Insurance for Lawyers
Our Lawyers Professional Liability insurance program for law firms offers deep expertise and specialized solutions to meet the unique challenges encountered by lawyers.
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CNA is the nation's leading provider of Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) coverage – insuring more than 50,000 law firms and 155,000 lawyers nationwide. We are proud to be the bar-endorsed LPL insurer in Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, and the endorsed insurer of other city and county bar associations. Download our LPL Policy Highlights for more information.
After more than 60 years of experience insuring law firms, CNA understands the unique challenges facing sole practitioners and firms of all sizes. We combine financial strength, industry experience and a broad portfolio of products to address a variety of property and casualty insurance needs, including professional liability insurance. Our CNA Paramount® product with Law Firms Property Extension Endorsement was designed specifically for firms and insures against common property exposures that can prevent lawyers from conducting business.
In addition, our Underwriting and Claims teams include licensed attorneys. And if a claim does arise, our highly experienced Claims team, which utilizes the services of leading panel defense attorneys, will work with policyholders on the matter. Download CNA’s Lawyers’ Toolkit 5.0: A Guide to Managing the Attorney-Client Relationship to learn how attorneys can create documents that will enable them to better manage their interactions with current and potential clients.
LARGE LAW
CNA provides dedicated Underwriting, Claims and Risk Control expertise specifically for law firms with 35 attorneys to the largest in the world. Our program offers LPL written on an open-brokerage basis primarily through specialist insurance brokers – 25 brokers write over 90% of the premium.
Contact our Underwriting Vice President, Scott Kossove, for inquiries about our Large Law Firm business or to tailor an insurance solution to meet your specific needs.
PROGRAM LAW
We offer a broad product portfolio and customized policies with a wide variety of limits and deductible options. Our mutually exclusive program is available countrywide, with the exceptions of Oregon, Wyoming and West Virginia, and is written through various exclusive state administrators with DUA for law firms with 1-34 attorneys.
RISK CONTROL
Resources to Manage and Reduce Risk
Our Lawyers Professional Liability Risk Control team is comprised of full-time experienced attorneys who work exclusively with law firms to manage exposures and provide risk control guidance. We also offer toolkits, seminars, webinars, articles, a risk control hotline, and other resources to help mitigate risk.
- Professional Counsel® : Success Fees: Unlocking the Future of Alternative Fee Arrangements
- Professional Counsel®: Law Firm Data Breaches: A Legal Snapshot
- In Practice...with CNA®: Practical Advice to Address the Rise in Attorney Disqualification Motions
- LPL Risk Control Sell Sheet
- View All Lawyers Risk Control Resources
