by Jared Maxwell | May 23, 2022 | Important, law firms, News, Resources, Risk Management
News Release LAW FIRMS SEE U.S. LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS COSTS SOAR AS THEY RUSH TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGE Lawyers’ Professional Liability Insurers Face Growing Numbers of Multimillion-Dollar Claims WASHINGTON, DC, May 23, 2022 – As law firms throughout the U.S. try...
by Jared Maxwell | Apr 6, 2022 | architects and engineers, Claims Advocacy, Important, Insurance Solutions, News, Resources, Risk Management
Why All The Jury Waivers? by Lauren Martin, risk management and claims specialist In the last few weeks, every contract I’ve reviewed has included the waiver of a jury trial. I used to see them now and then, but the prevalence of them recently seems to be a new...
by Jared Maxwell | Mar 23, 2022 | Important, law firms, News
News Release AMES & GOUGH APPOINTS URI GUTFREUND AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, LAW FIRM PRACTICE WASHINGTON, DC, March 23, 2022 – Ames & Gough, a leading insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving law firms, design professionals,...
by Jared Maxwell | Mar 16, 2022 | architects and engineers, Claims Advocacy, Important, Insurance Solutions, News, Resources, Risk Management
What is the Problem with Agreeing to Liquidated Damages? by Lauren Martin, risk management and claims specialist It is commonplace for a liquidated damages clause to be contained in an Owner/Contractor agreement. This makes sense because the...
by Jared Maxwell | Feb 14, 2022 | architects and engineers, Important, News, Resources
THE ZWEIG LETTER FEBURARY 14, 2022, ISSUE 1428 Managing Employment Related Exposures Many design firms that adjusted their workplace to address COVID-19 face heightened exposures to employment-related litigation and related negative consequences. By: Robert Hughes,...
by Jared Maxwell | Feb 10, 2022 | architects and engineers, Important, News, Resources
2022 Ames & Gough Market Survey: A/E Firms Face Headwinds Due to Adverse Economic Factors As the construction industry navigated a second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading insurers providing professional liability coverage for design...
