Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
E&O Insights: Personal Lines Generates More Errors & Omissions Exposure than You Think
Nov 16 2015 // Most agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) carriers report that commercial lines generates the majority of E&O claims. However, a significant number of E&O claims arise from the sale and service of...
BHSI Launches Homebuilders Liability Coverage
Nov 11 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its construction-focused capabilities with the introduction of the Homebuilders Liability Insurance Policy, which extends flexible protection for tract...
V3 Insurance Launches Management Liability Package
Nov 10 2015 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC has launched a new management liability package program, Vantage Point, for private companies and not-for-profit organizations. Vantage Point is a flexible insurance package created specifically...
Forrest T. Jones Launches Accountants Professional Liability Program
Nov 9 2015 // Forrest T. Jones & Company (FTJ) has completed an agreement with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) to serve as the program administrator for LIU’s national accountants’ professional liability...
CITA Insurance Services Launches Insurance Agents E&O Program
Nov 6 2015 // CITA Insurance Services, a division of Brown & Brown Program Insurance Services Inc., has released a new Insurance Agents Errors & Omissions program. CITA’s new Agents E&O program features vanishing and...
OneBeacon Names Garganigo as Senior VP, Professional Liability
Nov 5 2015 // Marc Garganigo has joined OneBeacon Insurance Group as senior vice president of Professional Liability. Garganigo will oversee the company’s Design Professional business unit and will identify expansion opportunities...
CAMICO Broadens Protection for Continuously Renewing CPA Policyholders
Nov 4 2015 // CAMICO, a nationwide CPA-directed program of insurance and risk management for the accounting profession, has broadened protection for potential professional liability insurance claims known to policyholders who...
Do’s and Don’ts of E&O Suits
Nov 3 2015 // Ask any agent who has suffered through an errors and omissions (E&O) suit and they will provide sage-like insight into the professional and even personal trials created by such an ordeal. Years ago I met an agent who,...
Ace Names North American Claims Team with Chubb’s Miller, Ace’s Poetzsch as Executive VPs
Nov 2 2015 // Ace Ltd. has named the future claims leadership team it intends to appoint for the company’s North America Insurance division upon completion of its acquisition of Chubb, which is expected in the first quarter of...
BHSI Launches D&O & Professional Indemnity Policies in Asia
Nov 2 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) introduced Executive First™ Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability and Professional First™ Professional Indemnity insurance policies in Asia. “With the...
Time Is Right to Review Agency E&O Limits
Nov 2 2015 // Fewer independent agencies are facing increased premiums for their agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage and some experts say that is one reason they should consider upping coverage limits at their next...
‘Misfit’ Doctors, Lawyers: Find a Friend in E&S Market
Nov 2 2015 // Doctors and lawyers are taking up more space in the surplus lines professional liability (PL) markets, with growth and consolidation in the healthcare industry and real estate concerns among the legal field fostering...
Everest National’s Koehler Named President of OneBeacon’s New Financial Institutions Unit
Oct 23 2015 // Kevin Koehler has joined OneBeacon Insurance Group as president of its new Financial Institutions business unit. In this new role, Koehler will lead a specialty team focused on professional liability, management liability...
Roth Joins Insurance Wholesaler, Founders Professional, in Chicago
Oct 23 2015 // Insurance wholesaler, Founders Professional, has added Ryan Roth as a professional liability broker in the company’s new downtown Chicago office. Roth has nearly 10 years of professional liability experience. Prior...
BHSI Adds New Leadership, Expands Executive, Professional Lines Offerings
Oct 21 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added new leadership to its Executive & Professional Lines as part of the company’s expansion of its dedicated underwriting capabilities in the U.S. According to...
NORCAL Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Arizona
Oct 21 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company is now offering medical professional liability insurance to physicians and health care professionals in Arizona. This is the twelfth state to come under the parent company’s umbrella...
E&O Insights: How Well Are You Managing Your Agency’s Commercial Lines Accounts?
Oct 19 2015 // Ask errors and omissions (E&O) carriers about their results when dealing with commercial lines shops and most, if not all, would comment that heavy commercial lines agencies definitely generate their share of E&O...
IronHealth Launches Hospital, Health System Liability Policy
Oct 14 2015 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced its “LeadingEdge” policy for hospitals and integrated health care systems. IronHealth has developed the policy in response to the...
BHSI Launches Professional Liability, Network Security and Privacy Policies
Oct 9 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched two policies providing cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk management resources, the Professional First Network Security & Privacy Policy...
B2-USA, Inc. and Wipfli LLP Announce Agreement with WILMIC
Oct 6 2015 // Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company will implement EZ*Insure™ Software to power professional liability business for lawyers Irving, TX, October 6, 2015 – B2-USA, a leading insurance information and...
