Episode 6: Getting ahead of the game - Changing how law firms and clients consider commercial risk.

In episode six, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Steve Jones (Managing Director of M&A, Litigation and Tax at AJ Gallagher) to discuss which insurance backed solutions are available in the market, how they are helping law firms and clients to consider risk in a different way, and the vital role that Legal Operations professionals play in getting these solutions from theory to application.

The podcast covers key topics including:

1. What are the main insurance backed products in the market and what do they do? 2. Satisfying the lawyers professional obligation to offer ATE insurance to their clients. 3. How these risk transfer solutions can also be used on defendant/respondent cases. 4. What are Law Firms or clients actually buying? 5. The insurance backed solutions that are experiencing the most growth. 6. Law firms missing the opportunity to get ahead? 7. How many firms are joining the dots on pricing, AFAs and commercial risk transfer options? 8. Understanding more about Judgment Preservation Insurance (JPI) a product we're hearing lots about. 9. Understanding how litigation funder "multiples" work. 10. Leveraging LegalOps professional to identify the commercial drives and manager client expectations. 11. How the early adopters are reaping the benefits of this as a USP. 12. Is legal expense insurance a disruptor or facilitator for Litigation Funding? 13. The benefits of having an LPM acting as the conduit to all parties involved. 14. The process for pricing professional bolting insurance backed solutions onto risk based AFAs.

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