All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2010 // Socius Insurance Services Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property and casualty insurance wholesaler, has appointed Cynthia A. Zimmerman as vice president in its Miami office. She is charged with new...
Jan 6 2010 // Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, introduced CarbonCover Registry, a professional liability coverage for carbon registries.CarbonCover Registry is the first offering in Lexington’s new CarbonCover suite of...
Dec 11 2009 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), based in Windsor, Conn., now offers general liability (GL) coverage to technology firms that purchase errors and omissions (E&O) policies. Coverage is underwritten by Lloyds of...
Dec 8 2009 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based Protective Specialty has created a new Professional Liability Division, which joins the company’s portfolio of nationwide products by offering Miscellaneous Professional Liability.A...
Dec 8 2009 // NIP Programs, a division of NIP Group, Inc., has a new specialty insurance program designed to serve the funeral industry nationwide.The new program is called FuneralPro and covers property, business autos like limos and...
Dec 6 2009 // According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seven fastest growing industries between now and 2016 are:Beyond the need for “ordinary” coverages (i.e., property, liability and automobile), each of these...
Nov 25 2009 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new errors and omissions (E&O) insurance product for the suppliers of lottery and gaming (gambling) organizations. The new product, created by Marsh’s...
Nov 17 2009 // The Connecticut-based Beazley Group announced the launch of its first two environmental insurance products “to meet the evolving needs of the environmental services industry.”The Company, a subsidiary of the...
Nov 15 2009 // Maryland-based insurance and risk management firm HMS Insurance Associates Inc. has made several executive-level promotions. Nancey Bohlen has been promoted to chief financial officer and vice president of operations. She...
Nov 15 2009 // I have been an insurance broker since 1974. However, my principal occupation is attorney, practicing in insurance law. I have had many conversations with insurance agency managers, insurance agents and customer service...
Nov 15 2009 // From most frequent to least frequent: Recommendations that are made to clients Policy change errors Policy application errors Policy renewal errors Risk assessment errors
Nov 15 2009 // After a decade marked by decreases in Hospital Professional Liability claims, the frequency of claims is on the rise and is expected to continue increasing at a one percent annual rate, according to a study released by Aon...
Nov 11 2009 // I have been an insurance broker since 1974. However, my principal occupation is attorney, practicing in the field of insurance law. I have had many conversations with insurance agency managers, insurance agents and...
Nov 6 2009 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a member of the Great American Insurance Group, has launched an errors and omissions liability insurance product for Medicare Statutory...
Nov 3 2009 // Synergy Professional Associates, of Kinnelon, N.J., has announced that Myles Alonzo has recently joined Synergy as manager of their new West Coast office. Alonzo will be based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and will be...
Nov 1 2009 // I have been an insurance broker since 1974. However, my principal occupation is attorney, practicing in insurance law. I have had many conversations with insurance agency managers, insurance agents and customer service...
Nov 1 2009 // Independent insurance agents have had plenty to fret about the past year, including falling revenues. Thus stability in the market and pricing for their errors and omissions (E&O) insurance meant there was one less...
Nov 1 2009 // Architects and engineering (A/E) firms, construction professionals and the insurance carriers that serve them are facing unique challenges in this turbulent economic environment. SmartRisk surveyed professional liability...
Nov 1 2009 // Any producer, agent or broker can be exposed to the insolvency of one of their markets. Carriers providing insurance agents’ errors and omissions insurance (E&O) have developed a variety of responses to the...
Oct 20 2009 // It’s time again for Insurance Journal to find out what’s been going on with Insurance Agents’ Errors & Omissions Insurance. IJ’s annual survey solicits the experiences and opinions of...