Emerging Risks


July 07, 2008

One of my clients, a physician, learned that his office manager had accepted more than $3,000 in personal long-distance phone calls during…

July 07, 2008

Business Personal Property at Fairs or Exhibitions Q Our insured has a retail store but occasionally will display some of the business personal property…

July 07, 2008

Businessowners — Sanitized Walls and Replacement Cost Coverage Q Our client owns several commercial rental properties. Each of the buildings…

July 07, 2008

Garage Liability—Hazard I Q A carrier I represent is writing a garage liability policy Hazard I form on an auto repair shop. This repair shop…

July 02, 2008

In Panera Bread, LLC v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of Colorado, No. 05CA1465, 2006 WL 1914162 (July 13, 2006 Colo. App.) a Colorado…

June 26, 2008

Specialty E&O PlanSeptember, 1997Media/Professional Insurance1. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONMedia/Professional offers, through Gulf Insurance…

June 26, 2008

Failure to Maintain Insurance May 2007 Language excluding loss from failure of directors and officers or corporations to effect and maintain insurance…

June 26, 2008

Pollution May 2007 Pollution-liability claims are frequently brought against corporations and, in many instances, against their directors and officers…

June 26, 2008

Bodily Injury/Personal Injury/Property Damage/Advertising Injury (BI/PD/PD/AI)—Archived Article October 2004 All D&O policies contain exclusions…

June 26, 2008

Insured Versus Insured—Archived Article October 2004 Insured-versus-insured exclusions, sometimes called cross-claim exclusions, are routinely…