Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kevin Dahlke Offers Professional Liability Program for Farmers Agents
Apr 8 2009 // Professional Liability coverage for the Agents of Farmers Insurance Group, Inc. The United Farmers Agents Association has introduced a group professional liability program exclusively for agents of Farmers Group Inc. The...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
Apr 6 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is: “[A]...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
Apr 6 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is: “[A]...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
Apr 6 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Workers’ Comp Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site,...
Willis Forms FINEX Global for Financial, Executive Risk, Professional Liability
Mar 24 2009 // Willis Group Holdings announced the formation of FINEX Global, a new division that will incorporate all of Willis’ existing London-based Financial, Executive Risk and Professional Liability business. Willis noted:...
Fastest Growing Industries to Focus On
Mar 23 2009 // Top 7 High-Growth Industries’ Risks and Unique Exposures Planning for the “upside” must begin now. The soft insurance market will end, and the rebound from the financial bottom will happen. But...
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Mar 23 2009 // Kate Westover, vice president of Alternative Risk Financing at Innovative Captive Strategies, has received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). Based in Colchester,...
HOT Prospects Come in Unusual Packages
Mar 23 2009 // MyNewMarkets.com’s Top 10 Oddest Market Searches and Requests A “hot” risk from an agent’s view is the one sitting on his or her desk demanding immediate attention. Sometimes those hot prospects...
Professional Liability Insurance Enhances Real Estate E&O Program
Mar 19 2009 // Professional Liability Insurance Services Inc. Underwriting Facilities, (PLIS) has added some new features to its real estate errors and omissions product for small to medium agencies with insurable limits up to $1 million...
Aspen Names Villers to Head Financial and Professional Lines Unit
Mar 17 2009 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that it has appointed Rupert Villers, effective April 27, 2009 as head of its newly combined Financial and Professional Lines Insurance business segment. He will be...
Everest Names Herman to Head New Specialty Group
Mar 11 2009 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group has appointed Mark Herman as President of its newly-created Everest Specialty Underwriters, effective immediately. The new division is based in New York and “will focus its...
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Mar 9 2009 // Jeff Grace has been named president of IMA of Wichita, officials for The IMA Financial Group Inc. announced. Grace joined IMA in 1997 in business development, focusing on the construction practice, and was promoted to...
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Mar 9 2009 // Seacrest Partners Inc., a Savannah, Georgia-based insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, has named J. Cliff McCurry as vice chairman. McCurry will oversee business development activities for the...
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Mar 9 2009 // Russell R. Oliver, president of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. since 1995, is retiring from the company at the end of August 2009. Oliver notified the Board of Directors in January of his decision to retire this summer. Two...
Securities Lawsuit Filings Are Up, So What About D&O Pricing?
Mar 9 2009 // The pace of securities lawsuit filings increased significantly in 2008 compared to recent years. There were 226 new securities lawsuits filed in 2008, which represents a 31 percent increase over the 172 securities lawsuits...
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Feb 22 2009 // Andrew Fotopulos has joined Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in Providence, Rhode Island as senior vice president. Fotopulos will lead the brokerage’s financial institutional practice. He will...
Herbert H. Landy Agency Offers New Real Estate E&O Program
Feb 13 2009 // The Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency based in Needham, Mass., introduced the Real Estate Express Application, an errors and omissions insurance product for independent real estate agents and brokers, real estate firms and...
Zurich Taps Gow to Head Specialty E&O Unit
Feb 13 2009 // Brad Gow joined Zurich North America to head the Specialty Errors & Omissions (E&O) group of its Specialties business unit. In this role, Gow will head a nationwide team in delivering professional liability...
New York Fines Zurich $250K over Veterinarians E&O Rates
Feb 10 2009 // Zurich American Insurance Co. has paid a $250,000 fine to the state of New York for charging unfiled rates on its errors and omissions policy for veterinarians, according to state regulators. The New York Insurance...
Senior Market Sales, CalSurance Offer Discounted E&O for Insurance Agents
Feb 9 2009 // Senior Market Sales, Inc. has partnered with CalSurance (Brown and Brown of California, Inc.) to offer errors and omissions insurance at discounted rates for life and health insurance agents who do business with Senior...
