Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2005 // Harleysville Group Inc. has appointed Robert G. Whitlock Jr. as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer. He will assume senior management responsibility for Harleysville’s commercial lines and personal...
Allied World Announces Three Management Changes
Aug 25 2005 // Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd. [AWAC] has announced the following management changes: — Daniel Brandon has been promoted to the position of senior vice president, Professional-Specialty Lines Treaty...
DVUA Names Rigsby to Lead Professional Liability Division
Aug 22 2005 // Edward Levy, president and chief executive officer of Delaware Valley Underwriting Agency, Inc. in Hatboro, Pa., announced the appointment of Rob C. Rigsby to the position of professional liability manager. Rigsby will be...
E&O Liability Product
Aug 22 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Kansas City-based underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC launched ProtoType, an insurance product for manufacturers. The product features errors and omissions, Web site...
AVRECO Appoints Gloppe Professional Liability Underwriter
Aug 17 2005 // AVRECO, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Marcia Gloppe as an underwriter in the professional liability underwriting department, headed by Linda Deiss. Gloppe began her...
Ames & Gough Adds Pair of Construction and Design Firm Execs
Aug 10 2005 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving architects, engineers, lawyers and the managed care industry, announced the hiring of two former senior Marsh USA executives...
AmPro Launches New Professional Liability Program in Four S.E. States
Aug 5 2005 // Miami, Fla.-based American Professional Liability Underwriters Inc. (AmPro), wholesale brokers and managing general agents, dealing exclusively in professional liability, have been appointed as managers for a new program...
NAS Introduces New Social Services Professional Liability Coverage
Jul 27 2005 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has just introduced its new Social Services Professional Liability coverage. Eligible classes are quite extensive, ranging from Mental Health Facilities to Alcohol and Drug Rehab...
Teachers’ Professional Liability
Jul 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: THOMCO added teachers’ professional liability to its “Childcare Choice” program, endorsed by the National Child Care Association. Coverage is offered automatically and at no charge on...
Alliance Files Court Briefs On Behalf of Agents, Brokers in E&O Case
Jul 18 2005 // The American Agents Alliance has filed two briefs with the California Supreme Court in an attempt to protect insurance producers from fallout resulting from a recent Appellate Court ruling. On June 30 the state Supreme...
Education Essential
Jul 18 2005 // Frequent CE Classes Keep Agents Informed Efforts to provide first-quality education at its annual convention, insurance day programs and at regular errors and omissions education programs puts the Professional Independent...
D.C. Department Approves ProAssurance Acquisition of NCRIC Inc.; Aug. 2 Vote Scheduled
Jul 14 2005 // Medical malpractice insurers writers NCRIC Group Inc. and ProAssurance Corporation announced that the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking has approved the proposed acquisition of NCRIC,...
Liberty International Underwriters Now Offers Accountants’ Professional Liability In 34 States and D.C.
Jul 8 2005 // Boston, MA and Dallas, TX – Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and ProTexn, Inc. announce that CPAEssential(SM), an accountants’ professional liability policy designed...
XL Expects Negative Q2 Results Following Reserve Strengthening
Jul 8 2005 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. has announced today that its second quarter 2005 results will be adversely impacted by an increase in net reserves in its North American reinsurance operations of $191 million...
ABI Hails Adoption of Employers Liability (Workers Comp) Attorney Fee Schedule
Jul 5 2005 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) applauded the announcement that the U.K.’s Civil Justice Council has reached an agreement “on the level of success fees in employers’ liability disease...
Teachers’ Professional Liability
Jul 4 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: THOMCO added teachers’ professional liability to its Childcare Choice program, endorsed by the National Child Care Association. Coverage is offered automatically and at no charge on all policies....
Brown & Brown Moves Lawyer’s PL Program to Greenwich
Jun 27 2005 // Brown & Brown Inc. today announced that Greenwich Insurance Company, XL Capital Ltd’s US- based primary insurer (Greenwich), will become the new carrier for the Lawyer’s Protector Plan (LPP) insurance...
Jun 20 2005 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, has named Kevin Rehnberg as senior vice president reporting to Chief Executive Officer John Cavoores. Rehnberg will help support...
Zero Tolerance: Agency Mistakes are No Longer Acceptable
Jun 20 2005 // There is an abundance of material offering insurance agents advice designed to minimize or prevent errors and omissions claims. Most of these materials are generalized, focusing on proper file documentation and stressing...
By Francis J. Huver
Jun 19 2005 // No more excuses: Making the case for EPLI 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....
