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Professional Indemnity Select

For businesses with a fee income of over £2.5 million or a turnover of over £7.5 million, traded through our branch network

Cover for your customers' needs

Available as a standalone policy or as an optional section within Commercial Select.

Key cover
Breach of professional duty, infringement of copyright, breach of confidentiality, defamation and other types of civil liability, up to £5,000,000.
Range of additional covers
Fraud & dishonesty, lost documents, joint ventures, automatic acquisition, court attendance, subject to terms & conditions.
Civil liability basis
Allows for any civil liability to be claimed, rather than restricted errors and omissions cover.
Specialist contractors
Cover for specialist contractors such as consultants, designers or sub-contractors employed by your customer.
Innocent non-disclosure
We’ll waive our right to avoid cover if we are satisfied of innocent non-disclosure, or innocent misrepresentation.

Our appetite for Professional Indemnity Select

Tailored wordings

We can find solutions for most businesses and have sector-specific wordings for the following trades:

  • accountants 
  • architects 
  • construction
  • engineers 
  • management consultants
  • media
  • recruitment consultants
  • surveyors 
  • technology and telecommunications.
We also have a non-sector specific policy wording (miscellaneous) for all other trades.
We wouldn't look to write:
  • accountants involved in tax avoidance and/or tax mitigation work 
  • actuaries
  • cladding risks
  • environmental consultants
  • fire protection consultants
  • independent financial advisors
  • Lloyds broker
  • medical malpractice
  • solicitors
  • surveyors involved with surveys and valuations for lending purposes.
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Why choose Allianz?

Financial lines experts

Teams of dedicated financial lines underwriters with comprehensive technical expertise and the right authority levels to make decisions quickly.

Outstanding claims service

Specialist solicitors with global knowledge and vast experience in financial lines claims.
 

Bespoke policy wordings
 

For a wide variety of trades, including compliant minimum approved wordings for RICS, RIBA and ICAEW members.

Free contract review service

From our legal partners, for customers in the construction, design and build sectors.
 

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Midlands
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Wales
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