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Special Circumstances May Mean Agents, Brokers Owe Greater Duties To Clients

Special relationships or circumstances may broaden an agent or brokers’ duty to advise. In this second article in a two-part package about agent/broker professional liability, Attorney Peter Biging examines recent relevant court rulings examining such circumstances.

By Peter J. Biging | Updated on April 18, 2011

Recent court rulings confirm that agents and brokers do not owe duties to their insureds to provide complete coverage for liability and property damage—under ordinary circumstances.

In these standard situations, agent and broker obligations typically stop at providing only coverage that insureds have specifically requested, according to a growing body of court decisions—several of which were outlined in Part 1 of this series, published in the April 11 print edition NU.

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