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ALPS Team: Apr 22, 2021
In March of 2020, just as Katie Peterson’s first year of law school was nearing its close, everything changed. As Katie rounds out a full year of remote law school, she and ALPS Claims Attorney Martha Amrine reflect on how 2020 upended long-held...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 21, 2021
I have been a risk manager here at ALPS for well over two decades now, which helps explain why I personally view the purchase of legal malpractice...
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ALPS Team: Apr 15, 2021
Not too often, but often enough, we receive phone calls from concerned insureds inquiring about what they should do now they have become aware of a...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Apr 14, 2021
Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello, friends and well-being advocates. Welcome to the Path to Well-Being In Law podcast, an initiative of the...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Apr 7, 2021
I’ve been telecommuting for over a decade now, so when a COVID-19 stay at home order finally made its way to Montana, not much changed for me...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 25, 2021
In this episode of the ALPS In Brief podcast, Mark Bassingthwaighte offers some insights in the arena of estate planning that are commonly...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Mar 24, 2021
I recently read an article that was a Q & A with a wonderful meditation teacher/writer/thinker, Sharon Salzburg (also, a co-founder of the Insight...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 17, 2021
Given how difficult it can be to try and take a planned absence, such as a long vacation or maternity or paternity leave, it’s no wonder that having...
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Karen Sprenger: Mar 16, 2021
We’re excited to share a guest blog from Karen Sprenger, COO and chief ransomware negotiator at LMGsecurity.com — one of our cybersecurity and...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Mar 9, 2021
As I stood, hip-deep in a snowdrift retrieving my dog’s poop, I heard a man start yelling and looked up to see that I had let go of the leash while...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Mar 3, 2021
A lawyer and non-lawyer business partner own a business. These two have a falling out and litigation ensues. The non-lawyer business partner and...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 25, 2021
Accountability, integrity, commitment. These values provide the lens through which ALPS realizes its vision. To live these values requires a...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 17, 2021
Difficult conversations can be, well difficult; particularly if the purpose of the conversation is to pass along bad news. After all, who looks...
