All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2011 // Late last year, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, filed a lawsuit over alleged patent infringement against some of the biggest names in technology, including Facebook, Google and Apple. For some, the lawsuit may appear...
Mar 3 2011 // Align Financial Group Inc. announced that Joshua Parish has joined the firm as vice president of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers. Parrish will establish and...
Mar 1 2011 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is offering newerrors and omissions (E&O) and general liability insurance policies to address risks faced by life sciences companies.Chubb’s general liability policy,...
Feb 22 2011 // Rockhill Insurance Company, a member of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Group, has appointed A.Q. “Skip” Orza II to leads its management and professional liability insurance division. Orza is a recognized...
Feb 16 2011 // Business Risk Partners is now offering general liability coverage to home inspector firms that purchase errors & omissions insurance. Bundling the two products addresses the increasingly grey areas between GL and...
Feb 15 2011 // CNA has launched Epack Extra, an enhanced version of its modular Epack product that includes directors & officers (D&O), employment practices liability (EPL), fiduciary, miscellaneous professional liability (MPL)...
Feb 7 2011 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
Feb 7 2011 // When placing coverage for your clients, with a fair degree of frequency your agency will need to look at placing professional liability — a/k/a errors and omissions — coverage for those risks. Typically, when thinking...
Jan 28 2011 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of the XL Group, announced the appointment of Cristiana Báez-Safa as Chief Underwriting Officer Professional Lines for its Commercial Risk business outside of North America....
Jan 24 2011 // $10.2 MillionThe Kansas Insurance Department recovered $10.2 million for consumers last year, which is 32 percent less than it recovered in 2009. But the agency said the number of complaints from consumers about insurance...
Jan 24 2011 // The work environment for professionals has been evolving rapidly over the past few years, fueled by both the spread of technology and the changing economy. Many professionals, such as attorneys and accountants, are...
Jan 19 2011 // IronPro, the professional liability unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced a specialized technology professional liability policy designed for the complex exposures of the information technology and computer industries....
Jan 13 2011 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that its fifth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report shows a total of 3,344 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2009.Claims that...
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 10 2011 // Although the economy has taken its toll on the construction industry, the majority of insurance agencies probably insure a contractor or two. There is no doubt this class of business has caused its share of errors and...
Jan 10 2011 // Record reinsurer capital levels, strong reinsurer capacity, an absence of major catastrophe losses in the U.S. and competitive pressures helped push down January 1 renewal rates for U.S. property/ casualty reinsurance...
Jan 6 2011 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Group, and Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, today announced a joint underwriting agreement to provide...
Jan 5 2011 // Effective January 5 2011 – Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker, Inc – California based wholesaler is appointing Wholesalers, Surplus lines Brokers and MGA’s in Texas, California, Florida and most States, to...
Jan 5 2011 // Ironshore Inc. has appointed Yosha DeLong to serve as vice president and regional executive for the Midwest Region, based in the Chicago office. DeLong will report to Steven England, executive vice president of...
Jan 5 2011 // When it comes to the legal profession, there are two known facts: claims against lawyers tend to increase in an economic downturn; and small firms (with fewer than five attorneys) are extremely vulnerable to legal...