This product provides law firms and their employed or contracted professionals comprehensive protection against malpractice claims, as well as coverage for licensing and disciplinary proceedings.

Product Highlights

• Broad definition of professional services including services as an arbitrator, mediator, notary public, administrator, conservator, receiver, executor, guardian, trustee or any other fiduciary capacity or title agent.
• Broad definition of Insured to include independent contractors, per diem lawyers and of counsels.
• Career coverage for attorneys who are at the firm at the inception date of the first policy issued by Catlin.
• Mutual consent required in the retention of defense counsel.
• Up to $10,000 defense costs for disciplinary proceedings.
• Worldwide coverage – the policy applies to wrongful acts committed anywhere in the world.
• Innocent Insured Protection: knowledge by any Insured of a misrepresentation on the application shall not be imputed to any other individual Insured.
• Multiple extended reporting period (tail) options.
• Awareness provision allows Insured to report incidents which may potentially lead to a claim.

Underwriting Partnerships

• For accounts with 20 attorneys or less or for any firms with 51% or more in defense related practice areas, Catlin offers a program product through LawyerGuard. For more information, please go to www.lawyerguard.com.