Zurich North America Surety Now Covers Notaries Public.Zurich North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Surety is offering new errors and omissions errors and omissions n. short-hand for malpractice insurance which gives physicians, attorneys, architects, accountants and other professionals coverage for claims by patients and clients for alleged professional errors and omissions which amount to negligence. coverage to serve notaries public. The package, distributed through the company's network of licensed independent agents, combines a notary public A public official whose main powers include administering oaths and attesting to signatures, both important and effective ways to minimize Fraud in legal documents. bond and an errors and omissions liability policy. The bond protects the public against harm or loss due to an improper notarization. The E&O liability policy is an optional coverage that supplements the notary notary or notary public Public officer who certifies and attests to the authenticity of writings (e.g., deeds) and takes affidavits, depositions, and protests of negotiable instruments. bond. It protects the notary public against loss of personal assets if the claims and losses under the bond are based upon any negligent act, error or omission of the notary. The 31 states that require notaries public also require notary bonds. To date, 20 states or localities have approved filings for the new Zurich package, which is available to current Zurich North America Surety notary bondholders and notaries public. They are: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. Registered agents can find both the notary bond form and the E&O policy form at Zurich North America Surety's online forms library at www.zurichna.com/surety. |
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