Chris Christian on July 28th, 2010

Tomorrow’s Knowledge Knugget will address the difference between mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers both in exposure and in coverage availability.  Mortgage bankers being incorrectly — or inadequately — insured as mortgage brokers is not uncommon.  But even more common are carriers saying they’ll write “mortgage brokers/bankers” when in fact they will only write the mortgage [...]

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Chris Christian on October 26th, 2009

Is selling on price a waste of time? Bad for the industry? Bad for the insureds? Could be. Selling on coverage and value is a viable alternative, and perhaps should be an agent’s default mode of operation.

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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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Chris Christian on July 21st, 2009

The most common wording in professional liability policies — inclusion of “for a fee” in the definition of professional services — can render a policy useless when your insured performs pro bono or other non-fee services.

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Chris Christian on June 17th, 2009

There’s really no such thing as “apples to apples” in the world of professional liability coverages.

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