E&O Edge Risk Management Library
This is a library of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' E&O Edge risk management briefs. Each E&O Edge brief is designed to provide your insurance agency/brokerage or law firm with helpful information on relevant topics in your industry. Our goal is to arm you with the information and education you need to better understand, reduce, mitigate, and manage your company’s E&O risks. We have tailored the information to the following segments: Agents & Brokers US, Agents & Brokers Canada and Lawyers.
Agents & Brokers United States
- E&O agency agreements
- Certificates of Insurance made simple
- Don't make claims decisions for carriers or clients
- E&O claims reporting do's and don'ts
- Insuring fire hazards
- Importance of documenting: say what you do and do what you say
- Navigate surplus lines market liability
- A case for loss control
- Avoid replacement policy traps
- Avoid liquor liability E&O claims
- Flood insurance misconceptions
- E&O nightmare on E&O street
- Tales from the E&O crypt
Agents & Brokers Canada
- P&C Brokers - Canada: Dos and Don’ts of E&O Claims Reporting
- Case studies/examples on misrepresentation - processing delays - inadequate coverage
- Details are critical when writing in US surplus lines market
- Don't make claims decisions for carriers and clients
- Life policy upgrade example
- Key loss drivers of insurance broker E&O claims
- Pitfalls of placing surplus lines insurance in the U.S. market
- Avoiding fire hazards
- Certificates of Insurance
- Workers' compensation
- Reacting to a carrier downgrade: A checklist of actions to take
Lawyers Professional Liability
Risk Management - General
Risk Management by Area of Practice
- Real estate
- Risk alert: real estate risks for Lawyers regarding Marcellus Shale
- Defense and Workers Compensation lawyers
- Securities Offerings: Risk Management Tips
- Divorce Law: A top claim driver
- Legal Update: Supreme Court Rules on Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- What you don't know about the Interstate Land Sales Act could hurt you
- Risk Management Update: Collections
Client Relations/Communications
- Attorney client relationships
- Engagement/non-engagement letters
- Protect yourself by communicating effectively with clients through engagement letters
Law Office Management
- Hazards of changing your E&O carrier
- Docket and calendar system basics
- Fee dispute
- Negotiating the recession
- Retroactive date: A key component to policy coverage
- Managing client Expectations
- Why Proper Due Diligence is essential for lateral hires
Technology
- Best practices for electronic communications
- Alert: Fraud against lawyers trust accounts
- Internet and Social Networking Policies
- Data Breaches: Risk Management Considerations and Best Practices
Ethics
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- Corporate Solutions' Brazil team at industry conference in Sao Paulo
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions at the BrokersLink conference in Miami
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions at 2011 PLUS International Conference
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