An insurance carrier told a New Jersey law firm that they could not cover the firm's Web site if they had a blog. The insurance company Chubb saw the blog as a liability and fretted that the content could be viewed as legal advice.
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Lawyer Kevin O'Keefe sees the behavior as typical of the insurance industry. On his blog he
The insurance company does not seem familiar with the definition of blogging. Blogger Bill Gratsch
The questions that remain: are the insurance company just doing its job and being overly cautious; or are they truly confused by the concept of blogging? Gratsch sums it up writing," We obviously don't know the full story behind the insurance company's rationale and perhaps it is simply taking a cautious approach to give itself time to understand weblogs and complete risk assessments, etcetera. For that I cannot blame them. They are running a business, after all. "
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