Latest Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hanover Group Acquires Michigan-Based Professional Liability Carrier
Jun 25 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire a professional liability insurer, Professionals Direct, Inc., for $23.2 million. Professionals Direct is the Michigan-based holding company for the Professionals...
Delta Opens Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability Division
Jun 21 2007 // Delta General Agency announced the formation of a professional liability division with specialized focus on medical malpractice coverage. The company has tapped Marla Timmons, senior health care and professional liability...
Liberty Mutual Underwriters, Lemme Offer Accountants’ Professional Liability
Jun 21 2007 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and Lemme Insurance Group, Inc. have partnered to provide accountants with an expanded professional liability policy. Available in 38 states...
Strength in Numbers
Jun 18 2007 // Today’s demands on independent agents are plentiful: competition, risk management, compensation disclosure, quality markets and carrier’s demands for premium quotas, to name a few. Such demands could be one...
Fireman’s Fund Offers E&O for Big “I” Membership
Jun 5 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has endorsed a program for insurance agents errors and omissions (Agents E&O) coverage with Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), known...
Swiss Re, Big ‘I’ Ink 5-Year Pact On E&O Coverage
May 29 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of America and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance have signed an agreement for Swiss Re to be the endorsed errors and omissions carrier of the Big I for five more...
Flood to Head New Ironshore Professional Liability Unit
May 22 2007 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. is entering the Professional Liability sector with the launch of IronPro, headed by Greg Flood as President. IronPro, based in New York, will initially focus on Directors & Officers...
Assisted living and miscellaneous medical facilities spur new growth
May 7 2007 // An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving growth in certain areas of medical professional liability coverage, in particular medical facilities coverage. The...
Medical professional liability underwriters face new environment
May 7 2007 // An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicians in a constant state of flux. So, what new exposures will be faced by medical professional liability underwriters...
Assisted living and miscellaneous medical facilities spur new growth
May 7 2007 // Rise in numbers of surgicenters, medispas and clinics brings new risks and opportunities in professional liability An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving...
Medical professional liability underwriters face new environment
May 7 2007 // Expect new exposures as practitioners replace physicians as supervisors and nanotechnolgy and stem cell research grow An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of...
10 Mass. ruling revives possibility of auto assigned risk plan
May 7 2007 // Commissioner Burnes surprises industry by keeping issue alive 10 Neighbors seek to drain N.Y. City’s reservoirs to stem flooding But city officials worry about the risk of a summer drought 10 Study questions...
People
May 7 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh Inc. has appointed Rob McGinnis as the leader of its U.S. Consumer Business, which includes the U.S. operations of the firm’s Affinity, Program, and Private Client Services...
People
May 7 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based BMSI Holdings, the holding company for BancInsure Inc., announced a number of promotions and appointments. Rodney N. Sargent was appointed president of BMSI Holdings and chief executive officer...
Swiss Re Now Offering Nonadmitted E&O Coverage for Big ‘I’ Agents
May 3 2007 // Swiss Re is now offfering a nonadmitted coverage for the members of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). The nonadmitted product is designed for agencies with unique operations and special needs...
Lexington Rolls Out Professional Liability Coverage for Accounting Firms
Apr 30 2007 // Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc., introduced LexAssure, primary professional liability insurance designed for small- to mid-sized regional accounting firms with annual...
Garner and Arsuaga Join All Risks in Dallas Office
Apr 24 2007 // All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., announced that Elaine Garner and Julie Arsuaga have joined the firm in its Dallas, Texas, office. Garner...
Monarch E&S Establishes Professional Lines Department
Apr 11 2007 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services, based in La Cresenta, Calif., has expanded its operations by establishing a dedicated professional lines department from it’s Simi Valley, Calif., location. The department’s...
Agog about blogs: the risks for professional liability from this new communications medium
Apr 9 2007 // The new medium of blogging is changing the way communication is done today with respect to both individuals and the corporate universe, notes Leib Dodell, president/CEO, Media/Professional Insurance. While blogs pose...
Agog about blogs: the new medium’s risks for professional liability
Apr 9 2007 // The new medium of blogging is changing the way communication is done today with respect to both individuals and the corporate universe, notes Leib Dodell, president/CEO, Media/Professional Insurance. While blogs pose...
