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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Chris Christian on August 10th, 2009

Why do insureds rely upon representations that clearly conflict with the written quote? Why do agents lie about coverages, or allow themselves to be mislead by unscrupulous or ignorant market intermediaries?

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