Nurse's professional liability insurance was not applicable.
CASE ON POINT: Wentzvill Park Associates, L.P. v. American Casulty Ins. Co., (09/02/2008) S.W.3d--MO (2008) ISSUE: No nurse should practice nursing without their own private, professional liability insurance. There are a panoply of situations in which nurse's employer's professional liability insurance policies do not apply.! In such...

OneBeacon Professional Partners Introduces Employed Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance.
CANTON, Mass., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OneBeacon Professional Partners, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group , today announced a new Employed Lawyers Professional Liability product. Said Paul Ablan, OneBeacon Professional Partners' senior vice president and managing director of professional liability, "In today's highly regulated and ever-changing environment,...

Nurses should have their own professional liability insurance.
CASE ON POINT: Conn. Medical Ins. Co. v. Kulikowski, 286 Conn. 1; (03/18/2008) A.2d -CT ISSUE: Nurses are often led, or misled, to believe that they do not require their own, individual, professional liability insurance. Nothing could be further from the truth! This case represents a classic...

FL: ambiguities in professional liability policy: ambiguities construed against insurance cos.
CASE FACTS: Sara Campbell was a patient at the podiatric practice of Drs. Beth Pearce and Brett Cutler. On March 27, 2002, Campbell complained of heel pain and Dr. Pearce ordered an x-ray of her foot. While a certified x-ray technician was positioning Campbell's foot to take the x-ray,...

Not-so-obvious considerations for professional liability insurance.
September 1, 2005, was the 2-year anniversary of the effective date of the Texas medical malpractice tort reform laws. These provisions are primarily set forth in Section 74.001 et seq. of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Available and affordable professional liability insurance for health care providers was...

Professional liability insurance available. (Association News).
What is professional liability coverage, and is it necessary? This is a question many music professionals ask when starting their own business at home or in a studio. For many years, professional liability insurance was mainly associated with professions such as medicine and law. However, the scope has broadened...

OneBeacon Professional Partners Introduces New Realtors Professional Liability Solution.
CANTON, Mass., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OneBeacon Professional Partners, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group , today announced a new professional liability insurance product designed specifically for real estate professionals. "Realtors require unique insurance coverage due to the complexities of real estate transactions. We are very pleased...

ProAssurance Receives Regulatory Approvals for Transactions with the PICA Group and Georgia Lawyers Insurance Company.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProAssurance Corporation announced today that all required regulatory approvals have been granted in connection with its proposed sponsored demutualization of the PICA Group (PICA), the nation's leading provider of professional liability to doctors of podiatric medicine. The proposed demutualization is being submitted to...

Scott Umstot Joins Target Insurance Services.
AVON, Conn., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Target Insurance Services has announced that Scott Umstot has joined the company as a Senior Production Underwriter in their Avon office. Scott most recently handled the Technology E&O program at Darwin Professional Underwriters. Prior to that, he spent several years with...

A.M. Best Affirms MHA Insurance Company's "Excellent" Rating.
Washington Casualty Company's Outlook Revised to Stable LANSING, Mich., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- FinCor Holdings Inc., (http://www.fincorholdings.com/) a leader in the health care risk management and insurance industry, today announced A.M. Best has affirmed the A- (Excellent) financial strength rating for the company's insurance subsidiary, MHA Insurance...