Williams Underwriting Group

A Division of Neace Lukens

NEBRASKA

INDEPENDENT CARRIER

REAL ESTATE LICENSEE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS ENROLLMENT

2012

 

ENROLLMENT FOR 2012 POLICY PERIOD ONLY  

  • Your real estate errors & omissions insurance will be written under a claims-made policy.  Please scroll down for the Claims-Made Disclosure Statement.  The link to continue your enrollment is at the end of the statement.
  • In order to notify the NREC of your compliance with Nebraska’s real estate licensing laws, we must receive your payment by November 21, 2011.  Licensees submitting payments after November 21, 2011 will continue to be certified to the NREC.  The NREC; however, may impose a late renewal fee and/or place your license on inactive status if they do not receive your E&O coverage certification by December 1, 2011.
  • Licensees who do not obtain an E&O policy by January 31, 2012 will lose any previously established retroactive date (prior acts coverage).  Your new effective and retroactive date will be the first of the month in which payment is received or the month you want coverage to start, whichever is later.  Further if you do not renew your coverage on time, your license will be placed on inactive status by the NREC. (This prior acts warning only applies to Williams Underwriting Group.  Other insurance providers/program administrators will have their own requirements.)
  • Non-resident Licensees – Coverage under this program only applies to real estate activities, as defined in the policy, occurring in Nebraska unless you are working for or representing a real estate firm licensed and located in Nebraska.
  • All premiums are fully earned (no refunds) once coverage goes in effect.

You will need the following to enroll online: 

  • Individual Nebraska Real Estate License Number. (If new license, license number is not needed to enroll.)
  • If you need certification to other State Mandated Programs you will need license number(s) for each state.
  • You will be emailed a certificate of insurance within a few business days if all the information you submitted is correct and you supply a valid email address.  You will need a PDF reader in order to download the certificate.
  • We accept Discover, MasterCard or Visa.

CLAIMS-MADE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT - NEBRASKA

The insurance coverage provided by the group policy underwritten by Zurich American Insurance Company, is claims-made professional liability coverage.  It is important that you understand the differences between certain provisions of the group policy and your previous policy.  Also, you should understand the following provisions and terms.  NOTE: THIS IS ONLY A BRIEF SUMMARY.

Coverage Trigger.  Usually, a claim is considered made when it is reported to us.  But sometimes, a claim may be considered to have been made at an earlier time.  This can happen when another claim for the same wrongful act, personal injury offense or event has already been made, or when the claim is reported during the extended reporting period as described later in this disclosure statement.

Retroactive Date.  Your retroactive date is recorded on the Listing of Protected Licensees Quarterly Report, and it is also indicated on your Nebraska Real Estate Licensee Professional Liability Certificate Of Insurance.  You do not have coverage for wrongful acts, personal injury offense or events that occurred before your retroactive date, even if a claim is first made while your coverage is in effect under the group policy.

Prior Acts.   We’ll cover claims resulting from wrongful acts, personal injury offenses or events that occurred before the effective date of the policy, and on or after your retroactive date only if all the following conditions are met:

  •  the claim is made against you or another insured while your coverage under the group policy is in effect or during the limited reporting period; and

  •  there is no other insurance applying to the wrongful act, personal injury offense or event; and

  • neither you nor the insured involved had knowledge of the prior wrongful act, personal injury offense or event at the effective date of your coverage under the policy, nor any reasonable way to foresee that a claim might be brought.

Extended Reporting Period Endorsement.  Your coverage may end under the group policy.  If it does, you have the right to purchase an Extended Reporting Endorsement.  This endorsement extends the time to report covered claims.

Coverage is extended to claims made during the extended reporting period.

This extended reporting period applies only to covered claims that result from wrongful acts, personal injury offenses or events that occurred while your coverage under the group policy was in effect.  The claim must first be made against you or an insured and reported to us after your coverage under the group policy ends and while your extended reporting period is in effect.

It is important that you buy an Extended Reporting Period Endorsement if for any reason you don’t continue or renew your coverage under the group policy.  This is especially true if you change insurers and the new insurer:

  • uses a later retroactive date than you had with the old insurers; or

  • provides "occurrence" rather than "claims-made" coverage.

If you don’t buy the Extended Reporting Period Endorsement, you may be faced with a potentially serious gap in coverage between the protection that was provided by the old insurer and that which is afforded by the new insurer.

Your credit card authorization shall act as a substitute for your signature as if you had executed an original paper application and indicates that you have read and understand this disclosure statement.  If you have any questions concerning any of the items discussed above, or any other provision of the group policy, please contact the program administrator at the address or telephone number listed below.

The above descriptions are a summary only. It does not include all terms, conditions and exclusions of the policy described. Please refer to the actual policy for complete details of coverage and exclusions.

**Please note: If you have knowledge of any claim or have knowledge of any error, omission, act, circumstance, occurrence, or offense situation that may give rise to a claim, it must be reported to your current insurance company before your current policy period ends.  Coverage is not provided under the 2012 policy for any such known claims or known potential claims.


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Williams Underwriting Group 
A Division of Neace Lukens

Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 1086, New Albany, IN  47151-1086 

Street (overnight) Address:  2325 Green Valley Road Suite 205, New Albany, IN  47150

Toll Free:  800-222-4035

Phone:  812-941-4137

Fax:  812-944-8010

E-Mail: wug@neacelukens.com