Liability Cover Insurance Professional Indemnity & Directors Liability
Be it corporate governance, legislation, or common law , directors and companies should now, more than ever, be looking at this specialist liability cover to protect the personal assets of Directors from potential liability if the company experiences loss or damage due to their conduct not meeting relevant standards.
Liability Cover Insurance Professional Indemnity & Directors Liability
Be it corporate governance, legislation, or common law , directors and companies should now, more than ever, be looking at this specialist liability cover to protect the personal assets of Directors from potential liability if the company experiences loss or damage due to their conduct not meeting relevant standards.
A Directors and officers liability insurance provides cover for past, present and future directors, offices, prescribed offices, and employees acting in a managerial or supervisory capacity covering:
- Awards
- Legal defence costs
- Investigation costs
Following an allegation of a wrongful act, including (but not limited to):
- error
- Misstatement
- Act/omission
- Negligence
- Breath of duty
Bought about by:
- shareholders
- Stakeholders
- Trade unions
- Government
- Creditors
- Competitors
- Suppliers
The policy also covers the company:
- when it indemnified a director or officer
- For securities litigation
Professional indemnity Insurance is a specialized liability product for professionals who provide specialized advice and /or services to their clients.
Such advice and / or services must be exercised with a degree of care and skill which is reasonably expected of such professional in their particular profession.
If the advice or service given by a professional to their client is deemed to be negligent, that professional could be held Legally liable for the consequences thereof and having a professional indemnity policy in place will provide financial assistance in defending claims and damages of such claims and allegations.
A professional indemnity policy provides cover for the following:
- Negligent acts
- Negligent errors
- Negligent omissions
- Negligent breach of contract
- Defence costs
Examples of Professionals who should acquire this cover are as follows:
- Accountants
- Architects
- Engineers
- Attorneys
- Insurance brokers
- Surveyors
- Motor dealers
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