In the world of claims-made insurance policies, the retroactive date, or prior acts date, is everything to your insured. This is the date that starts uninterrupted claims-made coverage, with the insurance company the insured is currently with, no matter the company the insured started the retro date with. A claim reported within the current policy...Read More

COVID-19 is Changing Daily Life for Lawyers Across America April 16, 2020 A lot has changed since the last time America saw something even close to what she’s in the middle of right now. Not the least of which is the legal industry and its influence on the cultural and economic landscape of our country....Read More

The following includes a roundup of resources to assist in monitoring the most up-to-date information available:   World Health Organization: Information and guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) CDC Guidance on Exposure & Reporting Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist Coronavirus Information for Travel Health Alert Network – CDC’s primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents...Read More

Why are Premiums Going Up? March 2020 A private company, with no claims history and no cannabis or crypto currency exposure, gets their management liability renewal quote and the premium is up 20%.  The CFO says, “Our company is the same as it was a year ago, why did my premium increase?” The current premium...Read More

Dare we say it?! There are signs of a hardening market in healthcare. February 2020 For those of you that have been around as long as I have, you’ve most likely experienced a “hard market.”  For those of you that haven’t, you might be asking, just what is a hard market?  IRMI defines it as...Read More

Insurance Business Magazine has just released it’s annual roundup of the Top Specialist Brokers in the United States, and our West Coast Lawyers’ Professional Liability Practice Leader, Raffi Kodikian was chosen for his knowledge of and deep expertise in lawyers’ professional liability insurance. Congrats Raffi! We’re lucky to have you on team Founders. Raffi Kodikian...Read More