How to Avoid the Small Firm Tail Coverage Trap
Just as with small businesses in every sector, small law firms have widely varying outcomes in...
Why Lawyer Mediators and Criminal Defense Attorneys Should Consider Purchasing Malpractice Insurance
More than a few lawyers who exclusively practice in the mediation or criminal defense space...
A Tale of Two Calls – Insuring Past and Future Exposures
Two calls that I recently took almost back to back really surprised me. The first came from an...
Malpractice Insurance Basics: Part 2
Prior Acts Coverage With the short history lesson of Part 1 behind us, we can now start to dig...
Is Buying Legal Malpractice Insurance Always a Good Business Decision?
As a risk manager for a legal malpractice insurer, I suspect many of you reading this could...
Malpractice Insurance and the Dreaded Reservation of Rights Letter
I suspect having to deal with an allegation of malpractice isn’t something anyone would put on a...
The Basics of Buying Malpractice Insurance
I have yet to read an insurance policy that I would consider a great read. So let’s admit it,...
Why You Want To Have Cyber Liability Insurance
An attorney’s decision to use a computer tablet, a cloud based service such as Dropbox, a smart...
Malpractice Insurance Basics: Part 1
Malpractice Insurance Claims made vs. Occurrence-based Coverage Before digging into the basics of...
Back To The Basics: To Report Or Not To Report? When in Doubt — Call ALPS
If you are an ALPS-insured firm and are unsure if you should report a situation, but it is on your...
Cyber Security Month Round Up
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. To get you on the right track, we’ve pulled...
Timely Reporting Of Potential Legal Malpractice Claims Is So Important
Your ALPS policy is a “Claims Made and Reported” insurance policy. What does that mean? It means...
