Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insight, KEMPES to Offer Professional Liability Programs for Accountants and Architects & Engineers
Oct 1 2001 // Insight Insurance Services and KEMPES, a Kemper company, agreed to a partnership under which Insight will underwrite accountants professional liability and architects & engineers professional liability on behalf of...
Unique Coverages: A Hard Market Look at How Programs Are Meeting Needs of Challenging Risks
Sep 24 2001 // Underwriting tough risks can be particularly troublesome in a hardening market. Where do you turn when rates skyrocket, exclusions multiply or worse, when carriers begin to shut their doors to classes that no longer...
Perils and Pitfalls of Claims-Made Policies
Sep 17 2001 // While general liability policies protect business owners from the common risks of premises and operations exposures, professional liability is typically not covered under a general liability policy. Instead, professional...
Unique Coverages, A Hard Market Look at How Programs Are Meeting Needs of Challenging Risks
Sep 17 2001 // Underwriting tough risks can be particularly troublesome in a hardening market. Where do you turn when rates skyrocket, exclusions multiply or worse, when carriers begin to shut their doors to classes that no longer...
Free Professional Liability Seminar for Healthcare Industry Schedule
Sep 11 2001 // No challenge is more intriguing to Colorado residents than the “Fourteeners”–a group of 55 mountains peaks all in Colorado and all higher than 14,000 feet above sea level. A team from Baetis Inc.,...
Free Professional Liability Seminar for Healthcare Industry Scheduled
Sep 10 2001 // Richard L. Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., is sponsoring a free seminar for “Professional Liability for the Healthcare Industry.” Agents can earn three continuing...
PLUS Introduces Computer-Based Testing for RPLU Program
Sep 5 2001 // PLUS has changed its Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) program to computer-based testing for ease of use and to diversify the program. PLUS has contracted with Prometric (affiliated with Sylvan Learning)...
The St. Paul to Offer ICBA Members Professional Liability Coverage
Aug 31 2001 // The St. Paul, headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., signed an agreement with The Independent Community Bankers of America to offer professional liability coverage for insurance agents and brokers to ICBA members. The St. Paul...
Progressive Insurance to Offer Coverage for Internet Banking
Aug 22 2001 // The Professional Liability Group of the Progressive Corporation introduced an Internet Banking Protection Package (IBPP), which provides coverage for community banks engaged in Internet banking. The IBPP complements its...
KEMPES Claim Director to Speak at ABA Conference
Aug 22 2001 // Janice Stein, KEMPES’ claim director, will be a panelist addressing “Sued Lawyers — Our Valued Clients or Our Neglected Constituency?” at the American Bar Association’s National Legal...
Media Liability Claims: Tricky, Expensive and Evolving
Aug 13 2001 // Oprah Winfrey may be the queen of talk show TV and the ruler of her own media/entertainment universe, but that didn’t keep her from being dragged into court, accused of libeling the beef industry in one of the most...
Target Tabs Shores for Program Manager Position
Aug 6 2001 // Connecticut-based Target Capital appointed Joseph G. Shores to the position of program manager for the company’s national lawyers professional liability (LPL) insurance program. In his new position, Shores will...
Media Liability Claims: Tricky, Expensive and Evolving
Aug 6 2001 // Oprah Winfrey may be the queen of talk show TV and the ruler of her own media/entertainment universe, but that didn’t keep her from being dragged into court, accused of libeling the beef industry in one of the most...
ASP Industry Consortium Unveils Insurance Program for ASP’s
Jul 26 2001 // The Wakefield, Mass.-based ASP Industry Consortium announced the availability of a new insurance program designed specifically for application service providers (ASPs). The program, developed in conjunction with...
Environmental Pollution Insurance: A Fluid and Ever-changing Market
Jul 23 2001 // Environmental pollution policies – they’re not just for oil industry giants and radioactive waste depositories anymore. Even the most seemingly benign businesses may carry the risk of producing, storing or...
CNA Offers New Online Quoting, Work Management Functionality
Jul 5 2001 // CNA announced new features on CNA Central (www.cnacentral.com), its website for business insurance agents and brokers in North America. According to CNA, the new functionality includes quick and full quoting, as well as...
Changes, Challenges in EPL Arena Discussed at PLUS Symposium
Jun 28 2001 // Increased claims involving workplace violence, sexual harassment, identity theft and ADA issues are presenting many challenges to the Employment Practices Liability (EPL) marketplace, according to a panel of experts at the...
The St. Paul Cos. Begins Offering Agents & Brokers Professional Liability Coverage to ICBA Members
Jun 28 2001 // The St. Paul Companies announced that it will begin offering professional liability coverage for insurance agents and brokers to members of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) effective...
KEMPES Professional Liability Program Director Speaks at Plus Symposium
Jun 20 2001 // Tom Ward, KEMPES’ Employment Practices Liability Insurance program director, was a panelist at the recent Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) LPL-EPL Insurance Issues Symposium held in New York...
ePolicy, ACEUSA to Offer Specialty Professional Liability Online
Jun 19 2001 // ePolicy.com Insurance Services Inc., announced it has signed an agreement with ACE USA to offer new lines of specialty professional liability insurance. The newly offered products are designed specifically for architects...
