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

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.

The story is “Courts Shield Agents, Brokers From Added Duties To Procure Coverage,” and is written by Peter Biging, who is a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and vice chair of the firm’s nationwide Professional Liability Group.

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