E&O Edge Risk Management Library
This is a library of Swiss Re’s E&O Edge risk management briefs. Each E&O Edge brief is designed to provide your insurance agency/brokerage or law firm with helpful information on relevant topics in your industry. Our goal is to arm you with the information and education you need to better understand, reduce, mitigate, and manage your company’s E&O risks. We have tailored the information to the following segments: Agents & Brokers US, Agents & Brokers Canada and Lawyers.
Agents & Brokers United States
- E&O agency agreements
- E&O nightmare on E&O street
- Flood insurance misconceptions
- Avoid liquor liability E&O claims
- Avoid replacement policy traps
- A case for loss control
- Certificates of Insurance made simple
- Importance of documenting: say what you do and do what you say
- E&O claims reporting do's and don'ts
- Don't make claims decisions for carriers or clients
- Insuring fire hazards
- Navigate surplus lines market liability
- Tales from the E&O crypt
Agents & Brokers Canada
- Reacting to a carrier downgrade: A checklist of actions to take
- Don't make claims decisions for carriers and clients
- Key loss drivers of insurance broker E&O claims
- Case studies/examples on misrepresentation, processing delays, inadequate coverage
- Certificates of Insurance
- Avoiding fire hazards
- Workers' compensation
- Pitfalls of placing surplus lines insurance in the U.S. market
- Life policy upgrade example
- Details are critical when writing in US surplus lines market
Lawyers Professional Liability
- The importance of having a back up plan
- Alert: Fraud against lawyers trust accounts
- Best practices for electronic communications
- Hazards of changing your E&O carrier
- Protect yourself by complying with ethical rules when sharing office space
- Docket and calendar system basics
- Conflict of interest
- Attorney client relationships
- 10 lawyers risk management tips
- Real estate
- Fee disputes
- Engagement/non-engagement letters
- Protect yourself by communicating effectively with clients through engagement letters
- Negotiating the recession
- Retroactive date: A key component to policy coverage
