Coverage Gap???

[Tee3]

Hope this post finds you well! I hope someone can help me out...out of school, I accepted a job and my malpractice (claims-made) was covered by my employer. I am now looking into my own coverage as my new employer will not cover this (yes, I know...not great, but the advantages outweighs the disadvantages). I think OCCURENCE would be the best way to go but am worried about the gap in coverage going from a claims made to an occurence policy. Have anyone else gone from claims-made to occurence policy? If you purchased a tail, how long did you keep that up? At what point (how many years) after a claims-made policy do you not need to worry about claims? I believe a tail is very costly hence wanting to start occurence policy now. Any input would be appreciated! Thank you, Tee