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Laura Churchman, Marketing Communications Manager: Sep 29, 2021
The premier insurance rating agency, AM Best, announced Tuesday that it revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) of ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company. AM Best cited ALPS’...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 22, 2021
It’s quite normal for an attorney to have an emotional response after learning a malpractice claim is on the way. Problems arise, however, if the...
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ALPS Team: Sep 16, 2021
Clearly, the world in which attorneys operate — a world where the attorney is usually the point person assisting other people or entities in...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 9, 2021
Mark shares some stories of cancelled flights, employment emergencies, and more, to illustrate a timely point: When things go off the rails, being...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Sep 1, 2021
Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello, Well-being friends. Welcome to the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, an initiative of the Institute for...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Sep 1, 2021
Several concerned lawyers recently reached out to me each wanting to discuss attorney impairment. In light of these conversations and with a desire...
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LMG Security: Aug 31, 2021
This blog post is in partnership with LMG Security. With professional hackers and cybersecurity criminals posing a constant threat to law firms...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 24, 2021
As a risk manager for a nationwide legal malpractice insurer, I am sure it comes as no surprise that I believe the purchase of legal malpractice...
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Stacey K. Smith, Esq. Director of Claims: Aug 19, 2021
“Baby Boomers, the generation of people born between 1944 and 1964, are expected to transfer $30 trillion in wealth to younger generations over the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 18, 2021
The number of times I’ve observed or heard about a problematic nonverbal interaction with a client (to which the involved lawyer or staff member was...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Aug 11, 2021
Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello, well-being friends and welcome to the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, an initiative of the Institute for...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 30, 2021
Mark Bassingthwaighte: Hello, I’m Mark Bassingthwaighte, the risk manager here at ALPS. And welcome to another episode of ALPS In Brief, the...
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ALPS Team: Jul 23, 2021
Every 18 months, ALPS conducts an anonymous employee-engagement survey to determine how our people are feeling about working here at ALPS. We have...
