All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 20 2005 // XL Professional Lines, a unit of XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd., has extended its portfolio of Directors & Officers liability products with the addition of dedicated coverage for independent directors of company...
May 10 2005 // Beazley USA, a subsidiary of the U.K.-based Beazley Group, plc, a leading Lloyd’s underwriter, announced that Jerry Sullivan is joining the company as the E&O Product Leader within Specialty Lines. He will be...
May 9 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. The program enhancement now provides each broker-dealer with its own...
May 9 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services has available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50-plus...
May 9 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. launched SpecialtyOne, an E&O insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. Target risks for the program include a range of consultants, such as...
May 5 2005 // Jeffrey Slivka and Timothy Farrell have joined New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental insurance wholesale firm, based in Bordentown, N.J. Slivka joins New Day Underwriting as senior vice president of...
Apr 28 2005 // Kansas City-based underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC announced the launch of ProtoType, a “modern insurance product for manufacturers.”The product features: errors and omissions;...
Apr 21 2005 // Juan C. Borda has been named director of professional liability for the Tampa, Fla. office of United Southern Brokers, a division of USG Insurance Services Inc. Borda will assist agents with the placement of directors and...
Apr 18 2005 // Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services is making available new markets for home inspectors professional liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in size); and professional liability for accountants....
Apr 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance has enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. It provides each broker-dealer with their own policy limits without...
Apr 18 2005 // The issue of whether, and when, extrinsic evidence may be used to determine a duty to defend has never been clearly defined under Texas law. While a number of courts have recognized an exception, the exact parameters of...
Apr 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. The program enhancement now provides each broker-dealer with its own...
Apr 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services has available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in...
Apr 14 2005 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company announced the launch of SpecialtyOne, an E&O insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. The program will be written through Brit, a Lloyd’s syndicate.Target...
Apr 12 2005 // Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) firms have seen an 88% increase in the cost of professional liability coverage in the last three years, according to a recent survey by Zweig-White.To help architects...
Apr 5 2005 // Miami-based Modern Insurance Consultants Inc. and Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. have introduced an Insurance Agents Errors & Omissions program for small to mid-sized Florida property/casualty agencies.The...
Apr 5 2005 // Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services is making available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in size); and...
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Apr 4 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Apr 4 2005 // Agents are treated unfairly by Texas statutes and the result is sky-rocketing errors and omissions insurance premiums, according to the Indepen-dent Insurance Agents of Texas. When rates in the E&O insurance program...