Berkley Select (a Berkley Company)

📢 Berkley Select is thrilled to announce the rollout of our newest Employment Practices Liability (EPL) product – AttorneyShield®! AttorneyShield was innovated to address the growing risks faced by many law firms. The product provides tailored EPL coverage for the unique needs of law firms with up to 100 attorneys with limits up to $5 million and coverage available in all 50 states. Our newest product is proactive and timely as law firms continue to face lawsuits filed by employees against their partners. 📄 Read the press release in the below link and learn more about AttorneyShield's special enhancements. https://ow.ly/hkX650T3iWf #BerkleySelect #EPL #AttorneyShield

💻 Berkley Select’s Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Lisa Rowland, was recently featured in an AM Best and Insurance Marketing & Communications Association webinar series where she discussed her 20+ year career in insurance marketing and achievements launching several of our company’s strategic marketing campaigns, a recent company rebrand, ongoing innovation efforts and more. 📰 The webinar from May 2024 was turned into an article and featured in AM’s Best August 2024 issue. Lisa expressed some insightful ideas for insurance marketers on the importance of staying consistent with brand awareness. 💭 Lisa closes her thoughts with some wise words: “Seeing failure as an opportunity to learn really well will set the opportunity for any company to innovate.” Read the full interview in the link: https://ow.ly/bgw050T1w9N

Berkley Select is thrilled to be a recent sponsor of the National Association of Women Lawyers. 📢 Here is a reminder that we are still recruiting one individual to attend a virtual, 7-week Leadership Program put on by by NAWL, where Berkley Select will cover the costs of the program estimated at $1,000. Participants will strengthen their leadership skills and build their professional networks after completing the program. ✅ The Leadership Program is intended for NAWL members who have not previously participated in the Leadership Program and are in mid-to-senior positions. ✅ One individual will be selected to participate in the Leadership Program by our Berkley Select panel of judges and will be announced by August 30, 2024. 💻Learn more and APPLY using the below link no later than Friday, August 23rd. https://ow.ly/iJSp50SWntf Learn more about the program here:

We had a great time celebrating summer in Chicago at our company event last week where we cruised Lake Michigan while enjoying a buffet lunch and listening to a DJ. Summer in Chicago makes enduring the city's longer winters a little more tolerable - well, almost! Thanks to everyone who came out and brought spouses and family to celebrate 32 years of business here at Berkley Select!

⚠️Those working in Employment Professional Liability Claims (EPL) will tell you that wage and hour claims are ones they see repeatedly and often. 📰 In this brief report put together by our EPL Risk Management partner Zywave, several real world examples across the US where employers were found to be in violation of wage and hour laws are highlighted. These case studies provide snapshots of violations and general guidance on how employers can prevent similar issues. 💲In 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division collected more than $212 million in back wages owed to over over 163,000 workers. Check out the report to stay up to date with avoiding costly errors. Learn more: https://ow.ly/ur7a50SSvP1 #BerkleySelect #EmploymentPracticeLiability

💻We have an exciting announcement! Berkley Select is proud to be a Sustaining Sponsor of the National Association of Women Lawyers! As a leader in providing lawyers professional liability insurance, we are deeply committed to supporting women in the legal profession. ✅ We are sponsoring one individual to participate in NAWL’s 2024 Leadership Program, a virtual seven-week intensive cohort that seeks to strengthen participants’ leadership skills and build their professional networks. ✅ The Leadership Program is intended for NAWL members who have not previously participated in the Leadership Program and are in mid-to-senior positions. ✅ One individual will be selected to participate in the Leadership Program by our panel of judges and will be announced by August 30, 2024. 💻Learn more and apply in the link. Please apply no later than Friday, August 23d. https://lnkd.in/ebMuA5r5

In case you missed it. Al Roberts, Berkley Select's Vice President of Underwriting, LPL, was recently interviewed by Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and featured this week with that same article on the PLUS blog. Check out this informative read on an important topic currently trending in the #LPL space: Cybercrime. https://lnkd.in/g3wBw-wP

We had a great time hosting #interns last week from both Aon and Amwins on National Intern Day, July 25th, here at our Berkley Select Chicago office. Those who participated received a half day overview and networking opportunity on Berkley Select's Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) line of business along with introductions from other departments including operations, claims and finance. Thanks to those who participated for spending the day with us and learning more about LPL!

💻In this month's Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) Tip of the Month, brought to us by our Risk Management partners Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, we discuss confidentiality considerations when a lawyer posts to listervs. ✅ A recently released Formal Opinion 511 by the ABA concluded that Rule 1.6 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct does not allow a lawyer to post information in the form of comments or a question relating to representation to a listserv, even if it is in hypothetical form, without having the client’s informed consent if there is a reasonable likelihood that the lawyer’s post will reveal the identity of the client or the matter. Learn more: https://ow.ly/PRUL50SNJEz

Ryan Kelly, one of our Berkley Select Claims Team Leads, recently participated in a Podcast panel titled ‘The Precipice Podcast for PLUS that discussed a number of current issues in LPL claims. Some ongoing trends in LPL claims include • Social engineering schemes targeting law firms. • The post Covid law firm and how those firms are adjusting to attorney mentorship and development in a hybrid or remote work environment. • Mental health issues that continue to evolve as some attorneys struggle with the after effects of Covid. • A rise in conflicts of interest in LPL claims and the continued rapid growth and potential liability risks with attorneys using AI. Ryan elaborated on mental health: “I think there is emerging research and information coming out that there is a mental health crisis coming from the pandemic and remote work environment. So, what do you do in cases where you had a formerly high functioning attorney that was operating pretty much independently that people were not providing a whole lot of oversight to that suddenly because they are having a mental health issue, work product starts to suffer. I think that for me is an emerging area where I’m starting to see both LPL and EPL claims starting to emerge.” Listen to the Podcast here: https://lnkd.in/ge28Gbaa