Interesting articles on various topics!

Protect Your Company With Errors and Omissions Insurance

Posted: November 21st, 2009 | Category: Business

Business professionals, such as realtors, require errors and omission liability insurance policies to protect the agent from paying all of the lawyer fees when a lawsuit comes up due to an error or omission with the services he or she gave. The coverage is separate from general liability or property insurance.

E&O coverage may be referred to as errors and omissions coverage, or malpractice insurance. This type of coverage is tailored towards professionals like designers, CPAs, realtors, doctors, as well as other medical experts. E and O protection should be bought whenever a company is first begun as well as included in their original insurance portfolio.

There isn’t a specific criteria for E&O coverage. Every situation will be different as well as it will require different coverage needs. The insurance carrier’s agent can assess the company as well as what work is undertaken on the premises and provide a policy which will protect the business’s needs. These policies are issued based on a cases brought up and reported basis, meaning that any and all cases must be brought up and reported within the time frame of the policy. Cases that may come up out of the contract date won’t be taken care of. When applying for the policy, the insurance underwriter might want to view the company’s quality assurance procedures, records as well as your training programs and whether or not your business has had previous claims.

The price of professional liability insurance company protection is different from company to company. E&O insurance will protect your business from judgments, settlements, as well as defense costs and will probably save a company thousands of dollars, even if the claim is found groundless.

Once E&O coverage is written, the business must continue running as honestly as possible. Having E&O coverage doesn’t mean that the company should start running your business in a way which might perhaps lead to a negligence lawsuit. The coverage is to protect from the unexpected incident or mistake that might come up.