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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jan 9, 2020
Prior Acts Coverage With the short history lesson of Part 1 behind us, we can now start to dig into the basics of malpractice insurance. In order to do so, we need to first understand what coverage for prior acts actually is. Let me start by...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 7, 2019
I suspect having to deal with an allegation of malpractice isn’t something anyone would put on a list of “things I look forward to” for all kinds of...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 2, 2019
I have yet to read an insurance policy that I would consider a great read. So let’s admit it, insurance policies are rather boring. I suspect few of...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 2, 2019
Updated June 2023 An attorney’s decision to use a computer tablet, a cloud-based service such as Dropbox, a smart phone, a Wi-Fi network, or even...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jun 3, 2019
Malpractice Insurance Claims made vs. Occurrence-based Coverage Before digging into the basics of legal malpractice insurance, I’m going to share a...
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Kobi L Gibbs, Senior Claims Attorney: Mar 6, 2019
If you are an ALPS-insured firm and are unsure if you should report a situation, but it is on your mind, just call us and we can talk with you about...
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John Ries, Claims Attorney: Oct 16, 2018
Your ALPS policy is a “Claims Made and Reported” insurance policy. What does that mean? It means that as a condition precedent to ALPS’ obligation...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Oct 15, 2018
Under a claims made and reported policy, an insured would have coverage for any covered malpractice misstep that occurs and is reported during a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 30, 2018
In this episode of the ALPS In Brief podcast, ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte sits down with ALPS Underwriting Manager Leah Gooley to dig a...
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Laura Churchman, Marketing Communications Manager: Jul 27, 2018
Effective July, 1, the Utah State Bar announced its exclusive endorsement of ALPS to meet the malpractice insurance needs of its members. The Bar...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 18, 2018
Legal malpractice insurance policies are claims-made and reported policies. This means coverage is afforded if a malpractice claim is made and...
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Kobi L Gibbs, Senior Claims Attorney: Jul 17, 2018
ALPS PREMIER Lawyers Professional Liability Policy provides four supplemental payments for an insured for specific situations. Many insureds do not...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 30, 2018
ALPS recently released our 2017 Annual Report online. Mark Bassingthwaighte was able to sit down with ALPS CFO Sara Smith as she elaborated on a...
