Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

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More Optimism, but Plenty of Controversy Surrounds Mortgage Broker Errors and Omissions Market Segment

Oct 17 2011 // Insurance agents serving the mortgage broker marketplace see some signs of improvement but they aren’t yet jumping for joy. The mortgage brokers error and omissions (E&O) market became severely strained when the...

E&O Spotlight: Insuring Commercial Properties? Important Issues to Watch For

Oct 17 2011 // Most agencies write some degree of commercial insurance. There is a good chance that insuring the building is part of the overall program for these commercial exposures. Unfortunately, as demonstrated by the following...

RSG Announces New Leadership at ThinkRisk Agency

Oct 13 2011 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) announced leadership changes at ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency, one of RSG’s underwriting companies. Nicole Haggerty has been named president and Reza Khan executive vice...

NAS Launches Medical Billers, Coders E&O Program

Oct 12 2011 // NAS Insurance Services has launched a new program for medical billers and coders. NAS’ Medical Billers and Coders E&O includes: coverage for third party claims arising out of a wrongful act in the performance of...

What Do YOU Want in Agency E&O? Take the Survey Now

Oct 11 2011 // Don’t miss your chance to find out what’s been going on with insurance agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) insurance. Insurance Journal’s annual survey solicits the experiences and opinions of...

RLI Expands Miscellaneous E&O Coverage Through New Product

Sep 21 2011 // RLI has launched a new miscellaneous professional liability product called RLI Target Professionals. The new product is designed to protect firms from lawsuits arising from the performance of their professional services...

E&O Insights: Advising Clients on Coverage Needs When Children Leave the Nest

Sep 19 2011 // With the college year again upon us, there is a good chance your agency has some clients whose children are heading off to school. Not only is this typically a busy time, it can also be an emotional time for all...

Business Risk Partners Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Home Inspectors E&O Coverage

Sep 14 2011 // Business Risk Partners has launched a new standard E&O (errors & omissions) policy form for home inspectors. The policy, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, reflects improvements across the board as a result...

Schinnerer Adds Enhancements to Real Estate E&O Policy

Sep 12 2011 // Coverage for open houses, mold, network risks and privacy claims are now part of Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s real estate E&O policy. Schinnerer includes the three new coverages at no additional...

Pearl Insurance Enhances Real Estate E&O Coverage

Sep 8 2011 // Pearl Insurance has introduced a new errors and omissions policy for real estate professionals. The REALTORS professional liability policy includes a mold endorsement with increased limits, subpoena assistance, free...

NSM Insurance Group Acquires AFPD

Sep 7 2011 // Geof McKernan, CEO of Philadelphia-based NSM Insurance Group, announced the acquisition of AFPD, a national program administrator for Lawyers and Dentist E&O programs, headquartered on Long Island, NY. AFPD is a...

Insurance Noodle to Offer ACE D&O, E&O Coverage Through Online Hub

Sep 6 2011 // Insurance Noodle, part of Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has added has added the management and professional liability products of ACE Commercial Risk Services to the offerings of its online quoting...

Monitor Liability Managers Introduces Employed Lawyers E&O Insurance

Aug 23 2011 // Monitor Liability Managers, LLC has introduced a new employed lawyers professional liability (ELP) insurance program. The product provides attorneys and their staff working as corporate counsel with coverage for claims...

Business Risk Partners Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Miscellaneous E&O Form

Aug 19 2011 // Business Risk Partners (BRP) now offers a new standard professional liability (E&O) policy form for hundreds of service professions. Policies will be underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, the company’s partner...

Wright USA Creates Career Protector E&O Plan for Government Personnel

Aug 17 2011 // Wright USA has launched a professional liability product tailored to United States government personnel who are responsible for managing the activities of others. The product – branded as the Career Protector Plan – is...

E&O Insights: 15 Ways to Guarantee an Agency E&O Claim

Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....

Easy Ways to Increase Revenue and Profits with Little and Preferably No Effort

Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....

E&O Insights: E&S Market Requires Attention to Detail

Jul 18 2011 // The excess and surplus lines (E&S) marketplace fulfills a huge role in our industry. The exposures it can entertain are virtually limitless. Without this segment of our industry, many risks might very well have gone...

4 Things Agents Should Do to Avoid E&O Claims

Jun 21 2011 // After handling insurance coverage claims for years, a distinct pattern has emerged: sometimes the insurance agent gets “caught in the middle” of a dispute between the policy holder and the insured. Often,...

The Nap Defense

Jun 20 2011 // Have you ever had your attention wander during a client presentation, forgotten to recommend a coverage, left an account folder at a restaurant or fallen asleep at the wheel on the way to a meeting? Those might be the...