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Our Professional Liability business consists solely of Lawyers Professional Liability.

Chicago Underwriting Group, Inc. (CUG) has written Lawyers Professional Liability on both a primary and excess basis since 1984. Our experience in this class of business allows us to maintain a market presence despite stiff competition from other carriers and various bar association programs. We consider small law firms under special circumstances but prefer law firms with 10 or more full time attorneys. We tend to avoid primary coverage for firms concentrating in: 1) Plaintiff personal injury work, 2) Intellectual Property, 3) Entertainment law or 4) Securities, but can sometimes consider on an excess basis, especially for IP firms. Any involvement with class-action / mass–tort work will preclude us from participating at any level.

We look closely at a firm's claims record and whether it has risk management controls in place. One or two adverse claims will not preclude us from offering coverage as long as the firm can demonstrate it has implemented controls to minimize the possibility of future losses.

We currently offer primary coverage in the following states:

Black = Admitted (Old Republic Insurance Company)
Blue = Surplus Lines (Old Republic Union Insurance Company)

Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware DC Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Excess coverage is available in most states, except California.

We can issue quotes based on other insurers' applications, but in order to bind coverage we require that our own application be completed and signed.