Timing being everything, as it usually is, our last two posts dealt with issues arising from an insured’s commitments under contract and the insurance that endeavors to support those commitments.  Those topics cannot be discussed without also touching on an insurance agent’s duty to provide the coverages that purport to fulfill those requirements. Gazing into my [...]

Continue reading about The Expansion of Liability to Third Parties — Common Sense? Or Scary Trend?

Chris Christian on February 17th, 2011

Agents are frequently provided insureds’ contract requirements in order to determine insurance needed. But contract requirements can go well beyond limits and Additional Insured status. Does an agent owe a duty to their insured to provide the coverage required by the contract? Or even more frightening — does the agent owe a duty to the insured’s client?

Continue reading about Your Insureds’ Contractual Requirements

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.

Continue reading about Quirks in the PL World – 1/7/10 Knowledge Knugget

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 [...]

Continue reading about Who’s your Insured, Really?

Chris Christian on March 27th, 2009

Business relationships are all about contracts, and certain breaches of contracted expectations give rise to coverage under an E&O insurance policy.

Continue reading about Contractual Liability Claims