Chris Christian on February 5th, 2010

Agents frequently insure entities on whose boards they serve. There are inherent conflicts and dangers in this business-building approach. Exercise Caution!

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Chris Christian on January 30th, 2010

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 [...]

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Chris Christian on January 12th, 2010

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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Chris Christian on October 11th, 2009

D&O policies are not intended to cover professional services, even though the entity and the employees are insured for their wrongful acts.

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Chris Christian on August 18th, 2009

Inability to trigger an extended reporting period can rob a retired professional of peace of mind.

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