Date : Jan 13, 2021
Authored by Aaron Simon for Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association (MIIAB) Cutting Edge e-newsletter
For more than a decade attorney Aaron Simon has served his clients faced with professional liability, insurance coverage, and complex general liability matters. Much of his litigation experience involves representing professionals, often insurance agents and agencies, when they have been sued for professional negligence or malpractice.
Often in handling the defense of an agent it is discovered that there was a breakdown in following the agent’s own policies and procedures. While the breakdown in following policies and procedures does not automatically mean the agent is liable for professional negligence or malpractice, had the agent followed proper policies and procedures the claim against the agent would not have arose or the claim against the agent would have been much easier to defend. To learn more about policy and procedure questions for you to consider read the article here.