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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Chris Christian on February 26th, 2009

Carriers usually restrict the limits they’ll quote based on an insured’s asset size or revenue. However, with defense costs running amok, is this a valid benchmark?

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Chris Christian on February 15th, 2009

Underwriters frequently provide inaccurate guidance as to policy language because they don’t read their own policies.

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Chris Christian on January 18th, 2009

Investment advisors and money managers frequently forego professional liability coverage. Now that some notable funds have imploded, perhaps they’ll see why they need coverage. With luck, they’ll bestir themselves to purchase it.

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Chris Christian on January 15th, 2009

I have often cautioned my agents about the unfavorable (from the insured’s and broker’s perspective) broadness of an “arising from” exclusion preamble. There are many exclusions for which this wording is unavoidable, but the impact is horrendous.  In the case of insureds that have an incidental or vicarious exposure to bodily injury/property damage claims, unauthorized [...]

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