Brokers and Agents / Errors and Omissions Claims

While the initial focus of any insurance coverage dispute is the propriety of the carrier's basis for denial, there are circumstances in which the carrier's defenses are enhanced by the conduct of the insurance broker that the policyholder retained to procure coverage on its behalf. Issues may range from premature cancellation to inadequacy of coverage to negligent misrepresentations made by the broker. When those scenarios arise, Weg and Myers, P.C., on behalf of the policyholder, has been successful in holding the broker responsible for the loss suffered by the insured.(Richard Stevens, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Hickey-Finn & Company, Inc.,)