With our first year under our belt, the CLIA team is looking at how to improve the blog for 2025. We’d like to let you know what to expect in 2025 and welcome and suggestions you may have on topics, content or format.

On December 31st, the 19th Annual Canadian Law Blog (Clawbie) Awards honoured the best online Canadian legal content from the past year.

The Not So Risky Business blog launched November 30th, 2023 with our aptly named post, Welcome to the CLIA Blog. That introductory post promised that each Wednesday you could expect an informative post on topics to better help you manage your practice, avoid errors and better understand your insurance coverage needs. We hope through our 66 posts this year that we delivered on that promise.

Did you know that new customers to our Voluntary Excess Program (VEP) can apply for coverage anytime? While the policy period for the VEP runs from July 1st to June 30^th, new applications can be received throughout the year. Applications submitted after July 31^st will be prorated. Note: Cyber coverage cannot be prorated.

Catherine Gaulton has joined our Board to replace outgoing Board member, Allan Fineblit. She serves as the CEO and Attorney-in-Fact for the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC).

In case you missed it, here is a collection of posts to help you get a better understanding of CLIA, the work we do and the people who make it happen:

The 2023 CLIA Annual Report can now be found on the CLIA website. The following message is from Dave Jackson, CEO.
Looking back on 2023, I can certainly say it was another busy year. Amidst the hustle and bustle, there were several standout moments worth sharing with you. 

The 2023 CLIA Annual Report can now be found on the CLIA website. The following message is from Allan Fineblit, K.C., CLIA Board Chair as his term as Chair and Board member ends. We’d like to thank Allan for his contribution to CLIA and for being a “huge fan”.

It recently came to our attention that Phyllis A. Smith, KC , former CLIA Board Member, passed away.

Canadian law societies protect the public by requiring each lawyer to maintain one million dollars in errors and omissions insurance. Initially each law society purchased insurance from the private market. During a hard insurance market in the mid-1980s, premiums increased dramatically. In 1988, law societies could not purchase errors and omissions (E&O) insurance for members.

You are required to report a claim as soon as practicable after learning of a claim or becoming aware of circumstances which might give rise to a claim, however unmeritorious.

For 35 years, the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA) has worked to bring peace of mind to the lawyers in our subscriber jurisdictions and the clients they serve.

For an organization that has been around for 35 years, we have an image problem. Or perhaps a lack of image problem. Many of the lawyers we insure have never heard of us.