
Professional Indemnity insurance protects against the risk of claims being made as a consequence of advice given in the course of your professional activity. Tower Insurance offer Professional Indemnity cover with the benefit of a full civil liability wording in most cases - the broadest form of cover available. And with a range of specialist wordings for the many different professions we should be able to provide you with exactly the cover you need. For those businesses who operate from offices, our Professional Insured Office product can be added to protect most of the other risks you face.
What types of professional can be covered?
We are all increasingly reliant on professional advice of one sort or another to help us in our personal and commercial lives. As a consequence, the range of professionals seeking professional indemnity cover is ever increasing. Tower Insurance provides cover for the traditional professions as well as the more contemporary and emerging professions for whom the giving of advice may form only a part of what they do. Examples of the type of professional we can insure include:
| Accountant | CounsellingService | InteriorDesigner |
| Actuary | Dentist | Landscape Architect |
| Advertising Agent | Design & Construct | Loss Adjuster |
| Arbitrator | Design Consultants | Management Consultant |
| Architect | Design Engineer | Market Research |
| Auctioneer | Direct Marketing Agency | Marketing Consultant |
| Author | Draughtsman / Graphic Designer | Motor Engineer |
| Careers Advice Service | Engineer | Relocation Agent |
| Chamber of Commerce | Environmental Consultant | Secretarial Services |
| Charity | Estate Agents | Surveyor |
| Civil / Structural / Consulting Engineer | Forensic Scientist | Tourist Board Association |
| Company Registrar | Funeral Director | Town Planner |
| Immigration Consultant | Trade Union | |
| Youth Counselling |
What cover is available?
Professional Indemnity cover is generally provided on a civil liability basis - it protects you against claims made against you resulting from the conduct of your professional business, including any costs or expenses that may be awarded against you. Where you may be subject to awards against you by an ombudsman, those awards will also be covered.
The Benefits of Tower Insurance Professional Indemnity cover: