All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2005 // Following the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology resources, services and products they use. Information management,...
Nov 6 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 6 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 6 2005 // urricane 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...
Oct 26 2005 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc., has introduced an Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance on an admitted basis. Brokers...
Oct 25 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County is offering a three-hour continuing education seminar, “Miscellaneous Professional Liability” Course #135718/Provider #20384, for IIAB-OC...
Oct 25 2005 // AVRECO, a member of The Park Group with offices in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, London, and Bermuda, has named Greg Schrom vice president responsible for the development of all lines of business in California and the...
Oct 21 2005 // San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc.’s Professional Liability Division today announced it has entered into an agreement with RLI Insurance Company to offer Private Company Directors,...
Oct 18 2005 // While the severity of malpractice claims continues to rise – growing at a rate of 7.5 percent annually – the frequency of malpractice claims has decreased by 1 percent over the past year, according to the 2005...
Oct 14 2005 // The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.), Los Angeles, has launched its Strategic Defense Program, which will create a panel of real estate defense attorneys charged with improving the litigation climate and...
Oct 3 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has developed an errors and omissions (E&O) insurance policy for large financial institutions. BPL for Financial Institutions addresses traditional banking exposures such as...
Oct 3 2005 // Exclusions–Criminal Acts Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an...
Oct 3 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies including...
Oct 3 2005 // Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005)Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an insurer’s obligation to defend and...
Oct 3 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies...
Sep 27 2005 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company’s A/E Risk Management Department recently released a resource guide for the clients of design professionals.The Client’s Resource: Intro to Professional Liability Insurance...
Sep 22 2005 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) and Professional Government Underwriters Inc. (PGU) have entered into a program arrangement whereby PGU will be the exclusive provider of professional liability coverages for...
Sep 13 2005 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Endurance’s U.S. subsidiary, Endurance Reinsurance Corporation of America has appointed Kevin Rooney as...
Sep 10 2005 // Gold Seal Risk Management Limited, a risk management and best practices firm serving insurance agents and brokers, is introducing its full line of services for the U.S. and Canadian market at the Big “I”...
Sep 6 2005 // Target Insurance Services and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced a new Lawyers Professional Liability Program that provides broad coverage customized to the needs of each law firm.The program is...