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Courts: Agents’ Duty Ends At Procuring Requested Coverages

Recent court decisions appear to shield agents from a duty to provide advice about sufficiency of coverage, limiting their legal responsibility to obtaining coverage requested by a consumer, according to this week’s NU cover story.

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NU Online News Service, April 12, 3:00 p.m. EDT

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