Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Real Estate E&O
Sep 30 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer announced added coverages for its CNA/Schinnerer Realty Choice program, which provides errors and omissions coverage for independently owned and operated firms in residential sales,...
Misc. and Lawyers E&O
Sep 30 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Navigators Pro, a division of Navigators Management Company, a subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc., is adding miscellaneous and lawyers’ professional liability to its financial insurance...
Colo. Division Publishes 2002 Workers’ Comp, Employers Liability Guide
Sep 27 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has published the 2002 Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance guide, a survey of workers’ compensation and employers liability insurance loss cost multipliers...
BB&T’s CRC to Acquire Piedmont Brokerage Services
Sep 19 2002 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., based in Winston-Salem, N.C. and the wholesale insurance subsidiary of Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced plans to buy professional liability specialist Piedmont Brokerage Services LLC...
MarketScout Posts E.L.M. Brokers as E&O “Best of Class”
Sep 13 2002 // MarketScout, a Dallas Texas-based insurance exchange specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, announced E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialist in Miscellaneous Errors &...
N.J. Department Approves NIP’s Plan to Form a New Medical Professional Liability Exchange
Sep 12 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has approved National Insurance Programs’ (NIP) plan to form the Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange, a physician owned and governed medical professional liability...
Wachovia to Purchase Assets of E-Risk Services to Expand Offerings
Sep 10 2002 // North Carolina-based Wachovia Corporation has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of E-Risk Services, LLC. Based in New Jersey, E-Risk Services is a Managing General Agency (MGA) providing management...
Besieged by Cyber Liability’
Sep 2 2002 // Web sites, online services, e-mail and software programs have created vast new industries whose clients demand that insurance coverage is in place prior to awarding contracts. Aside from creating new business...
Besieged by Cyber Liability’
Sep 2 2002 // Web sites, online services, e-mail and software programs have created vast new industries whose clients demand that insurance coverage is in place prior to awarding contracts. Aside from creating new business...
Gov. Bush Creates Medical Liability Task Force
Aug 30 2002 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush announced the creation of the Select Task Force on Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance to address the impact of skyrocketing liability insurance premiums on healthcare in Florida. The task...
High-Tech E&O Liability
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has launched a new errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance policy that can be tailored to meet the needs of small- to large-sized information and...
ETHICS, E&O AND MORE
Aug 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ (IIAT) new schedule of courses for fall 2002 includes classes in ethics and E&O loss control and more. The IIAT has sessions planned on the latest regulatory and...
A.M. Best Rates CAP-MPT ‘Excellent’ for 4th Straight Year
Jul 18 2002 // The A.M. Best Company has again assigned a rating of “A” (Excellent) to the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc.-Mutual Protection Trust (CAP-MPT), a provider of medical professional liability protection...
New Market: Miscellaneous E&O
Jul 10 2002 // Cascade/Amstar has available a program for miscellaneous E&O including service and technical professional liability. Available are many custom forms designed specifically for particular businesses. E&O form with...
As Hard Market Persists, E&S Brokers Wait For The Right Opportunity
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
IIAT in the Swing of Things with New President, Officers
Jul 8 2002 // Juneau Takes Office At the 105th Annual Convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) held June 13-14, in Houston, one of the most heavily attended in recent years, André P. Juneau of Frost Insurance...
Miscellaneous E&O
Jul 8 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a program for miscellaneous E&O including service and technical professional liability. Available are many custom forms designed specifically for particular businesses....
American Physicians Assurance Leaving Fla. Med-Mal Market
Jun 26 2002 // American Physicians Assurance Corporation (APA), a subsidiary of East Lansing, Mich.-based American Physicians Capital Inc., has filed notice with the Florida Department of Insurance that it plans to cease writing medical...
Environmental E&O w/Mold
May 13 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Alliance National Insurance Agency Inc. has available a program for environmental E&O w/mold. Available by appointment. Endorsements— additional insured, waiver, hired/non-owned auto. Dollars:...
MIIX Board Names Patricia Costante as Chairman
May 10 2002 // Patricia A. Costante, the President and CEO of New Jersey-base MIIX Group, the troubled medical professional liability insurer, got a well deserved vote of confidence on Thursday when the company’s Board of Directors...
