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 circumstances [...]

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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 May 7th, 2009

For most policies you will ever write, your insured is the entity that is the Named Insured.  However, there are a couple of exceptions, and the nature of the exception can affect how you interact with your insureds.
The exception that’s weighing on my mind at the moment is D&O coverage.  Even when you write an [...]

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Chris Christian on March 1st, 2009

Bankruptcy courts may keep insureds from purchasing extended reporting periods. But should that prohibit individual insureds from taking steps to protect themselves?

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