Many agents serve on boards of directors, frequently non-profit, sometimes for-profit, and end up writing the entity’s insurance. From a D&O perspective, this creates an inherent conflict of interest, and from an Agents E&O perspective, often creates an uncovered cause of loss, should a claim arise.
I think most agents who write insurance under these circumstances [...]
Agents are often befuddled when a professional liability carrier refuses to provide an additional insured endorsement or excess limits appear to be too expensive.
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