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11 Fla. B. News 1 (1984)

handle is hein.barjournals/flabn0011 and id is 1 raw text is: Plan now to attend the Media-Law Conference - Brochure Inside Jal :iq1 19. Vol. 11, No. I Company- wil beome, giec LPonger B ar-endorsed carrier By Judson H Orrick Culverhouse, Crooms said. A~twiawtM . or .President Henry explains LPLIC situation The legal malpractice insurance market is Following a recommendation from the very competitive, today. Crooms said- Special Committee on Professional Liabil- considerably different from the market five ity, the Executive Committee voted to Over the past six months, the Special Committee on Professional Liability has been years ago. withdraw The Florida Bar'sendorsement of meeting to discuss The Florida Br'es role In ensurlig that professional liability coverage is When we came into the market there was available to its members. .The committee has' determined ;that several companies are Lawyers' Professional Liability Insurance, currently writing professional liability business in Florida and advertise regularly In The only one other company writing lawyers' lnc.,'December.15. . Florida Bar member publications... professional, liability insurance.. Last year LPLIC President Stan Crooms said the During Its deliberationscthe committee.and an independent consultant analyzed and there were eight carriers writing. Now there companyhas stopped writing lawyers' mal- discus'sed the ac tivi esof the Bar's currentiyendorsed carrderLawyerV' PFofessional Liability are probably six companies actively writing, practice insurance, and will withdraw from insurance Company. At a meeting on December-15-reu'resentatiVes'of LPLIC could not Crooms said. the marketaspliciesnow in force expire. answer, to the commlttee's'sa!jpfaction;'iuestions relating to LPLIC's present condition and The company has enjoyed a very positive .But thc'company will; continue to'sell future plans. TjiereforetheF-iecutiveC6mmlttee of TherFlorddaBar;'upon the recommenda- relationship with the Bar, Crooms said. He professional liabilityinsurance in the state as tion of the special cohifittee. has withdrawn its endorsement of LPLIC. ... ..a l y iLPLIC was created in-1979 In response to a crisis Inliability :rotection developing in hopes the relationship can continue when an agency, rathiestan a' carrier..Crooms Florida. Most ,,companies writing,profeslonal liability insurance at that time were with- LPLIC has advised The Florida ar said. He'iIplans would not be' flin until drawing from theFlorida market, or requiring very high premiums. LPLIC agreed to provide the .Cbmnjanymet vnith' state isuranice. coverage at reasonable premlumsand'in addition made a commitment to The Florida Bar to that all of Its obligations will bernet. officials 'to discuss LPLIC'S withdrawal stay in thoiamke.,for, at least five years. During the five years, the company's premiums Insureds will be receiving a letter from from the market. remained'compoltlve while Its losses climbed to the point where premium requirements put the president of LPLIC explaining the LPLIC 'was created in 1979. The St. LPLICInano eitive status. Ptesburg.biied ' ompany currently has LPLIChasadvlyheFlorda Bar thatalofits obllgations will be met. Those Insured with ComPmy' position In future plan. 2,27f oislicies in force, covering about 5,000 LPLIC will be reeiviig a letter from the president of LPLIC explaining the company's the company becomes an agency. We plan lawyers. . ' position In future plans . to come right back and seek the Bar's Crooms epl d wn During the nextseveral monthsthespecialcommitteewill be meeting to considerwhat role endorsement. But even if we don't get the Crooms epained why the €ork m it' s The Florida Br should have In seeing that the needs of the profession and the public are met e w wu c n tm wmwit n the marKet It'pre.ty In this area.l.. '. .endorsement, we would continue to main- simple. Af r five yra.rsiwe've deteimined tain the quality of service and openness that 'i44 h,.William 0. E. Henry, that. we ii -inpete. ith (he large William - E. H we've had in the past. c:rrie'a'. 'tlh braokerage 'side of- the 'ldnt, Whether the Bar will endorse another hoikJ 'll be briisiiina nothercarrer. The-Florida company is a question that the special Until we can getaproduct tliit's competitive, - - committee will.continue to. study.' Bar weca.n't wite any busifne. - We're. not leaving -the market, Crooms. Crooms aqd -Joe-Holloway, presidentof President.BillHenry,who appointed the ,. neyOiverthe ast two yars. So it's just a. !ennsylvabia,,and d.hi, rooms, funtion-from: th company's: pnncpal , have insengttthe ni~eds oftieprofesion decision. -sd --- stockholder, Jacksonvillef lawyer Hugh and the public are met in'thearea. SP~ections showBar spending: $8.... .. . . , .:,.8million_ in'84-'85 The .dget,0 Cmmittee for 1984-85 will forthentfiscalyearandestimatedincome example. BoardofGovernors know immediatelywhat .mectJaiiuryJS,and7at Barhadqarters thoe prorms iwill produce. ;This is the Th cost ilocatjon process was devel- each Bar program costs. ,n.Tallh .s o'reviw a propsed budget. :second yer.oveu.h.ad. cost hamve been.: oped upon ,rcomme ndlations ofourauditors Harknss said the 5 percent increase in the prepiredby sctios anid committees and all ocat.,fto r w~mand tbnrirstime . ianda. 