Monthly Archives: <span>September 2002</span>

Condition Critical: Med Mal Market in Need of Resuscitation

By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers leaves physicians and other health care providers—especially …

Changes and More Changes

We’re making changes here at the Insurance Journal. Changes that make our print magazines and Web site ever more useful and valuable to you. The traffic on our Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, continues to amaze me. For August, we recorded 15.9 …

Architects, Surveyors, Consultants

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc. is now offering innovative liability coverage to architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects and specialty consultants through CNA’s E-Pack. With this newest addition Schinnerer provides protection for the organization, directors, officers …

Real Estate E&O

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer announced added coverages for its CNA/Schinnerer Realty Choice program, which provides errors and omissions coverage for independently owned and operated firms in residential sales, commercial sales/leasing, property management, consulting appraisal, auctioneering and/or mortgage brokering. …

Misc. and Lawyers E&O

Nuts & Bolts: Navigators Pro, a division of Navigators Management Company, a subsidiary of The Navigators Group Inc., is adding miscellaneous and lawyers’ professional liability to its financial insurance products. Professional liability insurance provides coverage for errors and omissions to …

Transportation

Nuts & Bolts: Swett & Crawford is offering a program for transportation umbrella. Developed for companies with fleets of at least 100 trucks, the umbrella policy covers both short- and long-haul truckers traveling local and/or interstate routes. Designed for traditional …

Fiduciary, Non-Profit Liability

Nuts & Bolts: Rockwood Programs has introduced the Rockwood Protector Fiduciary Liability Plan, and the Rockwood Guardian Not-For-Profit Liability Plan. The Fiduciary Liability Plan protects the personal and corporate assets of a plan fiduciary against breach of duty allegations. Covered …

Marinas

Nuts & Bolts: The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, WQIS, is offering a pollution liability program for marina owners and operators—Blue Haven Marina Coverage. It is also available for vessel owners and covers any vessel under 300 gross tons moored, berthed …

Errors and Omission

Nuts & Bolts: Tsuneishi Insurance Agency has available a program for agent’s errors and omission insurance. Available on appointment only basis. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000, higher limits available. Deductibles of $1,000 minimum to $100,000. Minimum premiums of $850. Carrier: …

Workers’ Comp

Nuts & Bolts: Innovative Risk Services is offering a temporary staffing program for workers’ compensation. This is a brokerage business. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000/ $1,000,000/$1,000,000. Minimum premiums of $100,000. Carrier: Royal SunAlliance. Rated “A-XV.” Admitted market. States Available: All. …