All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 2 2007 // Owners of construction projects increasingly have concerns separate from those of their contractors or design architects and engineers when it comes to liability insurance.Jacobus (Jaap) Vrolijk, vice president within...
Jul 2 2007 // The most important thing a broker can do to advance an underwriting deal for an architects and engineers professional liability account is to understand how insurers vary in their rating.Insurers do not all approach design...
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage interpretation for losses involving general liability and property damage claims, says Paul...
Jun 25 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire a professional liability insurer, Professionals Direct, Inc., for $23.2 million.Professionals Direct is the Michigan-based holding company for the Professionals...
Jun 21 2007 // Delta General Agency announced the formation of a professional liability division with specialized focus on medical malpractice coverage. The company has tapped Marla Timmons, senior health care and professional liability...
Jun 21 2007 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and Lemme Insurance Group, Inc. have partnered to provide accountants with an expanded professional liability policy. Available in 38 states...
Jun 18 2007 // Today’s demands on independent agents are plentiful: competition, risk management, compensation disclosure, quality markets and carrier’s demands for premium quotas, to name a few. Such demands could be one...
Jun 5 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has endorsed a program for insurance agents errors and omissions (Agents E&O) coverage with Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), known...
May 29 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of America and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance have signed an agreement for Swiss Re to be the endorsed errors and omissions carrier of the Big I for five more...
May 22 2007 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. is entering the Professional Liability sector with the launch of IronPro, headed by Greg Flood as President. IronPro, based in New York, will initially focus on Directors & Officers...
May 7 2007 // An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving growth in certain areas of medical professional liability coverage, in particular medical facilities coverage.The...
May 7 2007 // An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicians in a constant state of flux. So, what new exposures will be faced by medical professional liability underwriters...
May 7 2007 // Rise in numbers of surgicenters, medispas and clinics brings new risks and opportunities in professional liabilityAn aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving...
May 7 2007 // Expect new exposures as practitioners replace physicians as supervisors and nanotechnolgy and stem cell research growAn ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicans...
May 7 2007 // Commissioner Burnes surprises industry by keeping issue alive10 Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s reservoirs to stem flooding But city officials worry about the risk of asummer drought10 Study questions insurance...
May 7 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh Inc. has appointed Rob McGinnis as the leader of its U.S. Consumer Business, which includes the U.S. operations of the firm’s Affinity, Program, and Private Client Services...
May 7 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based BMSI Holdings, the holding company for BancInsure Inc., announced a number of promotions and appointments.Rodney N. Sargent was appointed president of BMSI Holdings and chief executive officer of...
May 3 2007 // Swiss Re is now offfering a nonadmitted coverage for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). The nonadmitted product is designed for agencies with unique operations and special needs...
Apr 30 2007 // Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced LexAssure, primary professional liability insurance designed for small- to mid-sized regional accounting firms with annual...
Apr 24 2007 // All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., announced that Elaine Garner and Julie Arsuaga have joined the firm in its Dallas, Texas, office.Garner...