Legal Cases, Court Decisions May Increase Claims Against Lawyers
Changes in laws governing corporations, duties of lawyers respecting discovery, and other legal and economic changes have affected the ways that lawyers practice law. In this interview from the recent PLUS Annual International Conference in San Francisco, Kimberly Pihlstrom, senior vice president and product manager of lawyers’ professional liability for OneBeacon Professional Partners, discusses the heightened responsibilities for attorneys in the post-SOX era, and how recent court decisions have affected lawyers’ responsibilities to their clients.
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Young Agent, Young Owner
Amy Bryan, owner of Bryan Insurance Agency in New Windsor, N.Y. opened her own independent insurance agency at the age of 22. She had no carrier appointments and no customers when she launched her agency in 2004, ut it didn’t take long for Amy to attract quality carriers and customers. Now, at just 28 [...]
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Creating Online Connections
To the 77 percent of independent insurance agencies that don’t have a social media presence, creating a profile and trying to form “friendships” via a computer can be daunting. Once you get online, however, tools such as blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and RSS feeds actually can help an agency build more thoughtful relationships with other agents [...]
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London Calling
London Based specialty insurer Hiscox, which launched a significantly expanded US presence in 2006, saw its gross profits reach record levels of 481 million dollars last year. Recently, the company’s chief underwriting 0fficer, Rob Childs, sat down to discuss the profitability for the company and what he sees as the outlook and obstacles for [...]
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Insurance Risks at Gatorland Theme Park
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Don Reha is the winemaker for Orfila Vineyards and Winery in Escondido, California where he oversees the winemaking process from vine to bottle. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Reha talks about insuring and protecting the product and business income through its various stages.
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Fast Food Chain Battles Fraudulent Claims
Based in San Diego, Jack in the Box Inc. was founded in 1951 and is the first major fast-food chain that started as a drive-thru. Today, it has approximately 43,000 employees with more than 2,200 quick-serve restaurants in 18 states. In this episode, Jack in the Box deputy general counsel of 12 years, [...]
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Liberty Mutual’s Personal Responsibility Campaign, Take 1: Customer and Employee Research
Few insurance advertising and marketing efforts have create a stir like Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility: What’s Your Policy Campaign. Steve Sullivan, senior vice president of communications at Liberty Mutual, is one of the people responsible for the campaign. In this segment of an interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson, Sullivan discusses how important consumer and [...]
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