Once upon a time, the professions were very easy to define: doctors, lawyers, accountants and architects. But things are not so simple now.

Read Deb Ropelewski's previous Sounding Board column, “Complex Exposures for Complex Times.”

We have become an increasingly service-oriented economy, and the “business and professional services” sector of the workforce, which had been growing rapidly, is now rebounding after the effects of the economic downturn. So what does this have to do with insurance, and specifically, professional liability insurance?

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