LAWYERS’ PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
Austin, TX
In December, rapper 50 Cent was awarded $14.5 million in a malpractice lawsuit he filed against the law firm that represented him in a 2014 lawsuit – a high-profi le reminder of the reality that even lawyers need lawyers sometimes. Since the 1970s, Texas-based Daniels-Head Insurance Agency has focused on protecting lawyers against the possibility of malpractice claims.
“I think one of the more outstanding challenges in our specialty is educating our clientele with respect to the coverages,” says Maureen Levy, who handles corporate communications for the firm. “Claims-made policies are not cookiecutter policies … it is important for law firms to not only consider the bottom-line premium, but also take time to analyze the coverages, or lack thereof, to assure that the firm will have the coverage it needs at the time of a claim.”
Underwritten by Zurich, Daniels-Head offers coverage in 23 states for sole proprietors and law firms with one to 99 attorneys, attorneys who practice law part-time, and even for law professionals who moonlight as attorneys.
