Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Cortez Professional Liability Account Administrator
Jul 31 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jasmin Divino Cortez an account administrator within the agency’s professional liability department. Cortez will provide support and assistance to the...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Now Writing Accountants Professional Liability in Texas
Jul 26 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies is now offering professional liability insurance for accountants in Texas. The new accountants’ professional liability product is designed to meet the needs of smaller...
Texas Sees 10.6% Growth in Surplus Lines Premium at Mid-Year
Jul 25 2018 // May 2018 was the highest-grossing month for surplus lines premium in Texas, with $681 million recorded, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported. Total premium in Texas has increased to $3.06 billion, as...
QBE, AmWINS Launch E&O Coverage for Architects, Engineers, Design Businesses
Jul 17 2018 // QBE North America has formed a partnership with AmWINS Program Underwriters (APU) to offer errors and omissions coverage for architects, engineers and design (A&E) businesses. The launch is part of QBE’s...
Conflicts of Interest Leads List in Lawyers’ Malpractice Claims: Ames & Gough
Jul 16 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Beazley Taps Hawthorne, Formerly with Guarantee, as Territory Manager for E. Canada
Jul 6 2018 // Beazley, the specialist insurer, has appointed Jo-Anne Hawthorne as territory manager for eastern Canada. Hawthorne will report to Cheryl Hobbs and will be responsible for developing closer relations with brokers in...
Agency E&O: In Praise of Those Who Know Their Coverages
Jul 2 2018 // I was conducting an errors and omissions (E&O) audit for an agency that needed improvements. The easiest part of the audit was drawing a bright line between the couple of producers who knew their coverages and the 10...
Top Practice Areas for Lawyers’ Malpractice Claims
Jun 28 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Chicago’s ISMIE Indemnity Expanding Medical Professional Liability Products Nationally
Jun 21 2018 // Chicago-based ISMIE Indemnity, an excess and surplus line division of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., plans to offer medical professional liability insurance products in every state in the U.S. With approval from state...
Sompo International Launches Transaction Risk Insurance in Europe
Jun 15 2018 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced today that the company’s European specialty platform has introduced a new...
Big “I” Markets Partners with Coalition to Offer Cyber, Tech E&O Coverage
Jun 15 2018 // Big “I” Markets, the online market access system available exclusively to Big “I” members, has partnered with Coalition to offer its member agents access to cyber and technology errors &...
DUAL Commercial Adds Goldfarb to Professional Liability Team in Miami
Jun 13 2018 // DUAL Commercial LLC has hired Justin Goldfarb as an underwriter in the Professional Liability Program. Goldfarb has 10 years of experience working with carriers such as Chubb and AIG, as well as maintaining broker...
Risk Strategies Acquires Cincinnati Intermediaries
Jun 4 2018 // National insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, has acquired Ohio-based Cincinnati Intermediaries LLC, a specialty wholesale brokerage and managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on professional...
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Jun 4 2018 // Doug Slape has been promoted to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance. Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial Regulation Division the past three...
Breckenridge Insurance Services Promotes Two Senior Team Members
May 31 2018 // Atlanta, GA, May 31, 2018 — Breckenridge Insurance Services recently promoted two senior team members within the wholesale brokerage team. Trevor Pierce is now the division vice president and managing broker of multiple...
The Lowdown: The Long & Short of Marine Employers Liability Coverage
May 29 2018 // Need to brush up on marine employers liability coverage? Our sponsor, Worldwide Facilities, has prepared a paper on the ins and outs of marine coverage. This paper explains the differences between Longshore and Harbor...
XL Catlin’s Benjamin to Head Zurich North America’s Management Solutions Group
May 21 2018 // Brian Benjamin, a longtime insurance executive with experience in professional liability lines, has joined Zurich North America as head of Management Solutions. Benjamin will be accountable for the performance of the...
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May 21 2018 // Privately held independent insurance broker Lockton named Matt DiGregorio as a senior vice president in its South Florida operation. DiGregorio will advise clients in private equity, real estate and other industries on...
INSUREtrust Adds Hoppenbrouwer as Professional Lines Broker in Atlanta
May 15 2018 // Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Sam Hoppenbrouwer as a Professional Lines broker on the production team of Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller. Hoppenbrouwer brings with him four years of wholesale experience...
NFL Cheerleaders Could Test Joint Employer Liability Rule
May 11 2018 // The NFL’s cheerleader problems are back. The New York Times reported Wednesday that cheerleaders for the Washington franchise were made to pose topless for season ticket holders in Costa Rica in 2013. Earlier this...
