Service Expansion for Lawyers Professional Liability Practice

BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Oswald Companies announced today a service expansion in its fast-growing Lawyers Professional Liability practice with the hire of Theodore Nittis. He will counsel clients on risk management, program placement, and serve as lead claims advocate with insurance underwriters and carriers.

Before joining Oswald as risk management counselor and senior consultant, Nittis was vice president of risk management at ProQuest Insurance and Alliant Insurance Services. He specialized in the placement of professional liability insurance for large law firms and risk management consulting for all professional service firms.  Prior to the purchase of Alliant by the Blackstone Group, he was the vice president and general counsel of ProQuest Insurance and Kelter-Alliant Insurance Services.

Previous to his involvement in the insurance industry, Nittis served as a professional liability and insurance coverage litigator for the law firm, Maddin Hauser of Southfield, MI. He is a Wayne State Law School and Albion College graduate, and an active member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL).

"Theo provides a level of risk management expertise and claims counsel that most brokerages, regardless of size, must seek from third parties," said David Kramer,vice president, practice leader, Lawyers Professional Liability. "His experiences and work ethic broaden and deepen Oswald's service proposition, further strengthening our role as client insurance advocate with underwriters and carrier markets."

About Oswald Companies – Founded in 1893 and headquartered in Cleveland, Oswald Companies provide value-added products and global services in risk management, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, group benefits and retirement plans from offices in Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. This combination of offices results in 225 Oswald employees. As a member of Assurex Global, a consortium of leading risk management and business insurance experts, Oswald is supported by 20,000 professionals from nearly 500 partner office locations in more than 80 countries on six continents as. Learn more at www.oswaldcompanies.com or (800) 466-0468.

SOURCE Oswald Companies