The premier insurance rating agency, AM Best, announced Tuesday that it revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) of ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company. AM Best cited ALPS’ investment in technology as influential in the upgrade from stable to positive. “With the emergence of insurtech [...]
Every 18 months, ALPS conducts an anonymous employee-engagement survey to determine how our people are feeling about working here at ALPS. We have found that providing a space for feedback about our workplace allows people to respond honestly. It also allows us additional time to truly listen to what is being said. This year the results of our [...]
Missoula, Montana, June 3, 2021 —ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance, today launched a free virtual resource for law firms looking to improve their practice and mitigate risk. The idea for the ALPS Virtual Ethics Risk Assessment, affectionately known as Vera, was born a few years ago, but 2020 provided the [...]
New nonprofit seeks to prioritize and improve well-being in the profession Washington – April 26, 2021: The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being has launched a new nonprofit dedicated to advancing systemic change in the legal profession so that well-being becomes a core component of personal and professional success. This new organization – the Institute [...]
Effective at the May 2020 ALPS Board of Directors meeting, the Board approved the addition of Sherri Davidoff to its ranks. Sherri is the CEO of LMG Security, as well as a noted speaker, trainer, white hat hacker and author of the recently released book, “Data Breaches: Crisis and Opportunity.” As a recognized expert in cybersecurity [...]
The Milwaukee Bar Association (“MBA”) is proud to announce its newest member benefit, resulting from a partnership with ALPS Lawyers’ Professional Liability Insurance. Understanding the importance of malpractice insurance to lawyers in private practice, both to protect lawyer assets and their clients, the MBA is partnering with ALPS based on its proven customer service, financial [...]
Effective July, 1, the Utah State Bar announced its exclusive endorsement of ALPS to meet the malpractice insurance needs of its members. The Bar was impressed by ALPS’ proven track record, financial stability, excellent policy coverage and proactive risk management practices. “Given its understanding and commitment to lawyers and the legal profession, we felt ALPS [...]
SpeakWrite offers cloud-based transcription service to ALPS customers. ALPS, the nation's largest direct writer of lawyers' malpractice insurance, and SpeakWrite, a cloud-based transcription service, have partnered to extend SpeakWrite’s service to ALPS policyholders. With typists based across the US, SpeakWrite’s revolutionary legal transcription service is faster, easier to use, and more cost-effective than any other [...]
On October 27, 2015 ALPS and the Virginia State Bar commemorated 15 years of partnership. We understand just how important it is to you to have a strong, stable insurance provider. As the VSB’s endorsed lawyers’ malpractice carrier ALPS has worked hard to earn the trust of more Virginia lawyers than any other lawyers' malpractice [...]
In July of 2015, based on the unique and differing malpractice insurance needs of lawyers and law firms, the Colorado Bar Association (CBA), after an extensive due diligence process, endorsed two malpractice insurance options for CBA members: ALPS as its Endorsed Direct Carrier and Hub International as its Endorsed Broker. The CBA’s goal is to [...]
