The Bar's member benefits - saving costs during a lean economy.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 February 2009
• Author: White, III, John G.

Plummeting stocks. Soaring foreclosures. Crashing real-estate markets. World recession. Corporate layoffs. Bank bailouts. No raises. Nobody's hiring. In these bleak economic times, just about everyone is feeling the pinch and hunkering down to weather the financial storm. We Florida lawyers are no different. How about a bit of good news for a change?

As we all try harder to stretch a dollar, it's a fine time to remind you about member benefits available to lawyers of The Florida Bar.

* Our newest member benefit is provided by Celedinas Insurance Group and underwritten by Fireman's Fund. This year, the Bar will begin offering group excess personal liability insurance coverage. This member benefit, as explained by Terry L. Hill, director of the Bar's Programs Division, "will allow Bar members to secure higher limits of coverage than what is typically available in individual excess personal liability insurance at discounts of up to 60 percent. The excess personal liability insurance provides excess coverage over existing lines of personal insurance, essentially acting as an umbrella policy. The unique quality of this...