All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2005 // A little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners’ coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by earthquake. Her family sued the agent, the case went to trial and the jury...
Dec 4 2005 // As more companies outsource the processing of sensitive personal information, insurance brokers and their clients need to be better educated about protecting customer and employee privacy, and about data security,...
Dec 4 2005 // The little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by earthquake. Her family sued the agent, the case went to trial, and the jury...
Dec 4 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employ-ment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies,...
Dec 4 2005 // How Program Managers Can Avoid the ‘Courthouse Blues’A little old lady from San Francisco rejected an earthquake endorsement on her homeowners’ coverage, only to have her home later destroyed by...
Dec 4 2005 // Pumped for profitRobin C. Brennan knows fuel dealers. She’s been handling their insurance needs since 1998. Brennan is a vice president with the Managing Agency Group in Hartford, Conn., a subsidiary of Hilb Rogal...
Nov 21 2005 // Underwriters and accountants will have many opportunities to advise companies in interpreting and implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but they should be aware of the increased exposure to risk, attendees at the most...
Nov 20 2005 // Underwriters and accountants will have many opportunities to advise companies in interpreting and implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but they should be aware of the increased exposure to risk, attendees at the most...
Nov 16 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned financial strength ratings (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” to the operating companies of Delaware-based Darwin Group Inc. (DGI), which consists of...
Nov 15 2005 // Aon Specialty Product Network (ASPN) announced it has partnered with Mid-Continent General Agency, a managing general underwriter and program manager based in Houston, to provide liability insurance products for health...
Nov 7 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar?The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...
Nov 7 2005 // Technology and Information Risk Infect Traditional BusinessesFollowing the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology...
Nov 7 2005 // Hurricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...
Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...
Nov 7 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...
Nov 7 2005 // We all know that the first step toward placing professional liability coverage is to have the client complete the appropriate application and supplements. The application affects not only the underwriting, rating and...
Nov 7 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers.With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...
Nov 6 2005 // We all know that the first step toward placing professional liability coverage is to have the client complete the appropriate application and supplements. The application affects not only the underwriting, rating and...
Nov 6 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...
Nov 6 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers.With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...