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Professional Indemnity Insurance – Introduction

Summary

This interactive professional indemnity insurance training workshop is suitable for those new to the subject and looking for a comprehensive background to professional indemnity insurance.

The workshop will include an introduction to the legal and technical aspects of professional indemnity insurance.

This professional indemnity insurance training workshop looks at how professionals incur liability, the cover normally provided, the risks facing various professions and a brief overview of how claims are dealt with.

Course Content

  • Duty of care owed by professionals to their clients and third parties
  • Examples of professional negligence claims
  • Differing professional exposures, including accountants, solicitors, surveyors and IT & telecommunications
  • Professional indemnity policy – key elements of cover:
    • operative clause
    • claims made considerations
    • main exclusions/extensions
  • Factors to be considered when setting the limit of indemnity
  • The underwriting process
  • Claims process, including incident reporting and what is a claims circumstance

Learning Objectives

  • Describe how professional liability might arise under common law, contract and statute
  • Identify what types of professionals and service providers may have a professional indemnity exposure
  • Outline the types of claims made against various professionals
  • Describe the principal reasons why professionals should purchase professional indemnity insurance
  • Outline the coverage provided by a professional indemnity insurance policy
  • Outline the principal extensions and exclusions in a professional indemnity insurance policy

Ready to book?

Simply complete the booking form with your details and a member of our team will be in touch with the next available dates. 

Any questions?  

If you’re not quite sure if this course is suitable or are looking for further information, call our team on 0117 244 7221.