Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rios Joins Compass as Underwriter/Broker
Dec 29 2004 // California-based The Harry W. Gorst Co. and Compass Insurance Group of Agencies Inc., announced the hiring of Evon Rios as a broker and will be situated in the San Diego area. This year, Rios celebrated 21 years in the...
IJ Online Launches ‘How to Write’ Educational Seminars
Dec 21 2004 // Insurance Journal will introduce the first of a series of “How to Write” online video seminars beginning on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. The “How to Write” series offers agents and brokers dynamic,...
Looking Back on ’04: The Most Talked-About Stories in the Western Region
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
Ark. Commissioner Warns of Alleged Fraudulent Activity by Unlicensed Company
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning for consumers to be on alert for potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using...
Outside on the Professional Liability Playground
Dec 6 2004 // The PLUS 17th Annual International Conference held in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 3-5, opened with an insightful panel discussion of well-known “outside the industry” professionals who routinely play the game of...
Target Insurance Services Names Drohan
Nov 30 2004 // Robert Drohan has been appointed chief underwriting officer for Target Insurance Services in Avon, Conn. In that capacity, Drohan will serve as program manager for Target’s Staffing Firms Program, as well as the...
P&C Agent E&O Program
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Rockwood Programs expanded its existing property and casualty agents errors and omissions program. Coverage is now available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The core program, called the...
Professional Liability
Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Philadelphia Insurance Cos. is providing accountants with a professional liability policy. Their underwriting flexibility enables them to address the unique exposures that confront accountants. These...
P/C Agent E&O Program
Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Rockwood Programs expanded its existing property/casualty agents errors and omissions program. Coverage is now available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The core program, called the...
Henriques Joins Guy Carpenter Professional Liability Specialty Practice
Nov 2 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., the global risk and reinsurance division of Marsh & McLennan, announced the appointment of Bill Henriques as senior vice president in its Professional Liability Specialty...
AmWINS Launches Management Liability Unit
Nov 1 2004 // American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS), the Charlotte, N.C.-based independent wholesale insurance broker, has formed a new specialty team to focus exclusively on management and professional liability products. Called...
Surfing the Web for Internet Liability Coverage – Who Needs It and Why’
Oct 25 2004 // Any company with a Web site is a candidate for professional (or third party) Internet liability insurance. In most circumstances, they do not purchase it. This is often because the company expects their current insurance...
The Professional Liability Maelstrom
Oct 25 2004 // Service Providers at Risk As the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries turn from industrial-based to service-based economies, more and more people are engaged in providing services, and the more they...
Professional Liability in the Medical Arena
Oct 25 2004 // Whether a patient, a health care provider or an insurer, everyone seems to be aware of what is going on in the medical world these days. There is general agreement that health care costs are rising, more people are going...
Professional Liability for Consultants
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Co., a member company of AIG, launched a new product designed to address the professional liability exposures of consultants in a variety of industries. The consultants...
Specified Professions E&O
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: NIF Group Inc. introduced a new program for specified professions called “Miscellaneous E&O.” The program will be administered by NIF Professional Liability Risk Solutions, a division of...
Professional Liability for Consultants
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Ins. Co., a member company of AIG, launched a new product designed to address the professional liability exposures of consultants in a variety of industries. The consultants preferred...
Professional Liability: Will the Cycle Remain Unbroken’
Oct 25 2004 // Some say it’s over—the hard market, that is. Certainly in some areas of professional liability this is true. Many renewal premiums in 2004 are flat, or are even dropping by 10 percent or more. Not withstanding the...
Rockwood Expands E&O Program for P&C Agents
Oct 21 2004 // Rockwood Programs has finalized negotiations with multiple insurance carriers and Lloyds Syndicates to expand its existing Errors & Omissions program for property and casualty agents. This program was designed to...
Ins. Rates for Hospital Professionals, Physicians May Slow in 2005
Oct 13 2004 // The trend of high insurance rates experienced by hospital professionals and physicians over the past three years shows signs of slowing in 2005, according to a study released today by Aon risk services experts. Aon’s...
