Akerman is hiring a team of eight lawyers from a local boutique focused on legal malpractice defense. The firm's professional liability team now includes about 20 attorneys and is looking to grow.

Malpractice insurance, professional liability insurance (also called professional indemnity insurance), and errors and omissions (also called E&O insurance) are closely related. But what should you ...

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The 2023 Hiscox Underinsurance in Small Business Report found that two-thirds of small businesses do not have professional liability, also known as errors and omissions or E&O insurance coverage. Most ...

What is the real purpose of a commercial umbrella or excess liability policy? That question is clarified by Sissy LeClair of Blackadar Insurance Agency Inc. in Longwood, Florida, in her new ...

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, applying Florida law, has held that a law firm was not entitled to coverage under a professional liability policy for claims ...

In Law Office of Drew J. Bauman v. Hanover Insurance Company, 2023 WL 2238552 (D.N.J. February 27, 2023), the plaintiffs maintained a professional liability insurance policy with the Hanover ...