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Hiscox, Rocket Lawyer Partner to Provide Resources to Small Businesses

Hiscox has partnered with Rocket Lawyer, an online legal service, to provide small businesses with both insurance and legal advice. In addition to Hiscox’s insurance policies for small businesses, Hiscox customers will also have access to step-by-step legal documents and …

OneBeacon Launches Non-Admitted Lawyers E&O Product

OneBeacon Professional Insurance (OBPI), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd., has launched a new non-admitted lawyers’ professional liability product for law firms in certain areas of practice. “This new, non-admitted product gives brokers the flexibility to consider a wide …

JLT Facilities Introduces Non-Standard Lawyers PL Program

JLT Facilities, Inc., part of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Group, has established a non-standard lawyers professional liability program. Coverage is available nationwide and underwritten by JLT Facilities through an A.M Best “A” rated carrier. The non-standard program is for …

Football Players Sue Chicago Law Firm

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Kyle Orton and some 20 other NFL players are suing a Chicago law firm for more than $10 million, claiming they received bad financial advice on investing in energy concerns. The 14-page lawsuit filed in Cook …

NSM Acquires New York Manager of Dentist, Lawyer Programs

NSM Insurance Group has acquired AFPD, a New York-based program administrator for lawyers and dentists errors and omissions programs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NSM is a national program manager based in Conshohocken, Penn. Administrators for the Professions …