Latest Professional Liability Headlines

All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.

A.M. Best Assigns FSR for Darwin Group, Subsidiaries

Nov 16 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned financial strength ratings (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” to the operating companies of Delaware-based Darwin Group Inc. (DGI), which consists of...

Houston’s Mid-Continent Teams with ASPN to Provide Liability Coverage for Health Care Professionals

Nov 15 2005 // Aon Specialty Product Network (ASPN) announced it has partnered with Mid-Continent General Agency, a managing general underwriter and program manager based in Houston, to provide liability insurance products for health...

E&O Alert: Has Your Agency Outgrown Its Policies and Procedures?

Nov 7 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar? The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...

Like A Virus

Nov 7 2005 // Technology and Information Risk Infect Traditional Businesses Following the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology...

Disaster Claims and the Ripple Effect

Nov 7 2005 // Hurricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...

Avoiding Financial Catastrophes:Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O

Nov 7 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...

Why You Should Analyze the Professional Liability Application

Nov 7 2005 // We all know that the first step toward placing professional liability coverage is to have the client complete the appropriate application and supplements. The application affects not only the underwriting, rating and...

How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability

Nov 7 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers. With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...

Why You Should Analyze the Professional Liability Application

Nov 6 2005 // We all know that the first step toward placing professional liability coverage is to have the client complete the appropriate application and supplements. The application affects not only the underwriting, rating and...

Avoiding Financial Catastrophes: Take Care When Procuring Agents E&O

Nov 6 2005 // Agents and brokers have spent a great deal of energy in recent years finding suitable insurance products for their clients. Not only has the marketplace become more complex, the typical insured has become increasingly more...

How to Write the Diverse Business of Lawyers Professional Liability

Nov 6 2005 // Managing the risk of lawsuits against lawyers. With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale...

Like A Virus

Nov 6 2005 // Following the “burst” of the dot-com bubble in 2001, business consumers of information technology have become more demanding of the technology resources, services and products they use. Information management,...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 6 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...

E&O Alert: Has Your Agency Outgrown Its Policies and Procedures?

Nov 6 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar? The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...

Professional liability ripples

Nov 6 2005 // urricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...

AI Risk Introduces Admitted Architects & Engineers Policy

Oct 26 2005 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc., has introduced an Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance on an admitted basis. Brokers...

IIAB-Orange County Offering Professional Liability Course

Oct 25 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County is offering a three-hour continuing education seminar, “Miscellaneous Professional Liability” Course #135718/Provider #20384, for IIAB-OC...

AVRECO Announces Expansion Plans

Oct 25 2005 // AVRECO, a member of The Park Group with offices in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, London, and Bermuda, has named Greg Schrom vice president responsible for the development of all lines of business in California and the...

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Notes Professional Liability Division’s contract with RLI Insurance Co.

Oct 21 2005 // San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc.’s Professional Liability Division today announced it has entered into an agreement with RLI Insurance Company to offer Private Company Directors,...