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This AlertBulletin® examines risk exposures associated with electronic media use and offers general policy recommendations for the workplace environment.
If lawyers seek to continue to practice law they must devote time and resources to instituting sound banking and trust accounting procedures and supervising the parties entrusted with the authority to handle client funds.
Telemedicine: Risk Management Issues Strategies and Resources
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This edition of Healthcare Perspective outlines strategies designed to enhance clinical operational and technical processes associated with the provision of telemedicine/telehealth (TMH).
This edition of Professional Counsel® provides the 2023 most popular risk control resources for CNA-insured attorneys.
Reminders & Resources for Law Firms During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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This article addresses issues that law firms should consider in order to limit their exposure to professional liability and other claims.
Contemplating Coverage
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This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses the importance of attorneys maintaining proper LPL coverage throughout their career.
Risk Control Services for Healthcare Organizations and Providers
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CNA's dedicated Healthcare Risk Control team understands the challenges faced in the healthcare industry. Learn more about the Healthcare solutions CNA provides.
This edition of AlertBulletin® focuses on the importance of establishing a setting-specific, appropriately scaled framework for crisis decision-making before disaster strikes.
Healthcare Claims Capabilities
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CNA's Healthcare Claims professionals use experience from the medical and legal professions to provide superior technical expertise and outstanding customer service.
Expecting the Unexpected: Succession Planning for Lawyers
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How would your law practice fare if you disappeared tomorrow? Is there a plan in place that would permit an associate or colleague to address client and office needs or would they be left hopelessly digging through unmarked stacks of paper and scribbled notes?
Recognizing and Managing Your Organization's Shipping Risks
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It is recommended that due diligence be exercised when identifying and selecting third-party transport carriers to hire.
Key Considerations in Engagement Letters Usage
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As a leader in the lawyers' professional liability insurance marketplace we stress the importance of engagement letters in our articles guides and risk control courses. The benefits of engagement letter usage flow to both the law firm and client.
Epack 3 - Private Company Directors & Officers Liability
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CNA’s Private Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability insurance is designed to protect the company and the people who lead it, addressing claims arising from their decisions and actions.
CNA Affinity Programs Brochure
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We specialize in providing insurance solutions for trade and industry associations, franchises, buying groups and individual businesses homogeneous in nature.
Home Healthcare: Common Exposures and Effective Mitigations
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This edition of Vantage Point offers various risk management suggestions for home healthcare providers, ranging from practice guidelines to hazard assessment procedures to security measures for both patients/residents and caregivers.
Aging Services Claim Report 2018
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The Aging Services 2018 Claim Report is designed to encourage change in this critical segment of the healthcare industry. The report focuses on fall- and pressure injury-related claims which despite risk-reduction efforts continue to be the two major sources of professional liability.
Top Lawyers Professional Liability Risk Control Resources
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This edition of Professional Counsel® summarizes and links the most popular risk control resources for CNA-insured attorneys.
Evolving Models of Care: New Delivery Methods Present New Risks
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This edition of Vantage Point® identifies the elements of new healthcare delivery methods, describes the benefits and risks of these innovations, and suggests strategies designed to protect patients/residents and reduce liability exposure.
Advanced Practice Providers: Policy Protocol and Contract Issues
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This edition of inBrief is designed to encourage and facilitate focused review of organizational policies clinical protocols and contractual provisions to ensure they address patient safety concerns and liability exposures associated with the expanding functions of NPs and PAs.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Five Strategies to Achieve Integration
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This edition of Vantage Point® offers five basic strategies to prevent and mitigate common hazards on the road to organizational consolidation.
Small Business Insurance Solutions for Management Consultants
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As more companies worldwide turn to management consultants and opportunities emerge in a variety of industries, CNA’s experienced professionals can provide tailored coverage solutions to address unique and evolving needs.
Litigation Landscape in the English Courts
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While the statement that the world is getting smaller is something of a well used cliché it is true to sat that most large law firms now operate across many diverse borders and either have offices in or deal with local firms across a number of jurisdictions.
At a time when patient expectations are greater than ever organizations that approve privileges without fully verifying an applicants qualifications risk lawsuit alleging negligent credentialing practices. Download to learn about the impact of these claims on hospitals and medical centers.
Best Practices for Law Firms During a Pandemic
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Law firms can limit their exposure to professional liability and other claims by identifying and responding to key issues that may arise during the COVID-19 crisis.
This resource examines three major EMR-related issues and suggests countermeasures to protect patients and minimize liability exposures.
