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Liability Risk and Insurance

New York brokers not ‘professionals’

The New York State court of appeals has ruled that insurance agents and brokers in New York are not ‘professionals’. This can have a dual effect of increasing their exposure to malpractice suits while making allegations harder to prove.

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