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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Don't Make an Attorney Malpractice Claim Worse

Upon discovering a potential malpractice claim, think and consult before you react.  Law firms can make a bad situation much worse.  Here are a few attorney malpractice claim broad strokes to keep from making things worse:    1.       The good news is that not every mistake is malpractice. READ MORE >>

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Tale of 2 Law Firms with Similar Claims; One Pays 2X as Much in Malpractice Premium

We work with many distressed firms in placing Legal Malpractice Insurance.  Most firms are in the distressed or surplus lines market because of claims.  Distressed firms depending on how they disclose the claims information can end up paying dramatically different premiums for basically the same claim. READ MORE >>

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Friday, November 30, 2018

Insurance Carrier Loss Runs Key to Underwriting Legal Malpractice Insurance

With normal (non E&O) commercial insurance it is common practice for Insurers to require loss runs to provide a quotation.  Insurance carrier loss runs are a report produced by an insurer that provides information on all claims that have been reported to an insurer during the time that the insurer provided insurance coverage. READ MORE >>

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Thursday, August 16, 2018

When to Report a Legal Malpractice Claim or Incident

Most attorneys understand that if they have a malpractice claim made against them or a lawsuit filed that they need to notify their insurer immediately.  But it is also important for the attorney to know when they should or should not put their malpractice insurer on notice. READ MORE >>

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Suspended Attorney wants Attorney Malpractice Coverage

When we get this question, it is usually because the suspended attorney suspects that there will be unreported malpractice claims made against the attorney in the future.  Generally when a malpractice insurer learns about the suspension, the insurer will either set the malpractice policy up for non-renewal or cancel the coverage immediately with notice. READ MORE >>

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Attorney sued by Abusive Litigant for Legal Malpractice

These are the clients from hell.  And unfortunately you are not immune even if you decline to represent the client or they were the opposing litigant.  Next thing you know you receive a notice that you have been filed upon for malpractice. READ MORE >>

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Prior Knowledge and other Claims Reporting Traps on Malpractice Insurance Applications

Firms get trapped by the sin of omission when completing the malpractice claims questions.  This can happen with either the incumbent malpractice insurer’s renewal application or a new business application with a different insurer.  “Prior Knowledge” of a claim is a leading cause for malpractice claims denials. READ MORE >>

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Friday, April 27, 2018

Danger of not Reporting ‘Small’ Attorney Malpractice Claims

Some law firms are reluctant to report small claims.  Many times the law firm feels that the legal malpractice claim is small and they can cover it themselves.  These strategies will help their insurance history thus keeping their attorney malpractice insurance premiums lower. READ MORE >>

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

When Attorney Malpractice Prior Knowledge is not Prior Knowledge

On June 8, 2017, we blogged about a US District Court case, Gonakis v Medmarc Casualty Insurance Company.  In this case the District Court granted a summary judgement for Medmarc Casualty stating that because of ‘prior knowledge’ of the claim and not disclosing this claim to Medm... READ MORE >>

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Malpractice Insurance—What is a professional covered act?

Recently a claim was made because a business deal was going bad.  This could be a covered act if the lawyer or accountant were acting in their professional capacity and providing professional services.  But in this case it was the insured accountant that had bought a non-accounting related business personally with nonmember partner from outside the firm. READ MORE >>

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