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Archives: August 2017

Georgia Contractors Professional Liability Insurance (CPLI)

Trends in the insurance and legal industry are creating new exposures for contractors. Contractors are now being held liable for damages and loss arising out of professional advice. A contractor not adequately protected, can expose their company to financial loss. Yet, less than half of all contractors in need of the coverage are buying it. Why is that? It might be that contractors don’t fully...

You Just Got Sued For A Social Media Post

A Texas jury has awarded a wedding photographer more than $1 million after determining a newly married couple unhappy with her work launched a social media campaign to post falsehoods about her. The Dallas County jury found Friday that the campaign against Andrea Polito amounted to defamation. The jury unanimously found the couple acted of out malice in targeting Polito in the months after their...

Cyber Risk Update

Over the last several years, cyber liability coverage has evolved from just insurance for information technology companies to coverage that nearly every class of business should have if they don't already. From retailers, banks, contractors, distributors, restaurants and medical offices, many businesses are unaware of the great security technology exposure they face. Recent state laws require companies that have experienced a security breach to notify...

Advantages of an Independent Agent

Partners Risk Services is an independent agency. This means we don’t work for any one specific insurance company. We have access to many markets, giving us the ability to shop your account and search the market for the best option for you. With captive insurance agents, like the big national companies, you only get the guidance of one company that sells one brand of insurance....