Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a court to block renewed efforts to make public a settlement agreement between his office and insurer State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. that was part of their feud over homeowner claims from …
A new errors and omissions insurance program for property management firms, named SmartPro™, is now available from New Empire Group, Ltd. Robert E. Mackoul, CLU, Chief Executive Officer of New Empire Group stated, “The program is geared toward small to …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. to ‘A-‘ from ‘BBB+’. S&P also raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. (BICI) of Farmington, Conn. with stable outlooks. Best noted that the “ratings reflect the significant …
Nearly three in five (58 percent) women business owners anticipate that their organizations’ revenues will grow in 2009, and nearly one-half (44 percent) do not expect difficulty in obtaining access to credit, according to the 2008 Business Risk Survey conducted …
Melville, New York-based managing general agency WKF&C Agency Inc. said it has added several new enhancements to its professional liability portfolio that all are underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyds of London. The enhancements include: excess liability of up to …
Travelers said it has introduced a new, modular professional liability product, 1st Choice+, geared toward accounting, design, legal and real estate professionals. The product offers errors and omissions coverage in one comprehensive policy that can be tailored to include: — …
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, Ltd., which closed on its acquisition of Darwin Professional Underwriters in October, reported a net loss of $46.4 million for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2008 compared to net income of $109.0 million for …
A near majority of agents and brokers responding to the 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey said they experienced increases in their agency’s errors and omissions premium this year. Some 44.1 percent of agents responding to the survey reported their …
In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk management practices, that can give …