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Home > Blog > What Professional Services does an Attorney Malpractice Policy Cover? – Arch
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2023

What Professional Services does an Attorney Malpractice Policy Cover? – Arch

Arch Attorney Malpractice Specimen Polict

Attorneys wear many hats.  Attorney malpractice insurance provides coverage for most hats but not all.  A malpractice insurer’s definition(s) of professional services may cause coverage issues for attorneys that perform certain client services.  If the services are provided using a license other than a law license, it is a good bet that it is not covered.  When looking for the appropriate insurer, check the professional services definition against the services that your law firm provides. 

Arch Insurance defines Legal (Professional) Services as:

 

VII.       DEFINITIONS

J. Legal Services means those services performed by an Insured as a licensed lawyer in good standing, arbitrator, mediator, title agent, notary public, administrator, conservator, receiver, executor, guardian, trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity but only where the act or omission was in the rendition of services ordinarily performed as a lawyer. Legal Services will not be extended to include services rendered as a real estate agent or broker or as an insurance agent or broker.

 

IV.        EXCLUSIONS

 

D. the Insured’s capacity or status as:

1.     an officer, director, partner, trustee, shareholder, manager or employee of a business enterprise, charitable organization or pension, welfare, profit sharing, mutual or investment fund or trust;

2.     a public official, or an employee of a governmental body, subdivision, or agency unless the Insured is privately retained solely to render Legal Services to the governmental body, subdivision or agency and the remuneration for the Legal Services is paid directly or indirectly to the Named Insured;

 

E. the alleged acts or omissions by any Insured, with or without compensation, for any business enterprise, whether for profit or not-for profit, in which any Insured has a Controlling Interest;

 

F. any alleged violations of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, its amendments, or any regulations or orders promulgated pursuant thereto;

 

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This blog is an excerpt from the policy.  The complete policy along with applicable endorsements could impact the information provided above.

Lee

 
 
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