If you offer your knowledge, skills or advice as part of your profession – either as a self-employed individual or for a company – you should consider taking out professional indemnity insurance.
Some professions are required to have professional indemnity insurance by their professional bodies or regulators – these include:
- Solicitors
- Accountants
- Architects
- Chartered surveyors
- Financial advisers
- Some healthcare professionals
Many other businesses choose to take out professional indemnity insurance to protect themselves against claims ¬– these include:
- advertising agencies
- consultancies
- design agencies
- public relations agencies