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A WV Teacher Was Caught on Video Abusing Students. Her District is Settling for $11M

A school district in West Virginia has reached settlements totaling over $11 million in lawsuits involving a teacher who abused special education students in her classroom, according to a media report. Seven lawsuits against Nancy Boggs and the Kanawha County …

Core Specialty, DUAL to Offer Primary, Excess Professional Liability Coverage

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries has formed an underwriting arrangement with DUAL Commercial, LLC to provide primary and excess professional liability limits for qualified classes of business. DUAL is a specialty program manager specializing in the property, …

Examining liability gaps for allied healthcare businesses

This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. General and professional liability coverage is a key component of insurance protection for allied healthcare businesses. However, healthcare organizations may be unaware of common liability coverage gaps …

Attune to Offer General, Professional Liability Products Through Hiscox

Attune Insurance Services, LLC has launched general liability and professional liability products with Hiscox serving as the carrier. The Attune and Hiscox partnership adds over 180 new classes and two admitted products to the Attune broker platform. All brokers with …

Berkshire Hathaway Guard Expands Professional Liability Products Into Multiple States

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 business. The company has added professional liability coverage for lawyers in Alabama …

QBE, Jorgensen & Company to Offer E&O Coverage to RIAs

QBE North America has expanded its operating agreement with Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, to offer errors and omissions insurance on an admitted basis to small, independent registered investment advisory firms, or RIAs, and registered …

Schinnerer Launches PL Coverage for Materials Transparency Consultants

Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company has launched a dedicated professional liability policy for materials transparency consultants. Born out of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, materials transparency consultants work with architects and engineers to …

Allied World Launches Professional Liability Policy for Healthcare Consultants

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings has launched a professional liability policy, offering coverage specifically designed to address the risks of health care consultants and companies that provide consulting services to healthcare facilities. This comprehensive protection includes contingent bodily injury coverage …

New Aon Professional Liability Coverage Available for 300-Plus Small Business Classes

Aon Affinity, the affinity business of Aon plc, has launched Aon Professional Liability Plus, a nationwide program that provides malpractice insurance to more than 300 classes of traditionally hard-to-place small businesses. The program, underwritten by an A-rated carrier, offers coverage …

Beazley Offers ‘Seamless’ Financial Lines Cover for Crime, PI & Data Breaches

Beazley has unveiled two sets of financial lines’ products for organizations domiciled outside the United States. One is designed for the specific needs of financial institutions and the other provides comprehensive management liability cover for traditional and emerging risks, the …