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Lawyers Liability

Features & Highlights

- Several retention options are available, including zero and aggregate retentions.
- Claims Expenses Outside Limit (CEOL) available
- Broad definition of Legal Services includes title agent, notary public, escrow agent, member of accreditation/ethics, peer review and/or licensing boards, and author/publisher of legal research articles or papers.
- Broad definition of Claim includes civil proceedings, administrative proceedings and requests to toll or waive the statute of limitations
- Coverage for violations of various privacy laws, including up to $25,000 notice and credit monitoring costs for no additional premium
- Coverage for Predecessor Firms, Independent Contractors and Of Counsel
- Outside Directors Liability coverage built in to the insuring agreement
- Broad definition of Damages specifically includes pre- and post-judgment interest
- Additional limit for disciplinary actions ($20,000 aggregate)
- Additional limit for lost earnings ($500 per day/$5,000 per claim/$20,000 aggregate)
- Innocent Insured coverage - Extended reporting period (ERP) options available, including disability, death, and cessation of practice
- No pollution, mold or asbestos exclusions
- Worldwide coverage

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*Name of Firm *Contact person *Address (city, state, zip) *Telephone Number and Fax Number *email address *Type of formation: *Year Firm Established: *Has the firm merged with or acquired any firms in the last 3 years? *Do you have more than one office location? *Name of Current Carrier (if none, state NONE) *Current policy term (mm/dd/yyyy - mm/dd/yyyy) *Current Limits of Liability *Current Deductible *Retroactive Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Expiring Premium, if you do not carry this coverage currently, state *Is the firm or any attorneys currently covered by an Extended Reporting Period Endorsement? *Current total number of non-lawyer employees *For each attorney please provide the following: (if multiple attorneys, please cut and paste within box area)
*If applying as a Sole Practitioner for Part Time Coverage, are you employed in any capacity other than working as a Part Time Lawyer as applied for herein? *Has any professional liability claim or suit been made in the past five years against the firm or its predecessor or any current or former members of the firm or it's predecessor firm(s) in the past five years? *Do you have knowledge of any circumstance, act, error, or omission that could result in a professional liability claim? *During the past ten years has any attorney mentioned here or any employee of the Applicant been the subject of a criminal action, reprimand, disciplinary action, bar complaint, investigation or other ethics proceeding? If yes, please explain below. *Has any member of the firm ever been refused admission to practice, disbarred, suspended, fined or held in contempt by any court or local bar association? *Have you ever had professional liability insurance cancelled or nonrenewed? *Does the Applicant have any high-profile clients who are entertainers, sports figures or public officials? *Does the Applicant have discretionary investment authority for any clients? *In the last five (5) years, has any attorney with the Applicant firm, represented any financial institution? *Does any firm attorney serve as a director, officer, trustee (other than estate trusts), partner or employee of any client? *Does any firm member exercise fiduciary control or possess any ownership interest in any client or any business venture with a client? *How many suits for the collection of fees have been filed against clients in the past 5 years? *Use engagement letters on all new matters? *Require clients to sign engagement letters/agreements? *Use nonengagement and disengagement letters? *Use any of the following conflict avoidance methods:
Oral/Memory?
Computer?
Conflict Committee?
Index File?
*Update its conflict avoidance system at least weekly? *Cross-check conflicts by predecessor, merged or acquired firms? *Insist on obtaining a written waiver from its clients in order to perform on-going services when a actual/potential conflict exists? *Allow attorneys to enter into business with firm clients? *Require disclosure if such relationships are permitted? *Maintain a calendar system using these methods:
Single Calendar
Dual Calendar
Tickler Cards
Computer
Master Listing
Use two individuals to maintain its calendar system? *Update its calendar system at least weekly? * Place ultimate responsibility for calendar system with a firm lawyer? *If you are a sole practitioner, have you designated a lawyer(s) who will be responsible for your affairs if you are absent for an extended period of time (i.e. vacation, etc)? *Does any single client account for more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the firm's gross annual billings? *How many times have you sued a client for unpaid fees in the last 5 years? *Areas of Practice (must total 100%) Please delete or add AOPs prior to submitting.
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