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Cary, N.C. - A Lawyers Mutual mainstay who helped create a claims department that became the gold standard for professional liability insurers across the country is retiring after 35 years. John Hester was Lawyers Mutual’s first full-time claims attorney when he was hired in 1985. Since then, he has guid… Read More

Lawyers Mutual proudly announces that Board of Directors member William “Bill” Pappas received the first Alfred L. Purrington III Memorial Public Service Award presented by the Business Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association on Friday, February 14, at the section annual meeting in Pinehur… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Consulting and Services (LMCS) published its first book entitled “The Most Powerful Attorney in the World” in November 2019. The book, which was written by Jay Reeves, is a collection of short stories from a “Law Life well-lived.” While Reeves’ book is the first pub… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Senior Claims Counsel, Mark Scruggs has been selected as a recipient of The John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award. The John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award program honors current and retired members of the North Carolina State Bar throughout the state who have demonstrated exemplar… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Association for Women Attorneys (NCAWA) has named Lawyers Mutual Claims Counsel Laura Loyek as President-Elect. The NCAWA made the announcement at the Annual Conference during their Annual Meeting of Membership, which was held on the afternoon of Oct… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to welcome Cynthia Hernandez, a 1L at Elon University School of Law.  Lawyers Mutual partnered once again with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession (“MIP”) Summer Associate Program to hire one of the state’s brightest minority l… Read More

Belinda and John Hester created a new endowed scholarship for Native American students who attend North Carolina State University. It is believed that this is the first scholarship specifically for Native Americans in North Carolina. In a Legacy Statement Belinda and John stated: "We are honored to be foundin… Read More

Angela McIlveen of the McIlveen Family Law Firm and Ellen Wortman of Marshall, Williams & Gorham, LLP have been named to the Lawyers Mutual Board. Their terms will begin on May 10, 2019. Board members Ken McAllister and O. Richard Wright, Jr. will be stepping down. Ken McAllister joined the Lawyers M… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Consulting & Services President, Camille Stell has been selected as a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management. The College of Law Practice Management was created to recognize, inspire, and promote excellence in law practice management by identifying and honoring extraordinary achiev… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina has declared a policyholder dividend equal to approximately 6.9% of the final premium paid on your 2018 policy.  This dividend, which represents a 23% increase over last year, will be paid at policy expiration and represent the fifteenth time sin… Read More

The most significant gathering of law firm leaders is taking place in Raleigh on March 12, there are a few seats left. If you serve as a Managing Partner, law firm leader, or executive staff, the 2nd Annual Managing Partners Summit is for you. Last year, lawyers and professional staff leaders from 67 law firms… Read More

Lawyers Mutual board member and Charlotte attorney Ronald L. Gibson was presented with the 2018 Chief Justice’s Professionalism Award on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by Chief Justice Mark Martin at the joint North Carolina State Bar and North Carolina Bar Association’s Annual Professionalism Dinner. … Read More

2018 was an exciting year of transition for Lawyers Mutual. We launched two subsidiaries, Lawyers Mutual Consulting and Services and LM Title Agency, LLC and welcomed several new team members. Among the new faces of Lawyers Mutual is Claims Counsel Uta Zacharias. A native of Berlin, Germany, Uta grew up in the… Read More

LM Title Agency is pleased to announce Nicholas Long, Jr. joined the company as Vice President of Underwriting on November 19, 2018. Last month, Lawyers Mutual announced the formation of subsidiary LM Title Agency, which officially launched operations on November 1st. Prior to joining LM Title Agency… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to announce the launch of a new consumer portal, providing policyholders easy online access to their information. The consumer portal was developed by Insurance Systems Inc. (ISI), a leading provider of enterprise solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry. “Afte… Read More