L Squared Insurance Agency Blog: prior acts
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Thursday, September 22, 2016As with many terms with Professional Liability Insurance, there is not common meaning to the term. “Full Prior Acts” is a term that is often misunderstood. Many insureds assume that “Full Prior Acts”, actually means that the insured attorney is covered from the inception of their practice. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, September 21, 2016Brief background Most property & casualty insurance policies are occurrence policies. With an occurrence policy, the policy that is on the risk at the time that a covered act “occurs” is the policy that the claim will be settled under, regardless of when the act is reported (barring policy provisions and/or statute of limitations issues). READ MORE >>
Friday, June 17, 2016For a solo attorney, once the attorney is suspended from the practice of law, the lawyers professional liability insurance carrier will not renew insurance coverage. The attorney malpractice insurance policy covers the work of a licensed attorney. READ MORE >>
Friday, May 27, 2016Question from Attorney: Why do I need prior acts coverage for Attorney Malpractice Insurance? Response: Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance is written on a “Claims made” policy form. “Claim made” coverage in its purest form would only provide coverage for covered acts that that occurred and were reported during the policy period. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 11, 2016Many states have statutes that limit the time to file an action against a lawyer. The statutes many times have statements in them when a person would responsibly know an error was made. Or for example, in Michigan, plaintiffs have 6 years after the date the alleged malpractice was committed to bring suit regardless of when it was discovered. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, May 3, 2016It is not a good idea to pick up an attorney’s past acts exposure for Lawyers Malpractice Insurance for a number of reasons: 1. It immediately will increase the firm’s Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance premium. READ MORE >>
Thursday, April 28, 2016Question from Attorney: Will you write a Lawyers Malpractice Insurance policy for me without prior acts coverage? I currently have prior acts coverage and want to renew without any prior acts coverage and do not want to purchase a Tail or Extended Reporting Period Endorsement. Response: READ MORE >>
Monday, April 4, 2016If your 2 person law firm is splitting up and each going separate ways, the best approach for the firm is to Purchase an Extended Reporting Period Endorsement (ERP/Tail) at the time the split occurs. The ERP is made part of your last Lawyers Professional Liability Policy extending the reporting period for the number of years purchased. READ MORE >>
Thursday, March 31, 2016Question from Client: Is this Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Policy Extended Reporting Period Endorsement (Tail) Full Prior Acts? Response: Many people think that there is a separate policy issued once “Tail” is purchased on a Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Policy. READ MORE >>
Sunday, March 13, 2016Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance (LPL) and Accountants Professional Liability (APL) Insurance claims made coverage ends at the policy/coverage termination. Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Policies (LPL&APL) are generally written for the firm and coverage extents from the firm READ MORE >>
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