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Insurance Glossary

Free law firm insurance guide for solo and small firms

How to Choose Insurance for Your Law Firm

Protecting a law practice takes more than one policy. Learn about legal malpractice insurance, cyber coverage, business insurance, and how those coverages can work together to protect your firm.

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Why whole-firm protection matters

Why Law Firms May Need More Than Malpractice Insurance

Lawyers’ professional liability insurance is essential, but it does not cover every risk your firm faces.

Cyber incidents, employment claims, property damage, injuries, theft, and auto accidents often require separate coverage. Without it, your firm could be left paying the price.

Protecting your legal work is only part of the picture. To protect your firm fully, you need coverage for the business risks behind it too.

 

Build protection around your WHOLE LAW firm

Types of Insurance Your Law Firm May Need

Start with lawyers’ professional liability insurance, then consider the risks created by your firm’s data, property, people, and day-to-day operations. Use these three areas to identify where additional coverage may be needed.

Protect Your Professional Legal Services

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Legal Malpractice Insurance

Lawyers’ professional liability insurance, also called legal malpractice insurance, is the foundation. It addresses covered claims alleging errors, omissions, or negligence in professional legal services.

Protect Your Data, Property, and Operations

2

Cyber Liability and Business Insurance

Cyber coverage can address digital incidents and compromised data. A business owner’s policy can combine property and general liability protection for day-to-day operations.

Protect Against Risks Created by Growth

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Law Firm Coverage Customized For Your Practice

Employees, vehicles, client funds, and firm structure can create needs for workers’ compensation, employment practices liability, crime, commercial auto, surety bonds, or other products.

Straight Talk

What Insurance Does a Law Firm Need?

Most private law firms should begin with lawyers’ professional liability insurance, then assess risks involving client data, office property, visitors, employees, vehicles, money, and business interruption. The right combination depends on firm size, staffing, services, assets, technology, and operations. One policy rarely addresses every exposure.

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Get immediate access to practical guidance on lawyers’ professional liability insurance and the wider business risks a solo attorney or small law firm may need to insure.

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Guidance built specifically for lawyers

Law Firm Insurance Guidance Built for Attorneys

Written by a National Attorney Risk Manager

ALPS specializes in insurance for lawyers and law firms. The guide was written by Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq., an ALPS Risk Manager with decades of law-firm risk-management experience.

Guidance built specifically for lawyers

Frequently Asked Questions About Law Firm Insurance

What Is the Difference Between Attorney Insurance and Law Firm Insurance?

Both phrases can describe insurance intended for legal professionals. On this page, law firm insurance refers to a coordinated set of policies that may include legal malpractice, cyber, property, general liability, employment, crime, vehicle, and other coverage.

 

Does Every Law Firm Need Legal Malpractice Insurance?

Lawyers’ professional liability insurance is the core product for private law firms because it addresses covered claims related to professional legal services. Requirements and appropriate coverage vary, so each firm should assess its circumstances.

 

Why Might a Law Firm Need Cyber Insurance?

Law firms store sensitive client and business information and rely on digital systems. Cyber insurance can address covered costs and liabilities arising from incidents such as compromised data, ransomware, social engineering, and business interruption.

 

What Business Insurance Should a Small Law Firm Consider?

Depending on operations, a small firm may consider a business owner’s policy, workers’ compensation, employment practices liability, crime, commercial auto, bonds, directors and officers liability, and other specialized coverage.

 

Does Downloading the Guide Start an Insurance Application?

No. The guide is an educational resource. After downloading, visitors may choose to start an application or schedule a consultation.