Latest Professional Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Big “I” Markets Offering Professional Liability Coverage

May 30 2001 // MIMS International and Philadelphia Insurance Companies joined Big “I” Markets, offering miscellaneous professional liability insurance that agents can provide to clients through the online technology...

Pa. Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association Names President

May 11 2001 // Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association appointed Susan M. Sersha as president. Under the association’s Plan of Operations, Sersha also serves as a member of the association’s Board...

FPIC Announces Affiliation with NAS Insurance Services of Calif.

May 9 2001 // Florida Physicians Insurance Company, Inc. (FPIC), a provider of professional liability insurance for physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers, announced an affiliation with NAS Insurance Services, Inc. (NAS),...

U.S. E&O Brokers to Provide Agents’ E&O Coverage on MarketScout.com

Apr 10 2001 // MarketScout, a Dallas-based e-commerce company specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, announced that U.S. E&O Brokers Group has been selected as its exclusive “Best of...

Tennant Risk Services’ Enhances Title/Escrow Agents EnO Insurance

Feb 14 2001 // Tennant Risk Services, the program manager for the Title Agents of America E&O insurance program, is including E-Commerce coverage as part of its Title Industry E&O insurance. Northland Insurance Companies...

Zurich Re Forms Professional Liability Unit

Nov 29 2000 // Zurich Reinsurance Inc. has formed a new unit specifically devoted to professional liability to be headed by Matthew G. Fay. Fay recently joined the company as senior vice president and will direct the producing and...

Target Capital To Acquire Southeast Underwriting Group Corporate Assets

Nov 17 2000 // Avon, Conn.-based Target Capital Partners Inc., a managing general agency and provider of specialty insurance programs, and Southeast Underwriting Group Inc., a specialty agency and underwriting manager headquartered in...

Glamour & Risk: Insuring HollywoodProduction Companies

Nov 13 2000 // For many film lovers, the holiday season is synonymous with the release of Hollywood’s latest screen confections. As production companies scramble to satiate the consumer appetite for thrilling visual effects and...

Legal Malpractice Insurance

Nov 6 2000 // There are a huge number of lawyers in Texas. Many of them are not very good. For every lawyer there is probably at least one paralegal. Many of them are as proficient as the lawyers they assist, though usually less...

iwix.net Signs AIG Worldsource; Product Recall Products Added to Site

Oct 30 2000 // iwix.net, an Internet specialty insurance marketplace, has signed AIG Worldsource to provide new products on the iwix.net site. AIG Worldsource, located in New York, will provide product recall coverages, which will...

Independent currents:Scary E&O Stories (Just in Time for Halloween!)

Oct 30 2000 // I’ve sat in classes taught by Jim Harrison (insert two dozen professional designations here), one of the best insurance educators in the country. He has this little shtick that wakes up the class. He tells an ugly...

PLUS Continues Focus on Education as International Conference Approaches

Oct 30 2000 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) will hold its 13th Annual International Conference in San Antonio this year, with a renewed commitment to education, according to PLUS President Stephen Gerstman. As...

Independent currents Scary E&O Stories (Just in Time for Halloween!)

Oct 30 2000 // I’ve sat in classes taught by Jim Harrison (insert two dozen professional designations here), one of the best insurance educators in the country. He has this little shtick that wakes up the class. He tells an ugly...

Cyberliability: Identifying the Risks in Cyberspace Can Be Tricky

Oct 2 2000 // As Internet use increases, both individuals and businesses face a growing number of legal dilemmas. Is lost electronic data “property damage” within the meaning of a standard insurance policy? What’s the...

Great American Appoints Pierce Divisional President

Aug 10 2000 // Pierce is responsible for the underwriting, marketing, claims and administration of the division, which specializes in directors’ and officers’ liability, insurance company professional liability, professional...

iwix.net Signs Three New MGAs

Aug 10 2000 // Five Star Managers (representing Brockbank, a Lloyd’s syndicate and part of the XL Group), ProSurance (representing ACE USA Insurance Companies), and Sterling Risk Management, an MGA for aviation products, are now a...

Cracks in the Plaster: Construction Defect Litigation

Jul 19 2000 // “You put up these buildings. Even though no one has noticed anything wrong, no one has been injured, nothing has been damaged; by virtue of the fact that you put them up, there must be defects in them. Therefore we...

The Hartford, Reliance Sign Definitive Agreement

Jul 7 2000 // The Hartford Financial Services Group and Reliance Group Holdings have signed a definitive agreement to purchase Reliance’s financial products and the majority of its excess and surplus line. The Hartford announced...

Commercial Lines Deregulation Continuesto Gain Momentum at State Level

Jun 26 2000 // Chalk up 2000 as another year for making great strides in passing legislation relating to deregulation. Since 1997, 21 states have passed laws deregulating commercial lines to one degree or another. “In 2000, we had...

SAFECO, AAI Agree to Provide Malpractice Coverage for Attorneys

Jun 6 2000 // SAFECO entered into an agreement with Administration Associates Inc. (AAI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Association Group Insurance Administrators Inc. (AGIA), to provide malpractice insurance for attorneys in Maryland,...