{"id":14166,"date":"2022-01-20T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessriskpa.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=14166"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:19:58","slug":"news-insights-for-insurance-agents-and-brokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/?p=14166","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Insights for Insurance Agents and Brokers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14019 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"833\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1.jpg 833w, https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1-768x160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1-500x104.jpg 500w, https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Insurance-Agents-EO-1-100x21.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row no_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; border=&#8221;all&#8221;][\/vc_row][vc_column fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_row_inner inner_container=&#8221;true&#8221; no_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;20px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; border=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_inner fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3 class=\"headlineblue\" style=\"margin-top: 3.75pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Your Aspen E&amp;O Policy Newsletter \u2013 January 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">News &amp; Insights for Insurance Agents and Brokers<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"bluehighlightbold\" style=\"margin-top: 3.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">In this issue:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Insurance Agents and Brokers Potential COVID-19 Claims<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The reaction and arguments of potential claims against insurance agents and brokers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Employer Risk Management in the Age of Coronavirus<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">A review of workplace safety in response to COVID-19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ask the Underwriter<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">How to manage insurance agent E&amp;O exposure from COVID-19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/businessriskpartners.com\/MKT\/artwork\/IA_NewsLetter_January_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">to access the newsletter.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Available exclusively to Aspen policyholders, you now have access to free, specific, and confidential risk management and mitigation strategies. Aspen has collaborated with the national law firm of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &amp; Dicker LLP (&#8220;Wilson Elser&#8221;) to provide access to experienced attorneys for risk management consultations via phone or email. You are receiving this free quarterly newsletter as part of the risk management services. Also, keep an eye out for webinars as well as access to a dedicated website for risk management resources coming soon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bluehighlightbold\" style=\"margin-top: 3.75pt;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Risk Management Hotline<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Available during your policy year, Aspen offers a dedicated Insurance Agents Risk Management Hotline. The Hotline provides up to 2 hours of direct access to advice and legal consultation to assist in your loss control and risk management needs. The Hotline is intended to respond to general risk management questions regarding your professional liability exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadsmaller\" style=\"margin-top: 3.75pt;\"><strong>TO ACCESS THE HOTLINE, CALL WILSON ELSER TOLL-FREE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AT 888-910-0047 OR EMAIL AT <a href=\"mailto:ASPENRISK@WILSONELSER.COM\">ASPENRISK@WILSONELSER.COM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"smallprint\" style=\"margin-top: 3.75pt;\"><i>Please have your agency name and Aspen policy number available when you call or email. The Hotline is NOT intended to act as a claims reporting Hotline nor should it be used to discuss any matters regarding an on-going claim. Communication with the Hotline will not constitute notice of a claim. If you need to report a claim or circumstance, please refer to the reporting provisions within the policy and email <\/i><i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:professionalliability.claims@aspenspecialty.com\"><b>professionalliability.claims@aspenspecialty.com<\/b><\/a><\/span>. By using this service, each policyholder acknowledges that Wilson Elser is not their attorney and that no attorney-client relationship is created between Wilson Elser and the policyholder by use of the Hotline.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>ABOUT BUSINESS RISK PARTNERS<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Founded in 2000, Business Risk Partners (BRP) is a specialty insurance underwriter and program administrator committed to creating long-term, mutually profitable partnerships through superior service and teamwork. Partnering with top global carriers and using proprietary technology, BRP offers a wide variety of professional liability, management liability, data breach\/privacy and hybridized specialty solutions to agents and brokers serving middle market customers nationwide. BRP&#8217;s underwriting specialists are often commended for their ability to turn complicated risks around in 24 hours. Proprietary technology enables real-time quote, bind, issue and servicing and is seen by many as one of the best in the business. BRP is privately held and based in Windsor, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ABOUT ASPEN<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ABOUT WILSON ELSER<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; For decades, Wilson Elser has been a leader of professional liability defense with a focus on errors &amp; omissions and a deep understanding of the insurance market. Their highly skilled attorneys will help resolve matters and mitigate potential exposure before actual claims arise. 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