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Rio Peterson, Director of Strategic Partnerships: Feb 20, 2025
Welcome aboard New Solo: First Flight! In this special series, hosts Adriana Linares and Rio Laine of ALPS Insurance are your captains, guiding you through the ups and downs of launching your own law firm.
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Feb 12, 2025
In 2024, claims trends continued on the same course we have started to notice over the past few years. Here are a few examples of types of claims and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 6, 2025
I have three stories to share, but first a reminder of what tail coverage is and isn’t. Sometimes after hearing good things about ALPS, a lawyer will...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 5, 2025
Years ago, an extended family member didn’t file his personal tax return yet again. Don’t misunderstand me, every year a tax return is prepared. He...
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Kurt Whitmire, Director of Commercial Lines: Feb 4, 2025
A Journey with ALPS
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 18, 2024
Being an attorney is hard enough; but for some, it’s even harder during the winter months. In part this can be due to the reduced daylight, colder...
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Rio Peterson, Director of Strategic Partnerships: Dec 12, 2024
In this mini episode of ALPS In Brief, our Bar & Affinity Partner Strategist Rio Peterson sits down with Mary Jane Pickens, Executive Director at...
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Rio Peterson, Director of Strategic Partnerships: Dec 12, 2024
In this mini episode of ALPS In Brief, our Bar & Affinity Partner Strategist Rio Peterson sits down with Bob Paolini, Executive Director at the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Dec 12, 2024
In this episode of ALPS In Brief, our Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte sits down with University of Montana Professor Jeff Brandt to talk about...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Nov 20, 2024
I have a confession to make. I am a procrastinator. If there is a Procrastinator’s Anonymous, I’m pretty sure they would accept me as a card-carrying...
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Mike Flaherty, Senior Claims Attorney: Nov 13, 2024
When I learned that my blog would be posted between my second and third favorite holidays, I wanted to do something befitting the season that would...
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John Ries, Claims Attorney: Oct 31, 2024
One of the scariest trends we have seen at ALPS is the increasing prevalence of insurance carriers suing defense counsel hired to defend the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 17, 2024
ALPS recently surveyed legal industry professionals to learn more about how solo and small firm lawyers feel about the use of generative AI in the...
