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CNA has compiled professional liability Claims data from recent years to analyze trends and provide tips for mitigating the risks associated with legal malpractice claims in Plaintiff’s Personal Injury/property Damage.
Hailstorms: Protecting People and Property
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Review this guide to learn how to prepare for hailstorms.
New York City Sidewalk Law
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If you own or lease space within a property in New York City, it is vital to understand where your responsibilities lie when it comes to sidewalk maintenance.
Water Damage Incident Response Guide
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Responding to water damage incidents is similar – every minute of delay increases the risk of property damage and an extended business disruption
Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Rental Boilers
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When damage occurs to equipment or property, necessitating the installation of rental boilers, the last thing you want is the rental equipment to fail.
New York State Labor Law
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If you own or lease space within a property in New York City, it is vital to understand where your responsibilities lie when it comes to sidewalk maintenance.
National Accounts Brochure
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At CNA, our national Accounts team reviews each large business' specific needs and develops customized risk management and insurance solutions with meaningful capacity across property, Casualty and Financial Lines of business.
BOOSTTM Max
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Walkway Management Group offers a nano-ceramic floor sealant designed to increase flooring lifespan, appearance, and anti-slip properties.
Snow Loading and Roof Collapse Preparation
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As winter approaches, businesses often neglect to plan for roof collapses, one of most serious winter threats. Even a partial roof collapse can deliver devastating property damage, business interruption and possibly loss of life.
Air Conditioning Start up Maintenance Tips
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Property Maintenance of HVAC systems can ensure lower electrical consumption reduce repair costs and increase life span for air conditioning equipment.
Potential Pitfalls for Lawyers Practicing in Fracking Oil Rights
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The drilling and fracking of oil and gas deposits in the Marcellus Shale region has created business opportunities for lawyers. However this has led to an increase in legal malpractice claims. Learn more about the potential pitfalls for lawyers practicing in fracking and oil rights.
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.
Equipment Breakdown Brochure
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CNA's Equipment Breakdown insurance helps address financial loss due to accidental breakdown of certain machinery and equipment used in a business or office.
2023 Strategic Business Resilience Report
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CNA’s 2023 Strategic Business Resilience report was created to help leaders build a resilient culture and develop a sustained ability to endure disruptive events.
Risk Services Capabilities
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CNA’s Risk Services, the newest expansion of our service offerings, allows U.S.-based policyholders to purchase standalone services under a separate contract.
Risk Control Capabilities Brochure
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An overview of available tools, services and expertise to help mitigate risk.
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.
Business Resilience for Wildfire Events
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The two main aspects of a building’s ability to resist wildfire damage are the details of the construction and the characteristics of the defensible space, a cleared area surrounding the building.
Risks of Business Transactions: A Claim Study for Lawyers
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Business transactions are a staple of practice for many lawyers especially in small to midsize firms. Download this study to help recognize the most common risk that practitioners encounter.
Multinational Claims Capabilities
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CNA’s team of multinational Claims professionals ensures that you and your business receive a seamless claim-handling experience.
Resilience Checklist for Winter Weather
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Use this checklist to ensure you are prepared for the hazards that come with winter weather.
Resilience Checklist for Approaching Hurricanes
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When a storm is forecasted to make landfall, consider the following actions to minimize impact to business operations before, during and after it has passed.
Lawyers Professional Liability Policy Highlights
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CNA is the nation's leading underwriter of Lawyers Professional Liability and Federal and State Judges Professional Liability coverage.
Lawyers Professional Liability Risk Control
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With more than 60 years of experience providing lawyers professional liability insurance, CNA offers a broad range of insurance products and solutions through its Underwriting, Claims and Risk Control teams.
Retiring from Practice: Understanding Your Options
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An attorney like anyone else looks toward retirement with mixed emotions. Retirement means bidding farewell to angry client phone calls and late night brief writing but it also means stepping away from your life's work.
Lawyers' Duties Regarding Legal Files After a Client's Death
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Courts uniformly have held that the attorney-client privilege survives the death of a client. Complex issues arise regarding the lawyer's duties to her former client when the personal representative seeks files that are unrelated to the administration of the estate.
Business Resiliency Self-Assessment
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Complete this assessment and consider the corrective actions to improve your business resiliency.
Getting a Safer Birds-Eye View: Considerations for Drones
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Drones have quickly become popular for commercial uses and offer myriad opportunities for businesses with very little up-front cost. But while the sky may be the limit for this technology's growth the rapid adoption of drone use comes with its own set of unique risks.
Creating a File Retention and Destruction Policy
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Lawyers and law firms must manage an increasing amount of data both physical and digital over a vast array of evolving devices and media. Download CNA's PROfessional Counsel guide to learn more about how to implement a Records Management Plan (RMP).
Damage Prevention Guidelines: Excavation Procedures
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Learn risk mitigating excavation procedures for underground facilities.
Resolving Disputes Regarding the Client File
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Implementing and enforcing a file retention and destruction policy helps law firms safeguard client confidences and organize information to permit effective representation. Learn more about how to properly maintain client files to avoid disputes.
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.
2022 Strategic Business Resilience Report
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Strategic Business Resilience Report: Position your organization to endure and thrive through adverse business conditions.
Enhancing Floor Safety: Slip Resistance Maintenance & Risk
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Slips and falls can happen anywhere. Whether it's a visitor customer or your employee what matters most is that you implement a prevention program to increase safety and reduce liability exposures.
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.
This edition of In Practice... with CNA® discusses how dabbling in new areas of law can help expand your practice, but also increase risk for disciplinary and legal malpractice complaints if not prepared.
CERTA - NRCA Certified Roofing Torch Applicator Program
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Since the implementation of the CERTA Program, CNA has helped roofing contractors save over $12 million in potential incurred claims.
This In Practice...with CNA® defines ethical principles that govern attorneys' behavior in bankruptcy cases. These help attorneys work to avoid problems, establish strong risk management procedures and serve their clients' interests successfully.
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.
Water Heater Maintenance and Service
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This bulletin looks at the few items that given the attention they deserve will decrease the cost of ownership by increasing the life of the heater and doing so in a safe and reliable manner.
Wills Trusts and Estates - Third-Party Beneficiaries Claims
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Wills trusts and estates lawyers should be concerned about liability and duties to both their own clients and third-party beneficiaries. Download to learn more about documentation and how it can be effective in client service and practice management.
Product Recall Planning
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The following recall plan guidance can prepare your organization to act quickly in the event of a product recall.
Water Damage Technology Solutions
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Here are ways you can leverage technology to minimize the impact and maximize the effectiveness of your water damage mitigation programs.
Alert: New Scam Targeting Lawyers Wiring Funds
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Lawyers should beware of a sophisticated new hacking scam the FBI refers to as Business E-mail Compromise. Lawyers in multiple states have recently reported being victimized by this scam.
International Solutions Success Stories
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This document touches on successes CNA has had in ten different locations around the world.
Industrial Hygiene Services
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This sell sheet provides an overview of Commercial US Industrial Hygiene Services.
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.
The Driver: Situational Awareness While Driving
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Situational awareness while driving is integral to ensuring that your actions and reactions can be completed in sufficient time to prevent an accident.
Small Business Operational Resilience Checklist
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This checklist provides actions for your organization to consider before, during and after a business disruption.
The Driver: Understanding Driver Distractions
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In 2020, almost 3,000 fatal and 205,000 nonfatal distraction-related motor vehicle accidents occurred in the United States and in some parts of Canada, surpassing those caused by impaired driving.