Texas’ Skyward Specialty Adds Employed Lawyer Coverage

IJ - June 16, 2022 -Houston, Texas-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. expanded its miscellaneous professional liability coverage to include errors and omissions (E&O) exposure for employed lawyers, which protects in-house attorneys from allegations of malpractice while executing their legal duties.

In-house general counsel, legal assistants, notaries public and temporary or independent contractor attorneys are eligible for coverage.

Employed Lawyers coverage is key in limiting rising exposures to in-house attorneys who are not covered by traditional Directors & Officers (D&O) policies, Skyward Specialty said in a release.

Skyward Specialty is a specialty insurance company, delivering commercial property and casualty products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis.