MEDIATION AS AN E&O CLAIM STRATEGY: PRO AND CON by Ken Buehler Mediation might or might not be an effective way of settling E&O claims. Most Errors and Omissions (E&O) cla...

P/C agents often have reviewed contracts and leases in conjunction with writing Contractual Liability coverages. In many cases, agents will advise clients to reject hold-harmless clauses which place undue hardship on them. Yet insurance agents themselves may be in the grip of hold-harmless clauses, which could lay immense financial burdens on them, even if they are totally innocent of any wrongdoing. We refer to the producer or general agent (GA) contracts of some-not all! -- Life carriers. Unfortunately, some of these carriers are among the best-known career or brokerage companies and, even worse, agents often aren't aware of the poisonous clauses until it's too late and they're sued.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTRACTS by Al Diamond I have just completed expert witness testimony in a trial of a specialty insurance agency against two former employees and a large firm accused o...