Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Merritt to Head Professional Liability Business at The Hanover
Aug 9 2010 // Massachusetts-based insurer The Hanover has named Gerald T. Merritt as president of its professional liability business. In this new role, Merritt will work closely with the professional liability team to expand the...
NAS Managed Care Errors & Omissions Adds Cyber Liability
Aug 6 2010 // NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its managed care product with an e-MD cyber liability coverage enhancement. Because of increased regulations on patient privacy, HIPAA and customer notification, managed care...
Torus Targets New Business in Europe with Executive Appointments
Jul 29 2010 // Torus Insurance is “continuing the rollout of its Continental European operation,” notes a company bulletin. It announced the appointment of Esther Fittinghoff as Professional Lines Manager and Kurt Fleischmann...
V3 Launches Auto Dealer Program with Optional ‘Red Flags’ Coverage
Jul 21 2010 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a specialty multi-line managing general underwriter, has introduced a multi-line insurance program for auto, truck and RV dealerships, wholesalers and auto auctions. Called DealerV3antage, the...
Fireman’s Fund Appoints Specht VP of Professional Liability
Jul 21 2010 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Brian Specht vice president of professional liability in commercial insurance. He will be responsible for driving the product strategy for the...
E&O Insights: E&S Market Fraught with Landmines
Jul 19 2010 // Valuable E&S Market Must Be Navigated With Care For probably as long as the concept of insurance has been in existence, so has the excess and surplus (E&S) lines marketplace. It no doubt plays an extremely vital...
Insurance Skills Center Names Koch Managing Director
Jul 8 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s (IBA West) education division, Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has entered into an agreement with Cheryl L. Koch, president and CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, for...
E&O Insights: “Let Me Think About It … “
Jul 6 2010 // When uttered together by a client, the five words in the headline of this article are — potentially — very dangerous words. Note the following claim and ask yourself, “Could this happen in my agency?” The...
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Jul 5 2010 // The Excess Line Association of New York has appointed Jasmin Chen Johnson as financial director. She will be responsible for conducting financial analysis, review and monitoring of all New York-eligible excess line...
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Jul 5 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected David Wood, vice president and partner at Bogan, Dunlap & Wood Insurance in Odessa, to serve as the association’s president for 2010-2011. Other newly...
Rockwood Adds General Liability to Life Agents’ Errors & Omissions
Jun 30 2010 // Rockwood Programs, Inc. has revised its life/accident and health insurance agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) offering by embedding $100,000 limit general liability coverage in the product. These coverage...
Zurich Increases Capacity, Expands Appetite for Specialty E&O Business
Jun 29 2010 // Zurich North America Commercial has raised the available capacity for its specialty errors & omissions business from $10 million to $25 million and removed revenue restrictions for primary business. In addition, Zurich...
Cooper Gay Sees Opportunities in Local Professional Liability Laws
Jun 24 2010 // Charles Binns, Divisional Director of Professional Risks at London-based broker Cooper Gay, told delegates at last week’s BrokersLink Global Conference that the introduction of new laws in a number of countries,...
Florida Deregulates Certain Commercial, Professional Liability Lines for Pricing
Jun 21 2010 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed into law a bill exempting certain commercial and professional liability insurance rates from state review prior to use. Current state law exempts only those policies with annual...
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Jun 21 2010 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Julie Sylim a vice president and branch manager for the company’s Oakland, Calif., office. Julie has more than 20 years of insurance experience, most recently in the wholesale...
E&O Insights: ‘Let Me Think About It’
Jun 21 2010 // Why Agents Should Stress Importance of Umbrella Coverage When uttered together by a client, the five words in the headline of this article are – potentially – very dangerous words. Note the following claim and...
NAS Lowers Rates, Minimum Premiums for Insurance Agents E&O
Jun 18 2010 // NAS Insurance Services, Inc. has released new rates for insurance agents and brokers E&O. Agents managing 100 percent personal lines have new reduced rates and a new minimum premium starting at $2,000. Agents handling...
HCC Insurance Appoints Morley as Head of Professional Liability Unit
Jun 17 2010 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston appointed Pauline R. Morley as senior vice president of Professional Liability at its Professional Indemnity Agency (PIA) subsidiary. As senior VP, Morley manage...
The Competitive Advantage: Opportunity Knocks
Jun 11 2010 // When I first started as an underwriter a few decades ago, I was truly amazed at the coverage knowledge so many of the older underwriters had. The most remarkable underwriters knew their stuff. They were great resources for...
IronPro to Offer Privacy Coverage on Miscellaneous Professional Policies
Jun 10 2010 // IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc., will enhance its miscellaneous professional liability policy with an affirmative coverage grant for privacy breach liability and expense fund coverage to...
