Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
XL Names 6 to North America Construction Team
Aug 17 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team that it established a year ago. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America Construction team include: Lawrence Lejfer...
E&O Insights: 15 Ways to Guarantee an Agency E&O Claim
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Easy Ways to Increase Revenue and Profits with Little and Preferably No Effort
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
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Jul 18 2011 // Barbara Zito has been named senior vice president of Marketing at Founders Insurance Co. in Des Plaines, Ill. Founders is a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y. Zito is responsible for...
E&O Insights: E&S Market Requires Attention to Detail
Jul 18 2011 // The excess and surplus lines (E&S) marketplace fulfills a huge role in our industry. The exposures it can entertain are virtually limitless. Without this segment of our industry, many risks might very well have gone...
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Jul 4 2011 // Anthony A. Ambrose has been promoted to vice president and senior broker at New York-based wholesale broker Russell Bond. Ambrose joined Russell Bond in 1994 and is currently responsible for financial institutions, medical...
Driven to Teach and Armed with Knowledge
Jul 4 2011 // Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, has, in her own words, “a compulsion to teach,” to go with her 26 years of insurance experience. Christian’s passion for teaching began in the Marine Corps. “One of the...
Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance 2011 Third Quarter Schedule
Jul 4 2011 // July 7 Identifying Professional Liability Exposures July 13 Five Claims Secrets No Lawyer Wants You to Know July 14 Understanding Lawyers Professional Liability July 20 Understanding and Explaining Ordinance or Law...
Survey: Law Firms Face Rising Number of Malpractice Claims
Jun 30 2011 // The recent economic recession and prolonged real estate market slump are triggering a rise in the number of malpractice or professional liability claims lodged against law firms this year. A new study by insurance broker...
Align Adds Abram to Professional Liability Unit
Jun 28 2011 // Align Financial Group Inc. has added Jeffrey Abram as a broker in the San Diego Office of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers. Abram was previously a senior broker...
Erger and Miller Join Lockton in Kansas City
Jun 22 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based independent insurance broker Lockton Companies LLC has expanded its construction and design team with the addition of Karen Erger and Tom Miller. Erger joins Lockton’s Design and Construction...
Grise Joins The Keating Group
Jun 22 2011 // Massachusetts-based broker The Keating Group (tKg) has appointed John M. Grise vice president of professional liability. Grise, based in Southborough, will lead tKg’s professional liability team in the New England...
4 Things Agents Should Do to Avoid E&O Claims
Jun 21 2011 // After handling insurance coverage claims for years, a distinct pattern has emerged: sometimes the insurance agent gets “caught in the middle” of a dispute between the policy holder and the insured. Often,...
The Nap Defense
Jun 20 2011 // Have you ever had your attention wander during a client presentation, forgotten to recommend a coverage, left an account folder at a restaurant or fallen asleep at the wheel on the way to a meeting? Those might be the...
E&O Insights: Does Every One of Your Accounts Have a Personal or Commercial Umbrella?
Jun 20 2011 // The answer to the question posed in the headline is probably “no.” Despite your efforts, not every account (personal or commercial) buys this protection. The best follow up question would be, “Have you...
Manning Riddell Co-Owner Pleads Guilty to Bogus E&O Coverage
Jun 20 2011 // Margaret Murray Manning of Redondo Beach, Calif., has been found guilty of six felony counts for violating section 550(b) (3) of the California Insurance Code, for allegedly issuing more than 1,000 phony errors and...
Professional Liability Insurance Services Unveils Bed Bug Insurance
Jun 15 2011 // Professional Liability Insurance Services, Inc. – Underwriting Facilities, on June 1, launched business interruption and extra expense insurance coverage for bed bug infestations for lodging facilities. The firms says it...
Group Seeks More Young Professional Liability Specialists
Jun 15 2011 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) has launched a program, Future PLUS initiative, it hopes will attract and educate the next generation of professional liability insurance specialists. The Future PLUS...
Willis Appoints Jurss as SVP, Professional Liability for Construction Practice
Jun 9 2011 // Willis North America named Keith Jurss as senior vice president, professional liability, Willis Construction Practice. In this role, Jurss will be responsible for leading professional resources for North America within the...
Manning Riddell Co-Owner Pleads Guilty to Bogus E&O Coverage
Jun 6 2011 // Margaret Murray Manning of Redondo Beach, Calif., has been found guilty of six felony counts for violating section 550(b) (3) of the California Insurance Code, for allegedly issuing more than 1,000 phony errors and...
