Up in Smoke III – The SAFE Banking Act is Major Step Towards Access to Banks and Credit Unions (and Service Providers) for Legalized Cannabis Industry

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb This past month the majority of Democratic and ninety-one Republican members of the House of Representatives passed the landmark Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019, commonly known as the SAFE Banking Act. This law has been in development for six years and is intended to reduce the […]
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Oct, 08, 2019
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Professional Liability for CPAs – Understanding your coverage – Part IV – Exclusions

AKA what’s not covered…. By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb Whereas the coverage grant provides affirmative coverage, the exclusions take coverage away. If an activity is listed in the exclusions section of the policy, you do not have any coverage, no matter what the other sections of the policy state. It is the absolute […]
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Sep, 09, 2019
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Minimizing the risk of malpractice claims from lateral hires

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb Many accounting firms have aggressive plans to build their practices and expand the range of services available to clients. Growth strategy is often comprises of several elements: Organic growth is the simplest and arises from marketing, business and employee development and cross selling services to clients. Mergers and acquisition […]
Professional Liability for CPAs – Understanding your coverage – Part III – the coverage grant

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb Each insurer’s policy is arranged differently, and the items listed above can be located in different places and with different headings in each policy. However, by reading the explanations below, you should be able to locate them no matter where they are found within a policy. 1. Coverage Agreements […]
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Aug, 12, 2019
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Equifax breach settlement

by Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb. You may recall that in September 2017 we reported on the data breach suffered by the national credit reporting agency. Go here for the article. According to Reuters — Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. will pay up to $700 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a […]
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Jul, 22, 2019
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The Most Expensive Insurance Policy is Always the Cheapest One.

This following is an article by guest blogger, Aaaron Lipson of FounderPro about the perils of buying coverage based upon price considerations alone. In the past we have spent much time blogging about quality of coverage. Even our competitors often focus upon coverage over costs (even when we can point to coverage flaws in their […]
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Jul, 10, 2019
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Professional Liability for CPAs Understanding your coverage – Part II – the declarations page

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb The Declarations Page The declarations page summarizes the coverage in an easy to read one or two page document. It comprises: The preamble: Usually this is a statement about the basis of coverage which reiterates the wording that appears on the application and in the preamble of the policy. […]
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Jul, 10, 2019
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Professional Liability for CPAs – Understanding your coverage – Part I – the insurance application

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb This is the first of a series of 5 articles that together provide a good description of the underwriting process for accountants’ professional liability insurance and the coverage for CPA firms. ————————————————————— The insurance application is the primary document required by the insurer to “underwrite” a risk. This underwriting […]
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Jun, 04, 2019
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Gotcha! Three cyber policy traps to look out for (and a postcript to the CCH hack)

The following is an article published by CFC Underwriting, a leading cyber insurer based in London. The original article appears here. ——————————————————————————————————————— Cyber insurance is projected to experience major growth in the years ahead and new insurers are regularly entering the market. While this is creating greater competition and providing more choice for customers, some insurers […]
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Jun, 04, 2019
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Coverage for independent subcontractors via the CPAGold™ program.

By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb We recently received an inquiry from a CPAGold™ policyholder about whether there was coverage for subcontractors under the program. Simply speaking there is but only in regard to services performed on behalf of the Named Insured. While it is prudent and good risk management to verify that any subcontractors […]
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May, 13, 2019
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