Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Professional liability ripples
Nov 6 2005 // urricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...
AI Risk Introduces Admitted Architects & Engineers Policy
Oct 26 2005 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc., has introduced an Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance on an admitted basis. Brokers...
IIAB-Orange County Offering Professional Liability Course
Oct 25 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County is offering a three-hour continuing education seminar, “Miscellaneous Professional Liability” Course #135718/Provider #20384, for IIAB-OC...
AVRECO Announces Expansion Plans
Oct 25 2005 // AVRECO, a member of The Park Group with offices in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, London, and Bermuda, has named Greg Schrom vice president responsible for the development of all lines of business in California and the...
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Notes Professional Liability Division’s contract with RLI Insurance Co.
Oct 21 2005 // San Diego, CA – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc.’s Professional Liability Division today announced it has entered into an agreement with RLI Insurance Company to offer Private Company Directors,...
Study Finds Fewer Med-Mal Claims Against Hospitals and Physicians
Oct 18 2005 // While the severity of malpractice claims continues to rise – growing at a rate of 7.5 percent annually – the frequency of malpractice claims has decreased by 1 percent over the past year, according to the 2005...
CAR Launches Program to Address Liability Inusrance Omissions
Oct 14 2005 // The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.), Los Angeles, has launched its Strategic Defense Program, which will create a panel of real estate defense attorneys charged with improving the litigation climate and...
Chubb Unveils E&O Policy for Large Financial Institutions
Oct 3 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has developed an errors and omissions (E&O) insurance policy for large financial institutions. BPL for Financial Institutions addresses traditional banking exposures such as...
Case Law Watch
Oct 3 2005 // Exclusions–Criminal Acts Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Oct 3 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies including...
LOUISIANA
Oct 3 2005 // Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an insurer’s obligation to defend and...
The Ins and Outs of Claims-Made Policies
Oct 3 2005 // Claims-made policies are policies commonly associated with professional liability policies, such as Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability and other miscellaneous professional liability policies...
Schinnerer Unveils Professional Liability Guide for Clients
Sep 27 2005 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company’s A/E Risk Management Department recently released a resource guide for the clients of design professionals. The Client’s Resource: Intro to Professional Liability Insurance...
Darwin, PGU Offer Specialty Coverages for Public Entities
Sep 22 2005 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) and Professional Government Underwriters Inc. (PGU) have entered into a program arrangement whereby PGU will be the exclusive provider of professional liability coverages for...
Endurance Names New Head of Professional Liability for U.S. Reinsurance; More Appts. Noted
Sep 13 2005 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Endurance’s U.S. subsidiary, Endurance Reinsurance Corporation of America has appointed Kevin Rooney as...
Gold Seal Unveils Full Product Line at Big ‘I’ Convention
Sep 10 2005 // Gold Seal Risk Management Limited, a risk management and best practices firm serving insurance agents and brokers, is introducing its full line of services for the U.S. and Canadian market at the Big “I”...
Target Insurance Offers New Lawyers PL Program from The Hartford
Sep 6 2005 // Target Insurance Services and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced a new Lawyers Professional Liability Program that provides broad coverage customized to the needs of each law firm. The program is...
Social Services Professional Liability
Sep 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services introduced new social services professional liability coverage. Eligible classes range from mental health facilities to alcohol and drug rehab centers, as well as meals-on-wheels,...
Midwest Surplus Lines: A Market Unto Itself
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
IJ Exclusive: Shand Morahan’s ‘How to Write’ Professional Liability
Sep 5 2005 // In the ongoing “How to Write” broadcast series from the Insurance Journal studios in San Diego, Calif., Carol Murphy and Mary Sanders of Shand Morahan & Co. discussed errors and omissions insurance,...
