Click 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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jorgcpa - Posted in Accountants' professional liability insurance, Accountants' risk management, checklist, Comprenhensive coverage, insurance, Insurance application, underwriting process, Utmost good faith
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 […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in Comprenhensive coverage, Cyber Liability, Cyber resources, due diligence, email risk management, Fraudulent Wire Transfers, insurance, Phishing scams, policy coverage, policy wording, risk management, Uncategorized
- Jun, 04, 2019
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Limiting Malpractice through Scope of Engagement
by guest bloggers Jennifer H. Feldscher and Seth L. Laver. A recent NY Appellate Division decision serves as another reminder of the importance of carefully defining the scope of engagement in an engagement letter. This is because, under New York law, an attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope […]
What is an Extended Reporting Period?
by Shirley Fraser, CPCU, AMIM. AVP – Jorgensen & Company Most Malpractice policies are written on a claims made and reported basis, which means all claims must be made against the policyholder and reported to the insurer during the policy period. Other than a mini-extended reporting period (usually for 60 days) there is no coverage […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in Accountants' professional liability insurance, Bad policies, being sued, Claims, Coverage, coverage limitations, Extended Reporting Periods, insurance, policy coverage, policy wording, prior acts coverage, professional liability claims, risk management, Tails, Uncategorized
- Jan, 09, 2019
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Control of client funds
by Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb If your CPA firm has control of client funds and can write checks on clients’ bank or investment accounts you may have an exposure to CPAs or firm staff abusing the signatory authority by stealing or misusing the client funds in the firm’s custody and control. This could apply to bill […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in Accountants' professional liability insurance, being sued, Client relations, Coverage, coverage limitations, Crime coverage, criminal behaviour, policy coverage, policy wording, risk management, security
- Jan, 03, 2019
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Cybercrime Uses Social Engineering Techniques to Steal Employee Credentials and Commit Payroll Diversion
By Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb Recent developments clearly shows the urgent need for security awareness training. The FBI warned September 18, 2018 about new criminal campaigns that target the online payroll accounts of employees in a variety of industries. METHODOLOGIES “Cybercriminals target employees through phishing emails designed to capture an employee’s login credentials. Once […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in Cyber Liability, Cyber resources, Fraud, Phishing scams, social engineering, Uncategorized
- Oct, 03, 2018
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Fundamental Coverage Deficiency – delayed notice of claims
by Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ARM, ACIArb WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT – if you have a multi-partner or multi-office firm and communication regarding potential claims might be delayed, then it is important to ensure that your insurer will not deny coverage if you don’t advise a potential claim until after the renewal date. —————————————————————————————————————— When reviewing the […]
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- Posted in Accountants' professional liability insurance, Accountants' risk management, Bad policies, Claims, claims notification, Coverage, coverage limitations, known claims exclusion, policy wording, prior acts coverage, professional liability claims, Uncategorized
- Sep, 10, 2018
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Best Practices to Keep Your Firm’s Accounting Software Secure
By guest blogger – Ella Watson. Data is one of the most valuable commodities today. Aside from being used by companies as basis for all kinds of business strategies, it is also what powers most of today’s transformative technologies, such as artificial intelligence, automation tools, and analytics. With big data’s growing importance, several strategic processes […]
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- Jun, 21, 2018
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QBE Cyber Resources – eRiskHub.
A recent report from Netdilgence highlighted the increasingly difficult cyber risk environment for by business. A copy of the paper is available here. CPAGold™ members have access to a broad range of cyber risk services. One of the most useful is the substantial support and resources provided by eRiskHub. eRiskHub offers a range of tools and information […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in Cyber Liability, Cyber resources, insurance, Phishing scams, risk management, security, social engineering, social media
- May, 02, 2018
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Your Malpractice Insurance Policy May Not Cover You for Fraudulent Wire Transfers
by Rickard Jorgensen, FCII, ACIArb., ARM Back in July 2017 we posted a blog about a protocol to minimize the possibility of a social engineering claim (Go here for the posting). This topic has become of interest to CPAs as the number of spoofing claims has increased. A recent posting on the KnowBe4 website (go here […]
- Posted by Rickard Jorgensen
- Posted in being sued, Claims, Coverage, coverage limitations, Cyber Liability, insurance, lawsuit, Phishing scams, policy coverage, professional liability claims, social engineering, Uncategorized
- May, 02, 2018
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