1979 C-oopers&'Lybrand study of the proposed .budget: occurs because of the Th lori Barsaff , d 1J .-.' the 'ost -. dded. i n protinn mnbudgets• iBar~hbud etingind.iporting procedures, inflated cost of doing business, an increase l. :prelimi.mary budget shows:.projected .,wheniniid.jtolm-uiget C0.mmit ee:i Execuiv ,Director: John F. Harkness, Jr., of 1,800 new. mcmbers to provide services revenue of 0S8,40I,O000, or 5470,000 short of. Support g'6't i _Da'pjrint shop..maili~ng .aid.,.: i.. ,. for, and five. nw staff' positons in the •meetm$g'the :proJected disb~ursments of departmcnt -co.mPoterdepartment, builing , Tht.,tudy said the Budlget C~ommittee .grievance department. ' $87. 2,OQ ,ilniing 'fuadx batlance from - and ground..-'and othier 4upport~fuc0ins, should;be charged' specifically, with .the A recent report to the Board of Governors the l98344fiscal.year is.' ex'pected 'to be $1.1 was distribnt toteprogr.ams expense., responsibility.of ealuating progra.ms in the revealedltha.tg8rievancecomplaints increased million upo0n which th. Budget Committee The'effetofhisailocationo0fcostsisthat conteXtopfi a j.ive-y.ar plan and the financial 180 percenL in the'past five yearswhile staff can drawfor next rual year's fhortfaill no program'ijs-entirely.,self-supporting,: capabii o.Tei'lon.da.Barlto fund them. levels remained the same. For fihe past two nmonth BDtrdepartment Continuing legal educatio'n progrms' pro. Accbr~in ',jto l.itkness, this year's cost The Tampa branch office for discipline heads have compiled .theilr program needs ject 'a loss o0f approximately $200,000; for' .alocatIbnr will hl'.p the committee and the '/ (Please see.Dudget, page 1.5) Bar-backedsummay dl' uionlrUle approvedby SupW reme Co 4-3- .California lawyer ....... . ......... . runy, s f rFord •Th'e Florida Supreme Court anindedthe:. comments on the. rule until February 15. r n o lrd Rules of .Civil Proceure DecemberStO 8 Tlhe simpliidissolution procedure was Bar presidency allow childless couple, withno disputed poosed by -ile Sureme Court' Mat- .. o. property to dissolvtheir maraige.by filingiu menial Law Commission and .Th Florida . - a one-page for and making a brief court - Bar. Filed in Maya 1982 thieproposalifollo~wed Michael 0. Plunkett of Berkeley, Califor- appearance. The amendment will take effect the court's 1979 direction that the:Bar find nia, became thfirst out-of-state Florida Bar March I. .. h r I I waysof makincour s more accessible to member ever torun for he office of presi- •Designed :to .help: people get divorced those who, cannot :afford l~wyrs (The dent-elect when his nominating petition was without lawyers, Rule ..l611(c) will require 'Florida B&r v. :Furman, 376 So.2d 378). received at Bar headquarters December 16. .... .. . The upito .wa sindby 00emeso petitionersto certify that their marriage is Inthe 43 opinion adopting the new rule, The ponras s y m irretrievably broken; they have no chiidten, Justice Ben Overton, chairman of the The Florida Bar,many of whom reside in the wife is not pregnant,:their joint p~roperty, Matrimonial Law Commission, said, We Florida. ' rhasbeendividedtobothparties'stisfaction, find-thatitis this cot's responibility to An effort by the News to reach Plunkett dres. nih stafy,.igned the petition under implement simplified court procedures if by telephone was unsuccessful as this issue duress.' , . . . .. ' they reduce .legal: costs and make courts of the News went to press. More information Tlieymust also certify that one party has . more accessile :to Florida citizens, protect about' the candidate will be published in the resided ini'.Floridifor at least six •months,' the' rightsf'cit.fns in'the 'dispouitioni. of January 1 isstue. .e The resideic y 'must be corroborated by a disputes, iprotct the public interest in such Plunkett is the third candidate in the 1984- party's affidavit. proceedings, and are consistent.with the' 85 race for president-elect. William Trickel. The short form also allows the wife to statutolawin theareaaddressed. The rule Jr., of Orlando, and Patrick G. Emmanuel ''restore her maiden name. amendment adopted here. ..meets these of Pensacola announced their candidacies tThe full rule appears a xs an official notice criteria. Pleasesee pro in t e v some months ago. on page 5 of this News. The court will accept ,. .Pleuveee.1ulgn , page 1) S- ' BEST COPY AVAILABLE &xi.6 ,etAciyi' ,hril. n r icy ldi ab0ni~~ofn hm cesrmieli ae 'A -.

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