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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Mar 20, 2024 7:30:00 AM
We at ALPS have talked for many years about safeguards to implement to protect your firm (and your clients!) from a potential disaster. Although these will be familiar, they are worth repeating because our Claims Team continues to see claims...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Apr 13, 2023 7:30:00 AM
At ALPS, we strongly encourage you to use engagement letters — so much so that if a claim is made against you and handled under certain policy forms,...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Jun 16, 2022 12:00:00 AM
Beware the client who brings you electronic recordings! Many or most clients have the ability to video people or record conversations with their...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Aug 19, 2021 12:00:00 AM
“Baby Boomers, the generation of people born between 1944 and 1964, are expected to transfer $30 trillion in wealth to younger generations over the...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Oct 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Does this article’s title make you nervous? It should. With the unfortunate failures of many businesses due to the pandemic, we suspect claims of...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Mar 13, 2020 12:00:00 AM
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We talk a lot about risk management here at ALPS, but what we’re really talking about is prevention...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Jan 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM
In the Claims world, we love closure letters. Unfortunately, we rarely see them in the files – perhaps that is because attorneys who send closure...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: May 16, 2019 12:00:00 AM
You are working away in your office when out of the blue, you receive an email or telephone call from an attorney who represents a former client....
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Aug 21, 2018 12:00:00 AM
It seems that every week, the news reports on yet another company that suffered a cyber breach. Law firms, even small firms, are not immune from...
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Jan 17, 2018 12:00:00 AM
You have heard it many times before but it is worth repeating because we are still receiving claims from attorneys who first sued their clients for...
