Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2006 // People Dallas-based Colemont Insurance Brokers – Texas announced the promotions of Su Young to assistant vice president and Amy Rosso-Leiker to the position of broker. Young joined Colemont in 2001 as a financial...
Lawyers Overseeing Layers
Jul 3 2006 // No country has as many lawyers as the United States — more than 152,000 in California alone — three times as many as in all of France. Nor does any other country rely as heavily on the legal profession to order...
Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County Holds Professional Liability Session
Jun 30 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County, Calif., will be hosting its quarterly meeting on July 20 at the Tustin, Calif., Banquet Center. Katie Freeman Insurance Services will be sponsoring the...
Ace USA Launches Med Mal Product in Ohio, Michigan
Jun 21 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, recently announced the launch of its healthcare professional liability product for group and individual physicians in the Ohio and Michigan...
No more excuses: Making the case for EPLI
Jun 19 2006 // Common misconceptions leave business owners, small and large, in the bare Employment practices liability insurance has been available on a stand-alone basis since the early 1980s. The product was developed to provide...
Exercising appropriate standard of care
Jun 19 2006 // The term “standard of care” often is thrown around when dealing with professional liability risks. A professional is regarded as someone who possesses special skills, experience and knowledge, and thus is held...
Jun 19 2006 // People Scott A. Adamsons joined InsurBanc as vice president of sales and business development. The Farmington, Conn.-based company also hired Marie R. Rider to be vice president and director of marketing. Adamsons will...
XL Introduces New U.K. D&O Product
Jun 14 2006 // XL Insurance Ltd., a subsidiary of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd., announced that its UK-based professional lines business has added a new product specifically tailored to the directors and officers insurance market in...
Iowa State Bar Endorses Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services
Jun 9 2006 // The Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) announced it will endorse Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services to provide Professional Liability insurance to Iowa Bar members. The ISBA chose Lockton as its preferred broker...
NAS Reduces Minimum Premiums on Miscellaneous Errors & Omissions
Jun 9 2006 // NAS Insurance Services, Encino, Calif., has reduced the minimum premium for many classes for its miscellaneous errors and omissions coverages from $2,500 to $1,500. Limits are $1 million/$1 million. NAS Insurance Services...
London American Risk Launches Professional Liability Unit
Jun 7 2006 // London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced the formation of London American Professional Liability LLC, based in Fort Lee, N.J. LAPL is a program administrator and MGA specializing...
Hylant Partners with ACE Medical, Offers Liability Coverage in Ohio, Mich.
Jun 7 2006 // Hylant Group and ACE Medical Risk jointly announced today an agreement for Hylant Group to be the distributor of comprehensive physician medical liability coverage in both Ohio and Michigan. The healthcare professional...
London American Risk Specialists, Inc Announces the Formation of London American Professional Liability, LLC
Jun 7 2006 // Houston, TX – London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX. is pleased to announce the formation of London American Professional Liability, LLC based out of Fort Lee, New Jersey. LAPL is a...
Exercising appropriate standard of care
Jun 5 2006 // The term “standard of care” often is thrown around when dealing with professional liability risks. A professional is regarded as someone who possesses special skills, experience and knowledge, and thus is held...
Market trends downward slightly; habitational still a challenge
Jun 5 2006 // After the recent hard markets, rates for professional liability insurance for architects and engineers are beginning to see some relief. Even so — despite 10 percent to 20 percent drops in professional liability...
Exercising appropriate standard of care
Jun 5 2006 // The term “standard of care” often is thrown around when dealing with professional liability risks. A professional is regarded as someone who possesses special skills, experience and knowledge, and thus is held...
Venture Programs Now Offers OneBeacon Community Bank Market
Jun 4 2006 // Venture Insurance Programs has reporetd that its Venture Banking program now offers a new community banking market through OneBeacon Insurance Group. Through this partnership, Venture will provide access to...
What Happens If P/C Industry Catches the Flu; Program Best Practices; Giant Program Guide Highlight IJ Magazine
May 23 2006 // The potential exposures for the property casualty insurance industry have fallen under the radar in the discussions of the effects of an Avian flu or other pandemic. Most people keeping watch on the possible effects have...
Insurance programs meet computer programs
May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...
Insurance programs meet computer programs
May 22 2006 // Like so many other areas of life, the Internet changed the exposures involved in affinity group programs. In fact, e-commerce and e-mail have taken some of the affinity out of affinity groups. When I first started...
