Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Errors and Omissions
Oct 9 2006 // N18 Exclusive survey on costs, availability and more 68 Investigations, record settlements, globalization fuel need for D&O It’s a tough time to be a director and officer – and D&O underwriter
Getting to know your agency’s E&O
Oct 9 2006 // Insurance agents’ errors and omissions policies are not created equal. An agent who purchases E&O based solely on price may experience a rude awakening when it’s time to report a claim. Here are just a few...
The Future for Agents’ E&O
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Mercator Hires Magyar as Professional Liability VP
Oct 5 2006 // Mercator Risk Services has appointed Dena (Cusick) Magyar to its Professional Liability practice as vice president. Magyar will be based in the New York office. Prior to joining Mercator, Magyar served as a senior account...
Darwin Offers Mental Health Liability Program Through N.Y. Agency
Oct 5 2006 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., in Farmington, Conn., has expanded its partnership with New York-based American Professional Agency to provide a professional liability insurance program for mental health...
General Star Offers Alternative and Integrative Professional Liability Program
Oct 3 2006 // Recognizing that standard markets are reluctant to offer coverage to non-traditional medical practices, General Star Management Co. has expanded its physicians professional liability program beyond traditional allopathic...
Wolf Professional Risk Enters Professional Liability Market
Sep 21 2006 // Tampa, Fla.-based Wolf Professional Risk Inc., a wholesale brokerage firm, will begin offering services within the professional liability marketplace. The firm will initially focus on products that provide coverage for...
Association Says Texas Liability Reforms a Positive for Physicians, Patients
Sep 13 2006 // The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a national trade association that represents doctor-owned and/or operated medical professional liability insurance companies, reported that medical liability reforms...
Texas Liability Reforms of 2003 Paying Off, Study Says
Sep 8 2006 // Sick and injured Texans now have more physicians who are more willing and able to give them the medical care they need, closer to home thanks to the state’s 2003 health care liability reforms, according to the...
Understanding real estate-related risks
Sep 4 2006 // Throughout many states in the U.S., there has been an incredible increase in the number of professionals involved in or related to real estate. When thinking about real estate risks, the first to come to mind are real...
Know thyself; insure thyself
Sep 4 2006 // As we know, errors and omissions insurance is intended to cover professionals, including insurance brokers and agents, for their professional mistakes. Businesses that make recommendations or provide clients with solutions...
R.I. requires E&O
Sep 4 2006 // Effective Jan. 1, 2007, all Rhode Island resident insurance producers are required to carry errors and omissions insurance coverage as a condition of obtaining and retaining their insurance producer license. Individual...
PIA National Offers Agents’ E&O Coverage Through Lloyd’s
Aug 31 2006 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has a new market for insurance agents’ Errors and Omissions (E&O) insurance through Lloyd’s, London – utilizing Lighthouse...
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency’s Prof. Liability Division Offers Online Quoting For Accountants Prof. Liability
Aug 30 2006 // San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc.’s Professional Liability Division offers fast and easy online quotes on Arrowhead Exchange for their Accountants Errors & Omissions program. Their...
Arrowhead General Offers Online Quotes for Accountants Liability
Aug 30 2006 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s Professional Liability Division is offering online quoting for accountants professional liability. Appointed Arrowhead producers can get an indication for accountants...
Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities
Aug 22 2006 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent...
Big ‘I’ Group Adds Fireman’s Fund Agents’ E&O to Benefits Roster
Aug 21 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is partnering with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to offer a nationally endorsed program for insurance agents Errors &...
King Insurance Offers California Agents Errors and Omissions Program
Aug 21 2006 // King Insurance has implemented a California insurance agents and brokers errors and omissions specialty program, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London. The product is geared to fit the needs of smaller independent agents...
ACE USA Names Lambert Senior VP – Global Solutions
Aug 17 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has appointed Scott Lambert as Senior Vice President, ACE Global Solutions. He will have responsibility for leading the ACE USA International...
Eastern Dentists, Medical Protective Target N.Y. Market
Aug 10 2006 // Eastern Dentists Insurance Company, a dental society risk retention group, and professional liability insurer Medical Protective have formed an alliance to provide New York dentists and oral surgeons with professional...
