www.professional-liability.gr New information Portal for Public, Professionals, Business Executives & Insurers!
Insurance exists for several years and will continue to exist, evolving to cover ever-new insurance needs of the Society and business risks. In practice, is a reliable institution following, international standards.
With regard to the "Non-Life" Insurance Sector, the role of insurance from the traditional coverage of tangible assets (goods, property, etc.) has extended to the insurance coverage of intangible assets like Liabilities following the broader socio-economic evolution and the respective legal trends towards the protection of the Public, the Workers, the Consumers, the Customers and the Environment. So this becomes respectively "Third Party Liability Insurance", "Employers' Liability Insurance", "Product Liability Insurance", "Professional Liability / Indemnity Insurance" and "Environmental Liability Insurance".
In Greece, Insurance and more particularly Liability Insurance, presents a significant retardation compared to standards of the other advanced countries of the European Union. Beyond the current economic crisis, Insurance is a sector with important perspectives to grow in order to comply with the ever-demanding socio-economic demands and to face new business risks.
An important element for the modernization and the desired development is the objective information. To this direction is aiming the new blog (in Greek) entitled www.professional-liability.gr. It is a website for a wider awareness and reflection on the issue of liability insurance. Is addressed not only to Professionals of the insurance sector but also more widely to the various Professionals and Business Executives who operate assuming responsibilities.
Already have been posted the first general articles about professional and business liability. Is foreseen to gradually follow a number of similar articles concerning the broader market developments trends such as: "Consumer Protection", "Freedom of Professional Services" (Architects, Engineers, Accountants, Lawyers, etc.), "New system for Quality of Building Construction", "New Taxation System", "Freedom of Cargo Transportation", "Protection of the Environmental ", "Liability of the Banking System "(Basel II),"Liability of the Insurance System "(Solvency II), etc.