Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Law Firms Face Large Malpractice Claims as Risks Grow: Study
Jul 10 2015 // As law firms adjust to the realities of the current business environment, they continue to fall victim to malpractice claims, which can be costly to defend and may result in enduring reputational damage. A new study by...
E&O Insights: Will Your Files Help or Hurt You in a Disaster?
Jul 6 2015 // Typically, there’s not much warning when a disaster strikes. No one knows the “when,” “where” and “how severe” of the next big weather event. Yet catastrophes include more than...
The Age of Big Data and Agencies – Not
Jul 6 2015 // This is the age of big data. The concept is to collect all kinds of data and then use various statistical techniques, usually some sophisticated form of regression analysis, to identify correlations between the data,...
Founders Professional Opening Chicago Office
Jun 30 2015 // Founders Professional, a professional liability insurance wholesaler, announced it is opening an office in downtown Chicago. The new location will be Founders Professional second; its first location is in St. Petersburg,...
PLUS Names Thompson as Executive Director
Jun 25 2015 // Robbie Thompson has been hired as the new executive director for Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). Thompson brings 18 years of management experience to PLUS, most recently as president and CEO of the...
BHSI Launches E&O Coverage for Insurance Executives, Employees
Jun 24 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced Professional First Insurance Company Professional Liability Insurance, which provides customizable coverage for U.S. insurance companies, their executives and...
Illinois’ Euclid Insurance Forms Financial Institutions Underwriting Unit
Jun 18 2015 // Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid), based in Itasca, Ill., has formed Euclid Financial Institution Underwriters LLC (Euclid Financial) and hired David McDonald and Jim Thomas to lead the new operation. Euclid...
Willis North America Adds 5 to FINEX Cyber Unit
Jun 18 2015 // Insurance broker Willis North America announced a series of senior appointments to its FINEX (financial and executive risk) Cyber/Errors and Omissions practice. Adeola Adele has been appointed executive vice president and...
The Hartford Expands Professional Liability Products to Small Business
Jun 16 2015 // The Hartford has launched a new professional liability insurance offering to help protect small businesses in the event they are sued by a customer claiming a negligent act, or error or omission in the professional...
CNA Hires Dipasupil as VP of Underwriting in New York
Jun 12 2015 // Chicago-based CNA hired Jay Dipasupil as vice president, Underwriting, Errors & Omissions for Professional Services and Financial Institutions, reporting to Chris Leisz, chief underwriting officer and senior vice...
BHSI, Irwin Siegel Agency to Offer Human, Social Service Program
Jun 9 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) and Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. have entered into an underwriting agreement to provide insurance products for the human and social service industry. The multi-line...
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Coverys Specialty in New Jersey
May 22 2015 // A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Coverys Specialty Insurance Company. The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable. Coverys Specialty...
ACE Appoints Hamzah as Regional Medical Malpractice Manager, Asia
May 18 2015 // ACE Group has appointed Kamal Hamzah as regional medical malpractice manager for Asia, a newly created position, as it continues to expand its financial lines product portfolio in the region to include medical professional...
NORCAL Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Oregon
May 13 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co., a medical professional liability insurance provider, is now offering coverage to physicians and healthcare professionals in Oregon with protection for certain data breaches, cyber liability and...
Constellation Acquiring Medical Professional Liability Insurer Arkansas Mutual
May 6 2015 // Constellation, a mutual holding company, announced that Little Rock-based medical professional liability insurance provider, Arkansas Mutual Insurance Co., is joining its family of companies. Arkansas Mutual will be the...
Norman-Spencer Enhances Real Estate E&O Program
May 4 2015 // The Norman-Spencer Agency, Inc. has made several enhancements to its Real Estate E&O program as well as added states where it is available. Enhancements include new policy features that provide discrimination defense...
Movies and Agencies
May 4 2015 // Did you ever see the movie about the famous ballplayer that did not follow the playbook? How by doing whatever he wanted regardless of the play called, he succeeded and all his teammates were happy? What an inspiring story...
E&O Insights: Insuring Restaurants and Taverns Presents Some Real E&O Risks
May 4 2015 // Although most agencies insure at least one restaurant or tavern, this shouldn’t suggest that they are easy accounts to write. Errors and omissions (E&O) carriers will readily admit that writing this class of...
Kinsale Introduces Law Enforcement/Police Professional Liability Product
May 1 2015 // Kinsale Insurance Co. has launched a new law enforcement/police professional product. Eligible accounts include boroughs, cities, counties, townships and villages’ law enforcement departments serving populations of...
Beazley Adds Hiscox’s Dunlavy to Medical Team in Atlanta; Also Schoenthal
Apr 30 2015 // Beazley Group has hired a former Hiscox executive to help expand its miscellaneous medical insurance capabilities. Christopher Dunlavy will be based in Beazley’s Atlanta office. The miscellaneous medical team...
