Amity Insurance, an innovator in the insurance industry since 1978.

Malpractice Insurance is one of your single most important purchases and should not be purchased on price alone. Like most things in life, you get what you pay for. When you have a personal medical or legal concern you would seek the advice of a specialist, the same holds true with your professional insurance. Although many agencies say they offer these products, few are familiar with the companies offering specific coverage and the differences between policies. Align yourself with an agent or agency such as Amity that specializes in meeting the insurance needs of the legal community.
 

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Legal Malpractice		Bonds		Content & General Liability
Workers’ Compensation			Employment Practices Liability
Setting Up A New Law Firm			Top 10 Causes of Lawyers Malpractice

 

Legal Malpractice

Legal Malpractice Insurance often referred to as Errors and Omissions or Legal Professional Liability Insurance, is a necessity in today’s litigious environment.

Low cost premiums and simplified applications may lure office administrators and attorneys, often overwhelmed with the day to day business of the law firm. It is important to realize that all legal malpractice policies are not alike. Rest assured that as an Amity client you will be offered the best coverage available at the most competitive price. We pride ourselves on our knowledge, honesty and integrity, and have been recognized as the best source of Professional Liability Insurance by the readers of the “Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly”, each year since 1996.

Our staff looks forward to having the opportunity to do an in depth insurance needs assessment and/or policy comparison for your firm.

For a quote from Amity please submit this application.
You can also email us at info@amityinsurance.com or call directly 1-800-940-4010.

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Bonds

Competitive Premiums Premium discounts of 20 percent or more for qualified applicants Discounts for prepaid premiums Applications Needed

No application is needed for bonds meeting the following criteria:

License & Permit bonds up to $20,000 (except financial, credit or tax payment guarantees) Administrator & Executor bonds up to $50,000 (except if principal has had prior custody of assets, is indebted to the estate or if a bond was previously filed on estate) Plaintiffs’ Court bonds up to $10,000 Public Official bonds up to $10,000 (except sheriffs, constables and process-serving officials) Lost Securities bonds up to $5,000 (except negotiable securities and bearer instruments) Fidelity bonds on ERISA plans up to $250,000

Bonds over these dollar amounts or bonds noted as exceptions above will need an application.

Amity is your source for fast, hassle-free bonds.

For a quote from Amity please submit this application.
You can also email us at info@amityinsurance.com or call directly 1-800-940-4010.

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Contents and General Liability

Amity’s law office business insurance sets a new precedent for law firms. Our program, packages the broadest and most innovative coverage exclusively for law firms. Amity’s coverage zeros in on areas critical to your firm’s success. Our policy includes coverage not specifically detailed in other policies. A sampling of the automatic, specialized language within the policy form include:

Case files and valuable paper Client’s property and items of evidence Law libraries Employee dishonesty (including ERISA) Indemnification for loss of business income Law practice interruption coverage resulting from off premises service, transmission and communication line failures. Coverage for law practice interruption resulting from civil authority actions

For a quote from Amity please submit this application.
You can also email us at info@amityinsurance.com or call directly 1-800-940-4010.

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Workers’ Compensation

Amity’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance provides a choice of class dividend plans or up front deviation. For more information on this program, fax over a copy of your workers compensation insurance declaration and rating pages.

If the above is not accessible or if your company does not have workers’ compensation insurance at this time contact Amity Insurance.

For a quote from Amity please submit this simplified application.
You can also email us at info@amityinsurance.com or call directly 1-800-940-4010.

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Employment Practices Liability (Endorsed by the American Bar Association)

The ABA Employers Edge EPLI for law firms was developed for Chubb in partnership with American Bar Insurance Plans Consultants, Inc. (ABI), and endorsed by the ABA, to meet the special needs of the law firm community through broad coverage features, superior claims-handling, and valuable risk management services.

Coverage Highlights: Punative damages coverage (where insurable by law). Third party coverage for claims for harassment or discrimination brought by clients or other third parties. Coverage for claims by partners and for claims for failure to make partner. Independent contractor, leased employee, and volunteer coverage. Expanded coverage of defense costs, including defense cost coverage for breach of written employment contract claims. Settlement discretion to the insures for amounts up to 50% of the applicable retention without the prior consent of the insurer. Prompt advancement of defense costs and, for qualified firms, the right to choose counsel. Optional incident reporting of potential claims. No "intentional acts" exclusion or "other insurance" clause. Broad extended reporting period options. Non-cancelable by the insurer (except for non-payment of premium). $25 million in limits available.

For a quote from Amity please submit this simplified application.
You can also email us at info@amityinsurance.com or call directly 1-800-940-4010.

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