Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Risk Partners Hires Simmons as E&O Manager in Connecticut
Feb 20 2015 // Bruce Simmons Business Risk Partners, a program administrator in specialty insurance, has hired Bruce Simmons as errors and omissions (E&O) manager for miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) and cyber liability...
Integro Acquires E&O Specialist Firm in California
Feb 19 2015 // Integro Ltd. has acquired E&O Professional Risk Management and Insurance Services Inc. of Mission Viejo, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. E&O Pros founder and CEO Sheri Pontolillo will lead the E&O...
All Risks Adds White as Casualty/PL Broker in Atlanta Office
Feb 19 2015 // All Risks, Ltd. has announced that Jeffrey White has joined the Atlanta office as a casualty and professional lines broker. White has prior experience in the wholesale and retail insurance sectors as a producer and branch...
Celona to Head Medical Professional at Liberty International Underwriters
Feb 12 2015 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has named Valoree Celona to its recently-created position of senior vice president of Medical Professional Liability Insurance. Based in...
XL, RPS/Plus to Offer Professional Liability Coverage to Title, Escrow Agents
Feb 10 2015 // XL Group and RPS/Plus Cos. have expanded their underwriting partnership to bring professional liability insurance to title & escrow agents. According to Erin Fry, head of Programs for XL Group’s Select...
CapSpecialty Adds D&O, EPL Product to Insurance Company Coverage Offerings
Feb 10 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched a new insurance company directors & officers/employment practices liability (D&O/EPL) product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp. Insurance company D&O/EPL is a specialty...
E&O Experts: Agents Not Immune to Cyber Segment Exposures
Feb 9 2015 // In today’s digital world of constant communication through methods like email, texting and social media, consumers expect 24/7 access to everyone, including their insurance agent. And while this access can increase...
QBE North America Launches Transactional Liability Insurance Practice
Feb 6 2015 // QBE North America’s has expanded its specialty lines offerings with the launch of a new Transactional Liability Practice. The Transactional Liability Practice, led by Dennis Kearns, QBE senior vice president &...
CapSpecialty Introduces E&O Insurance for Technology Providers
Feb 4 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched CapSpecialty TechMediaCyber (CapTMC), a new professional liability errors & omissions product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp. that includes cyber protection and offers data privacy...
Chubb Reports Q4 Net Income Falls 2%; Says No Fear of ACE, Google
Feb 2 2015 // The Chubb Corp. in Warren, New Jersey, reported net income of $558 million for the 2014 fourth quarter, a 1.9 percent decrease from $569 million net income during the prior year fourth quarter. The operating income, which...
XL Group Introduces New Excess Executive Liability Form
Jan 28 2015 // XL Group has developed a new excess “follow form” insurance policy to provide the option of buying an additional layer of professional liability insurance protection. According to Kelly Lyles, chief executive...
IA&B Adds to Sales Center Staff in Pennsylvania
Jan 27 2015 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, hired John Angstadt as business development specialist and Cheryl Shiffer as professional lines account...
Not All Program Market Competition Is Good
Jan 26 2015 // The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion. However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are cautioning that not all...
Top 5 Professional Liability Issues for Accountants to Watch in 2015
Jan 26 2015 // As insurers look to 2015, they need to be aware of the evolving exposures within their clients’ professions to help avoid professional liability claims. The following is a list of five top areas of concern that we...
E&O Insights: Key E&S Issues Agencies Need to Know
Jan 26 2015 // Regardless of whether the market is hard or soft, for agencies to be successful will typically require that they have an active, ongoing relationship with at least a couple of excess and surplus lines (E&S)...
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Workers’ Comp ‘Exclusive Remedy’
Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the state’s workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Strengthens Cyber & Technology Team
Jan 23 2015 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has strengthened its Cyber & Technology team with the addition of two new senior executives. Francois Brisson and Richard De Piero have been appointed Global Head and North America Head,...
Florida Broker AmPro to Open Tampa Office, Hires Smid as Senior Broker
Jan 16 2015 // Florida-based American Professional Liability Underwriters, Inc. (AmPro) has added Gary Smid as a senior broker to its new office opening in Tampa. Smid has more than 18 years of insurance underwriting experience,...
Florida Court Upholds Workers’ Compensation ‘Exclusive Remedy’
Jan 16 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The Florida Supreme...
ALTRU Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program in 11 States
Jan 14 2015 // ALTRU, LLC has introduced of a new miscellaneous professional liability insurance facility. The new program is an expansion on the partnership ALTRU began with Chicago Underwriting Group and Old Republic Insurance Co. in...
