Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People
May 8 2006 // Rick Padula has been appointed president and chief operating officer of the Glover-Padula Insurance Agency in East Greenwich, R.I., which is one of Gencorp Insurance Group’s business units. Padula has been with...
News Currents
May 8 2006 // N.Y. agents see E&O trouble New York insurance agents face potential errors and omissions claims if they follow a New York City requirement on certificates of insurance for road contractors, an agents group has...
Hurricane winds could be felt in professional liability markets
May 8 2006 // The professional liability market may be significantly affected by the increase in frequency and severity of hurricanes, causing greater rating agency scrutiny and changes to evaluation models. “The three recent...
Swett & Crawford Appoints New Staff Nationwide
May 5 2006 // Swett & Crawford has announced new additions to their staff in offices nationwide. Margaret Jacobs moves to the Swett & Crawford Chicago office as director, Healthcare Practice Group, from Aon Risk Services where...
McKeegan to Head Mercator’s New Management Liability Practice
May 2 2006 // Mercator Risk Services, a New York-based independent wholesale insurance broker, has opened a Management/Professional Liability practice and appointed Peter McKeegan as executive vice president. In his new role, McKeegan...
N.Y. Agents Take E&O Concerns Over Contractor Certificates to Officials
Apr 21 2006 // New York insurance agents face potential errors and omissions claims if they follow a New York City requirement on certificates of insurance for road contractors, an agents group has warned. The New York City Department of...
General Star Offers Security Guard and Security Providers Liability Program
Apr 20 2006 // General Star Management Co. has developed a security guard and security providers liability program. The program provides Commercial general liability coverage (including products and completed operations) and professional...
N.Y. Hospitals, Physicians Get New Medical Liability Insurer
Apr 20 2006 // Hospitals and physicians in New York now have a new option for obtaining professional liability coverage and physician excess professional liability coverage, through the establishment of the Healthcare Professionals...
R&M Reports on U.K. Commercial
Apr 19 2006 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of UK Commercial Liability Insurance 2006 to their offering. The research firm said the new report presents “an overview of three key UK liability markets:...
Grigg Joins Willis Construction-Related Professional Liability Unit in N.Y.
Apr 18 2006 // Willis Group Holdings is expanding its construction practice with the appointment of David Grigg as senior vice president and national director for professional liability. Grigg is based in New York City. In this new...
PLUS Foundation Hasn’t Forgotten Industry Victims of Katrina
Apr 18 2006 // The PLUS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), reports that it has granted more than $90,000 to support its members and other insurance related hurricane relief...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Offers New Broker E&O Market
Apr 17 2006 // Effective April 1, 2006, E.L.M Insurance Brokers, El Segundo, Calif., has a new admitted professional liability program for insurance brokers’ errors and omissions. The new market, PACO Assurance Co., has an...
Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Apr 17 2006 // This morning, you received a phone call from a potential client interested in purchasing professional liability coverage. During the course of the conversation, the prospective client is not a traditional professional,...
Chicago-based Avreco Launches Program for Fertility Clinics, Docs
Apr 10 2006 // Chicago-based Avreco has introduced several new products based on what the company calls the demand for increased in-vitro fertilization, new related products and an increase in the number of fertility clinics and the...
NAS Insurance to Offer Architect, Engineer E&O Coverage
Apr 9 2006 // NAS Insurance Services Inc. now offers architects and engineers errors and omissions insurance through qualifying wholesale brokers. Target classes include, but are not limited to, Architects/Building Design, Civil...
N.H. Agents Plan Education Conference; Commissioner to Speak
Apr 4 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s 2006 Annual Conference will be held Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center, Concord, N.H. More than 100 insurance...
JLT Expands Lloyd’s Security/Privacy; Adds U.S. E&O Tech Coverage
Apr 4 2006 // JLT Risk Solutions Ltd;, part of London-based global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, announced a significantly expanded insurance program within the Lloyd’s of London market “to provide security and...
Downsized D & O
Apr 3 2006 // It hasn’t been healthy. In fact, the directors and officers liability insurance market for super-sized Enrons, WorldComs and the Fortune 1000 has been unhealthy for some time. Looking at the market’s...
Sam Jones
Apr 3 2006 // People Sam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Redwood City, Calif., is retiring from active operating responsibilities to focus more time on his family and the...
Brown & Brown Says Professional Liability Brokers Generated $3M
Mar 28 2006 // Brown & Brown, Inc. has announced that its Brown & Brown Professional Liability Brokers brokerage operation has generated more than $3 million in gross premium since commencing operations in June 2005. Located in...
