies are basically the same, I have developed a three step program that is sure to help every agency increase this all important...
Jul 18 2011 // Barbara Zito has been named senior vice president of Marketing at Founders Insurance Co. in Des Plaines, Ill. Founders is a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y.Zito is responsible for...
Jul 18 2011 // The excess and surplus lines (E&S) marketplace fulfills a huge role in our industry. The exposures it can entertain are virtually limitless. Without this segment of our industry, many risks might very well have gone...
Jul 4 2011 // Anthony A. Ambrose has been promoted to vice president and senior broker at New York-based wholesale broker Russell Bond. Ambrose joined Russell Bond in 1994 and is currently responsible for financial institutions, medical...
Jul 4 2011 // Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, has, in her own words, “a compulsion to teach,” to go with her 26 years of insurance experience. Christian’s passion for teaching began in the Marine Corps.“One of the...
Jul 4 2011 // July 7 Identifying Professional Liability ExposuresJuly 13 Five Claims Secrets No Lawyer Wants You to Know July 14 Understanding Lawyers Professional LiabilityJuly 20 Understanding and Explaining Ordinance or Law...
Jun 30 2011 // The recent economic recession and prolonged real estate market slump are triggering a rise in the number of malpractice or professional liability claims lodged against law firms this year. A new study by insurance broker...
Jun 28 2011 // Align Financial Group Inc. has added Jeffrey Abram as a broker in the San Diego Office of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers.Abram was previously a senior broker...
Jun 22 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based independent insurance broker Lockton Companies LLC has expanded its construction and design team with the addition of Karen Erger and Tom Miller.Erger joins Lockton’s Design and Construction...