All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 30 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has made several hires to strengthen its cyber insurance underwriting team: Tresa Stephens as regional product leader; Josh Navarro, executive underwriter; and Ed Lee,...
Sep 30 2020 // Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing them as more cases against insurance companies begin to fail and claimants...
Sep 24 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has further expanded its professional liability products including coverage for lawyers, architects and engineers, accountants, as well as nearly 100 other classes of...
Sep 21 2020 // Professional liability insurance is a complex and interesting concept. As insurance professionals, or practitioners if you prefer, we are used to the concepts and terms of several different liability policies. We...
Sep 21 2020 // Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing them as more cases against insurance companies begin to fail and claimants...
Sep 9 2020 // A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration rule that narrowed the definition of “joint employer,” and which the attorneys general of 17 states and Washington, D.C. said would eliminate...
Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms.In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...
Aug 21 2020 // A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced...
Aug 7 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed four new underwriters within its Chicago, Ill.-based cyber and executive risk division.Jon Perry and Megan Feyereisen join as executive risk underwriters, while Brett Kreiter and...
Jul 27 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies recently announced it added Pennsylvania to the list of states where the insurer offers its Accountants Professional Liability product.In 2016, it began writing Professional...
Jul 24 2020 // U.S. insurers and brokers are starting to craft professional liability coverage for police officers, spurred on by signs that policymakers in some cities and states want to use a financial stick to curb police...
Jul 22 2020 // Global insurer Chubb announced that Scott Meyer will succeed retiring Bruce Kessler as senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines...
Jul 21 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has named Dr. Frank Amandi as head of Financial Institutions, for Executive and Professional Lines in Germany.Amandi has more than 20 years of experience...
Jul 20 2020 // One of my favorite books and movies is The Milagro Beanfield War. It takes place in the ’70s in a small, poverty stricken, dirt street northern New Mexico village. It’s close to a third world village, and into...
Jul 14 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance announced the hiring of three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.Peter Smith will join AXIS as underwriting manager, while and Emma Werth and Jessica Currier...
Jul 10 2020 // Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI) has released a miscellaneous professional liability product for non-specialist, commercial businesses.Miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) coverage provides liability and defense...
Jul 8 2020 // QBE North America has Toria Lessman as senior vice president, head of Professional Lines and Industry Verticals. She is based in Chicago.Lessman had most recently been serving as head of Transactional Liability, one of the...
Jul 6 2020 // As many states keep watch for the “next wave” of COVID-19 infections, the insurance industry is keeping watch for the “next wave” of potential claims that could be directed at independent agents.In...
Jul 6 2020 // Law enforcement practices and reform have been on the minds of many city government leaders in recent weeks. Some groups are advocating that police officers carry professional liability insurance.Let’s examine this...
Jun 24 2020 // I read an interesting article today on Insurance Journal (of course) about plans to reform law enforcement in Minneapolis. What interested me the most was that some groups were advocating making police officers carry...