{"id":9344,"date":"2022-06-02T19:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpatacabamcdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=9344"},"modified":"2022-06-02T19:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:31:48","slug":"independent-review-of-law-society-professional-liability-insurance-policies-for-lawyer-agents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpata-cabamc.ca\/en\/communicate-with-us\/newsletter\/independent-review-of-law-society-professional-liability-insurance-policies-for-lawyer-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Review of Law Society Professional Liability Insurance Policies for Lawyer Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9344\" class=\"elementor elementor-9344\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ad40a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ad40a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba77706\" data-id=\"ba77706\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edd192 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5edd192\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As per the <em>CPATA Act<\/em>, licensees are required to hold professional liability insurance. Lawyer agents from Quebec and British Columbia have adequate coverage through their provincial law society insurers. In the other provinces, law society policies do not currently meet the requirements established by CPATA to protect the public. CPATA recently contracted Axxima, an independent risk\/insurance management an actuarial consulting firm, to do an in-depth analysis of the five law-society insurance programs.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Law Society Insurance Programs that <strong>DO<\/strong> meet the College\u2019s requirements:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Fonds d\u2019assurance responsabilit\u00e9 professionnelle du Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec (Barreau)\u00a0<\/li><li>British Columbia Lawyers Indemnity Fund (LIF)\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Law Society Insurance Programs that <strong>DO NOT<\/strong> meet the College\u2019s requirements:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Lawyers Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO)\u00a0<\/li><li>Alberta Lawyers Indemnity Association (ALIA)\u00a0<\/li><li>Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA)\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Please note that licensees must have appropriate insurance coverage by <strong>December 31, 2022<\/strong>. \u00a0<br \/><br \/>Discussions about changing coverage by these insurers are ongoing, as CPATA has asserted that lawyer agents when practicing IP law should not have less coverage available to them for the work they do as part of their professional acts on behalf of clients. CPATA is equally attempting to work with insurers to identify insurance policy options to fill the gaps between current law society policies and CPATA\u2019s requirements. We encourage our licensees to communicate directly with their insurers to voice their requirements, in the hopes that these programs will evolve to serve lawyer agents better. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71f584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b71f584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For all questions related to insurance, please contact <a href=\"mailto:ceo-dir@cpata-cabamc.ca\">ceo-dir@cpata-cabamc.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd57960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bd57960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cpata-cabamc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-04-14-LS-Program-Review-re-CPATA-requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Review <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per the CPATA Act, licensees are required to hold professional liability insurance. 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