Editor's note: Peter Biging is a partner with the law firm of Goldberg Segalla, LLP

In recent years, fears have been raised that insurance agents' and brokers' “duty to advise” is being so broadly interpreted as to put them at substantial legal risk, in ways no one had previously expected or anticipated.

And a recent court case might be an early indicator that those fears are well placed.

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