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7 04, 2021

Vishing – An Old Scam with a New Twist

By PLUS|2021-04-07T13:55:09-05:00April 7, 2021|@PLUS, PL Insurance|0 Comments

Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq. Since 1998, Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq. has been a Risk Manager with ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ malpractice insurance. In his tenure with the company, Mr. Bassingthwaighte has conducted over 1200 law firm risk management assessment visits, presented numerous continuing legal education seminars throughout the United States, and written extensively on risk management, ethics, and technology. Mr. Bassingthwaighte is a member of the State Bar of Montana as well as the American Bar Association where he currently sits on the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility’s Conference Planning Committee. He received his J.D. from Drake University [...]

Quantifying Economic Losses from Cyber Events

By PLUS|2021-11-15T11:44:55-06:00April 5, 2021|@PLUS, Cyber, Guest Blog|0 Comments

Ephraim Stulberg, CPA, CA, CBV, CFF is a partner in the Toronto office of MDD Forensic Accountants. He specialises in the areas of business valuation, economic loss quantification and investigative accounting, and has worked on numerous matters involving first-party and third-party insurance claims, including business interruption, network interruption, fidelity, reps and warranties, D&O and general liability coverage.. He has provided expert evidence in court and at arbitration, and has worked on matters across Canada, as well as the United States, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia. He can be reached at estulberg@mdd.com. Yvonne Kitkarska, CPA, CBV manages the [...]

2022 LAMP Application Now Open

By PLUS|2021-04-01T13:34:48-05:00April 1, 2021|@PLUS, PLUS Foundation|0 Comments

The PLUS Foundation has opened the call for eligible professional liability professionals to apply for the 2022 cohort of the Diversity Leadership & Mentoring Program (LAMP). Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 28. LAMP is a leadership development training program for PLUS members from diverse and traditionally under-represented groups within the professional liability insurance industry. During the one-year experience, participants receive group leadership training, pairing with a seasoned PLUS mentor, registration, travel, and lodging to the annual PLUS Conference and other select education programs, access to up to three PLUS Curriculum study modules and three complimentary RPLU examinations, as well [...]