Legal risk software house Lexsure and
AmTrust Europe Limited, an ‘A’ rated insurance company, have signed a
groundbreaking agreement that for the first time links the use of risk
mitigation software with lower expenditure on professional indemnity (PI)
premiums for law firms, a move that could be worth tens of thousands of
pounds for some firms.
Professional indemnity premiums are a great
concern for law firms, as, particularly for smaller firms, they can
constitute one of the largest costs to the business aside from salaries.
Furthermore, a practice that is refused PI cover can be forced to go out of
business, a fate that befell some firms in England and Wales last year.
Now, for the first time, law firms can
evidence their lower risk profile for conveyancing transactions by using
Lexsure's COMPLETIONmonitor software, an online checklist, tailor-made for
conveyancers to reduce and eliminate errors and omissions.
COMPLETIONmonitor has previously been
recognised as a valuable risk mitigation tool but AmTrust have now
taken an innovative step and will reward firms that reduce their risk profile
by using COMPLETIONmonitor in the conveyancing process. Firms who insure with
AmTrust can expect a per case savings on their PI renewals for each case
completed with the software. Even for small firms with active conveyancing
practices, this is likely to result in a saving of thousands of pounds.
Russell Newell, Head of Professional
Indemnity at AmTrust Europe, said ‘We appreciate that the cost of PI insurance
premiums has a great impact on law firms, particularly for firms that do a lot
of conveyancing, due to the frequency and size of claims in that field. We
believe it is right and fair to offer a financial reward to firms that
empirically demonstrate risk mitigation by using COMPLETIONmonitor'.
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