Latest Errors Omissions Headlines

All the headlines from our Errors Omissions Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Marsh cautions Europeans on U.S. subprime crisis

Sep 3 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater D&O and E&O...

OneBeacon Pro Offers Admitted Managed Care E&O Coverage

Aug 29 2007 // OneBeacon Professional Partners business reports that it will begin offering managed care errors and omissions coverage on an admitted basis. The company, a unit of OneBeacon Insurance Group, said filings have been...

Marsh UK Warns of Possible E&O, D&O Liabilities from Subprime Defaults

Aug 21 2007 // Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and Officers’...

Agents capitalize on soft market opportunities when buying E&O

Aug 6 2007 // Jim Armitage of California and Jonathan Geib of Tennessee are among the numerous independent agents who are looking for higher professional liability limits, and why not. Soft market conditions prevail in today’s...

Agents Errors & Omissions

Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season. Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...

Agents in E&O Buyer’s Seat

Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season. Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...

Shand Morahan Buys Investment E&O Specialist Cambridge Alliance

Aug 1 2007 // Shand Morahan & Co. Inc., a Markel Corp., reports it has acquired Cambridge Alliance, a Burlington, Vermont managing general agency that specializes in errors and omissions insurance for registered investment advisors...

Fireman’s Fund Offers E&O for Big “I” Membership

Jun 5 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has endorsed a program for insurance agents errors and omissions (Agents E&O) coverage with Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), known...

Swiss Re, Big ‘I’ Ink 5-Year Pact On E&O Coverage

May 29 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of America and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance have signed an agreement for Swiss Re to be the endorsed errors and omissions carrier of the Big I for five more...

Swiss Re Now Offering Nonadmitted E&O Coverage for Big ‘I’ Agents

May 3 2007 // Swiss Re is now offfering a nonadmitted coverage for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). The nonadmitted product is designed for agencies with unique operations and special needs...

Court ruling indicates claims made policy language ambiguous

Mar 26 2007 // A recent San Diego Superior Court ruling serves as a potential warning to legal malpractice insurers to review policy language to ensure their claims made policies can’t be more broadly construed as occurrence...

The New Frontier

Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...

The New Frontier: Hidden exposures and brewing claims in the tech liability field

Mar 26 2007 // Information technology companies may explore the new frontier everyday, but do they know where their exposures lie? Will they be ready for the next big liability risk close encounter? “Owners and or creators of IT...

Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures

Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...

Court ruling indicates claims made policy language ambiguous

Mar 26 2007 // A recent San Diego Superior Court ruling serves as a potential warning to legal malpractice insurers to review policy language to ensure their claims made policies can’t be more broadly construed as occurrence...

Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures

Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...

Darwin Adds Managed Care E&O Risk Management Program

Feb 5 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. has established a comprehensive risk management and loss control program for its managed care errors and omissions (E&O) liability policyholders at no additional cost. The...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Ebert in Baltimore

Jan 29 2007 // Burns & Wilcox, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, announced the addition of Jennifer Ebert, who joins the company’s Baltimore office in the position of senior commercial...

Don’t be guilty of ignoring the lawyers’ E&O marketplace

Jan 28 2007 // Every day hundreds of thousands of lawyers throughout the U.S. provide legal advice, depose witnesses, prepare and file various legal documents, negotiate contracts and settlements, make court appearances, attend...

Darwin Enhances Public Entity E&O Products

Jan 26 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. is making available enhanced public entity errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance products, with policies to address educators professional liability risks, police...