Even with FTCA protection, deemed community health centers face potential liability gaps. CNA's specialized Gap Medical Malpractice policy provides essential coverage for claims not fully addressed by FTCA protection.
Employers can take steps to mitigate risks of negligent entrustment by ensuring the individuals they hire to operate vehicles are qualified, competent and responsible drivers
Epack 3 - Crime
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Our Epack 3 (EP3) policy was designed to provide clear solutions for complex management liability risks, with compartmentalized coverage options that work together and don't overlap.
Serving on Boards: Blurred Lines May Blind Lawyers to the Risks
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Lawyers contemplating board service must weigh the potential benefits against the risks inherent in such appointments prior to acceptance and throughout the tenure of any board service.
Virtual Capabilities and Digital Solutions
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Maximizing flexibility and convenience for policyholders, our innovative virtual resources can help insureds save time and mitigate risk by identifying and addressing hidden exposures.
CNA Risk Management Strategies for the Physician Office
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Physician risk management programs today require a comprehensive and strategic approach known as enterprise risk management (ERM).
Risk Management Strategies for the Physicians Office
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This resource discusses the ERM model which represents a continuous process applied across the medical practice and influenced by staff conduct at every level.
This edition of Professional Counsel addresses referral and fee splitting agreements and the risks associated with them.
Business Transactions: Professional Liability Fact Sheet
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Lawyers Professional Liability statistics on Business Transactions/Commercial Law: Includes sales agreements agency agreements entertainment contracts commercial transactions including financing where real estate is not the major subject.
Risk Transfer Suggested Practices
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You may be able to reduce your chances of unknowingly accepting someone else’s liability or being exposed to additional liabilities by following the practices suggested in this guide.
Managing the Threats of Workplace Violence
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Compelling evidence suggests that employers who take a proactive stance toward concerning behaviors are more successful in deterring workplace violence.
Nurse Practitioner Claim Report: 4th Edition
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In collaboration with our partners at Nurses Service Organization (NSO) we at CNA insure over 26000 nurse practitioners (NPs) in a wide variety of settings. We are pleased to present our fourth nurse practitioner closed claim report.
Electronic Healthcare Records: Maximize Benefits Minimize Risks
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Electronic healthcare records (EHRs) have revolutionized the practice of medicine creating the potential for significant improvements in patient safety clinical teamwork and operational efficiency.
Informed Consent and Refusal: A Guide to the Fundamentals
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Informed consent (IC) is a two-way educational and communication process intended to prevent patients from being treated without their permission and understanding.
Family Law - Professional Liability Fact Sheet
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As an area of practice family law includes all litigation and legal services related to antenuptial and domestic relationships separation and divorce alimony and child support child custody surrogacy and adoption.
Using Your LPL Policy as a Risk Control Tool
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This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses CNA Risk Control offerings that may minimize claims exposure and aid law firms in establishing better risk control protocols.
To Avoid or Embrace? Navigating Third Party Legal Opinions
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This edition of Professional Counsel® discusses different practices and tools lawyers should consider when offering legal opinions for third parties to help mitigate potential risk.
This edition of AlertBulletin is designed to help facilities protect transgender patients and themselves by understanding regulatory requirements and liability exposures.
Billing Blues: Best Business Practices for Fee Collection
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As attorneys we routinely litigate arbitrate and negotiate on behalf of our clients. With regularity we analyze synthesize and scrutinize certain facts precedent and regulations. Managing accounts receivable however seems to befuddle the best of us.
Provider Burnout: A Root Cause Approach to Reducing Stress
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Clinical burnout is a work-related syndrome experienced by an increasing number of physicians nurses physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Weight-Loss Medications: A Risk Management Overview
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This edition of AlertBulletin® examines the risks associated with the prescribing and compounding of weight-loss medications and offers a variety of suggestions designed to limit potential liability.
AlertBulletin: Clinical Use of Smartphones: Ten Major Risks
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This issue examines 10 of the most common and potentially serious risks associated with the use of personal mobile devices in the healthcare setting and offers suggestions designed to mitigate these exposures.
Risk Control Virtual Capabilities and Digital Solutions
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Our innovative resources can help insureds save time and avoid costly claims by identifying and addressing hidden exposures.
This edition of Home Care Briefing examines three core elements of a home care fall-reduction program: risk assessment staff education and post-incident response.
Of Counsel: More Than Just A Casual Designation
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While the designation of counsel has been used by firms for many years the concept can still be a bit of a paradox if not often completely misunderstood.