Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required on Brokers
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Watters Warns Mich. Docs of Bogus Med-Mal Insurer
Mar 14 2005 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Linda A. Watters recently issued a warning about a medical liability insurer called Professional Liability Insurance Co. She said in a statement that the...
American Wholesale Insurance Group Adds Pritchard to Financial Risk Specialist Team
Mar 10 2005 // American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS) has hired veteran Andrew Pritchard to lead the efforts of AmWINS’ Financial Risk Specialist Team (FIRST) in pioneering innovative insurance solutions for the global Asset...
Eaton Professional Insurance Services Formed
Mar 9 2005 // Colleen Eaton announced the opening of independently owned and operated Eaton Professional Insurance Services Inc. in Tustin, Calif. EPISI is a wholesale brokerage with access to over 80 different programs for errors...
Heads Up! Employees at Large
Mar 7 2005 // Wal-Mart, Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Texaco, State Farm and Farmers have all been the targets of recent employment practices lawsuits. Wal-Mart was hit with sexual harassment charges. Farmers was sued for wrongful...
News from Worldcom, Enron and Spitzer Invades PLUS Symposium
Mar 7 2005 // News from Worldcom, Enron and Spitzer Invades PLUS Symposium Settlements that reach beyond insurance and into the pockets of firms’ former directors draw attention to the limits of insurance, professional liability...
Ripped from the Headlines: Law and Order in Today’s D&O
Mar 7 2005 // News from Worldcom, Enron and Spitzer Invades PLUS Symposium Settlements that reach beyond insurance and into the pockets of firms’ former directors draw attention to the limits of insurance, according to...
Ripped from the Headlines: Law & Order in Today’s D&O
Mar 7 2005 // News from Worldcom, Enron and Spitzer invades PLUS Symposium Settlements that reach beyond insurance and into the pockets of firms’ former directors draw attention to the limits of insurance, according to...
Med-Mal Writer ProAssurance to Expand Mid-Atlantic Reach with NCRIC Merger
Feb 28 2005 // Brimingham,Alabanama-based medcial malpractice insurer ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA) and NCRIC Group, Inc., our of Washington, D.C., (NASDAQ: NCRI) announced an agreement to merge NCRIC into ProAssurance in a $69.6...
Brady Joins Arrowhead General Insurance
Feb 25 2005 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced that Chuck Brady has joined the company as president of the professional liability division, located in Torrance, Calif. Brady joins Arrowhead from CalSurance/Brown &...
McShane to Manage PL Department at R.E. Chaix
Feb 23 2005 // Timothy Chaix, president of Irvine, Calif.-based R.E.Chaix & Associates announced recently that Gloria McShane, vice president has been promoted as the new manager of the professional liability department. McShane has...
Management and Professional Liability
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Pittsburgh-based National Union Fire Insurance Co. has launched PrivateRisk Protector, a new management and professional liability portfolio of coverages designed to address the broad spectrum of...
Insurance Agents’ E&O: Are You Properly Covered’
Feb 21 2005 // Have you heard the story of the shoemaker’s children? Although their father was a shoemaker, they always had the most worn shoes. The reason is their father spent so much time and effort taking care of his customers,...
Management and Professional Liability
Feb 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group Inc., launched “PrivateRisk Protector,” a new management and professional liability portfolio...
Beecher Carlson Holdings Appoints Two New York Managing Directors
Feb 11 2005 // Jeffrey Lattmann and John Kerns have been named managing directors of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc.’s New York office. Lattmann will also be a senior partner of the newly formed Executive Liability...
Insurance Agents E&O: Are YOU Properly Covered’
Feb 7 2005 // Have you heard the story of the shoemaker’s children? Although their father was a shoemaker, they always had the most worn shoes. The reason is their father spent so much time and effort taking care of his customers;...
RGI Insurance Unveils New Web Site
Feb 2 2005 // Laguna Hills, Calif.-based RGI Insurance Services, one of California¹s largest medical malpractice insurance agencies, announced the grand opening of its new Web site: http://www.RGIinsurance.com. RGI Executive Vice...
Lighthouse Offers New Healthcare Administrators Professional Liability Policy
Jan 28 2005 // The Lighthouse Companies has introduced a personal professional liability policy developed exclusively for employed healthcare administrators called VitalCare. Policies are underwritten and issued by the Chubb Group of...
National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh Upgrades Professional Liability, Network Security Risks
Jan 25 2005 // National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the enhancement of its AIG ProTech Modular Edition for professional liability and network...
