Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Parker Joins Worldwide Facilities’ Financial Service Group
Jan 19 2017 // National wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities said that Robert M. Parker has joined the team as Financial Services Practice Group counsel and program development coordinator. In the...
CNA Names Lea Vice President, Commercial Underwriting for E&O, Cyber and Media
Jan 18 2017 // CNA said it has appointed Andy Lea as vice president of commercial underwriting for Errors & Omissions (E&O), Cyber and Media in the company’s commercial unit. In this role, Lea will manage the strategic...
Allied World Taps Zurich’s Beazleigh as VP, Professional Liability, Australia
Jan 18 2017 // Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG announced that Kym Beazleigh has been appointed vice president, Professional Liability, Australia, based in Sydney. He will report to Ed Moresco, senior vice president, Professional...
R-T Specialty Promotes Hunziker, Nielsen
Jan 12 2017 // Chicago-based wholesale insurance brokerage R-T Specialty LLC (RT) has promoted Stephen Hunziker to president of RT Specialty Minneapolis/St. Paul and Todd Nielsen to president of RT Specialty Boston Hunziker previously...
Pioneer Underwriters Appoints Lucey to Lead New Pennsylvania Based Division
Jan 12 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters (Pioneer) has launched its new Miscellaneous, Technology and Cyber Liability unit with the appointment of David Lucey as vice president to lead the new team. Lucey will report directly to Gene Hinman,...
Today’s Insurance Agency E&O Costs, Coverage and Claims
Jan 10 2017 // Independent agency owners spend their entire careers worrying about the risks and exposures of others. Managing the risks of their own agencies can take a backseat to helping their clients. While agents appreciate the...
Peaple – Southeast
Jan 9 2017 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak will serve in 2017 as president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the nation’s insurance...
Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...
All Risks to Provide E&O Coverage to PIA of Florida Members
Dec 22 2016 // All Risks, Ltd. has partnered with the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA of Florida), to provide professional liability errors and omissions insurance to its members. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, All Risks will...
JLT Re Acquires StoneHill Reinsurance Partners
Dec 19 2016 // JLT Re said it has acquired StoneHill Reinsurance Partners, a reinsurance intermediary specializing in medical professional liability. StoneHill, which is based in Minneapolis, will form part of JLT Re (North...
Schoerner Joins Southern Insurance Underwriters in Georgia
Dec 13 2016 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) announced that John M. Schoerner has joined the company as the Professional Lines Practice manager and will lead the company expansion of errors & omissions, architects &...
IIABNY Promotes Bixby to President of IAAC
Dec 7 2016 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) has promoted Brian R. Bixby to president of IAAC, the trade group’s service corporation that provides financial support to IIABNY by offering insurance...
QBE, SUA Agency to Offer Professional Liability Coverage to Mortgage Specialists
Nov 28 2016 // QBE North America has formed a program underwriting agreement with Stateside Underwriting Agency (SUA) to offer its clients who are title agents, abstractors and escrow agents professional liability insurance for primary...
Allied World Appoints Hall-Shaw as VP in Professional Lines Division
Nov 18 2016 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced that Jacqueline Hall-Shaw has been appointed vice president, Professional Lines Division, based in London. She will report to Martin Heathfield, Senior Vice President,...
Arrowhead Opens Its Architects and Engineers Liability Program to All Retail Producers
Nov 16 2016 // San Diego, CA, November 16, 2016- Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead), one of the largest program administrators in the country, announced this week that its Architects & Engineers (A&E)...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Bizzoso and Landaverde
Nov 8 2016 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a specialty underwriter and program administrator based in Windsor, Conn., hired Greg Bizzoso as an E&O product manager and team leader for miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) and...
Shop Around: What’s Out There?
Nov 7 2016 // There’s hot competition in agency errors and omissions market today, in price, policy terms and conditions. Most experts believe it’s a great time for agency owners looking to purchase or ramp up their limits....
Cyber, Risk Management & Claims for Accountants’ Liability
Nov 7 2016 // The environment for accountants’ professional liability (APL) insurance programs continues the trend of the past few years of both expansions in coverage and risk management with many programs. The market is also...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Miscellaneous Professional Liability Coverage
Oct 27 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has launched a miscellaneous professional liability policy in New Jersey with expansion into a half dozen more states by the end of 2016. The company’s new product is a...
Ironshore Expands Liability Coverages for Designers, Contractors
Oct 26 2016 // Ironshore’s Construction Industry Vertical, in conjunction with Ironshore Specialty Casualty, has expanded its coverage for the designers and contractors sector with a new combination policy covering contractors...
