Here is a short blurb from the subscription Meeley reporter on a case where the attorney failed to put the insurer on notice of a legal malpractice claim against him, even though he sent a letter to the insurer.
"ATLANTA – No coverage is available for a legal malpractice suit filed against an insured attorney because the insured’s letter informing the insurer of a dispute with a former client did not place the insurer on notice of a claim, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said June 8 (Clarendon National Insurance Co. v. Brad H. Muller, individually, and as trustee of the Corrine R. Muller Trust, No. 06-16184, 11th Cir.; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 13393). Full story on lexis.com "