E&S/Specialty

Property and casualty insurers can expect to be hit by a swirl of claims arising from swine flu that include actions against homeowners, businesses and health care facilities, a medical malpractice defense attorney predicts.

Errors and omissions policies are not just the purview of the mega-brokers.

After an unexpected second-quarter dip, securities lawsuit filings shot back up in the third quarter.

Even though securities suits related to the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the credit crisis trailed off in third-quarter 2009, financial firms were still the leading type of company sued with one-third of the cases filed, a research firm reported.

In a time of increasing uncertainty for benefits plan fiduciaries, greater focus on the terms and conditions of fiduciary liability insurance policies is of paramount importance, a brokerage expert believes.

If there's a common thread among underwriters and insurance brokers serving the growing allied health industry, it is fierce competition triggered by a soft property and casualty market and excess capacity, experts contend.