PIProfessional Indemnity
E&OErrors & Omissions
5+Professions Covered
NAICOMLicensed — LIC 040

What Is Professional Indemnity Insurance?

Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance, also known as Errors & Omissions (E&O) cover, protects professionals when a client suffers financial loss and holds them responsible for negligent advice, mistakes, omissions, or breach of professional duty. The policy pays the legal costs to defend the claim and any damages awarded, up to the selected limit of indemnity. It also provides a retroactive period benefit on continuous renewal, claims arising from work done in earlier policy periods remain covered.

What Makes This Policy Valuable

01

Errors & Omissions Cover

Covers all sums you become legally liable to pay as damages to a third party for any error, omission, or act of negligence committed while rendering professional services.

02

Retroactive Period Benefit

On continuous renewal, claims reported in a later policy year but arising from professional work done after the first inception date are still covered, protecting your entire professional history.

03

Group Policy Available

Professional associations and firms can take group PI policies covering all members of a profession under one policy. Group discounts on premium are available based on the number of insured professionals.

Professions Covered, Select Yours

Click on your profession to see exactly what is covered for you under the Prestige Professional Indemnity Policy.

Negligent diagnosis or misdiagnosis leading to patient harm
Errors in prescription or medication administration
Surgical errors committed during a procedure
Failure to refer a patient to an appropriate specialist
Breach of patient confidentiality (civil claims)
Legal defence costs and court-awarded damages
Liability for errors by employed or named professionals
Errors by qualified assistants and support staff
System or process failures leading to patient harm
Claims against the institution (not just individual practitioners)
Civil claims arising from treatment at the facility
Legal costs for defending institutional negligence claims
Design errors causing structural failure or financial loss
Specification mistakes leading to project cost overruns
Omissions in drawings, calculations, or reports
Negligent supervision of construction works
Advice leading to regulatory non-compliance
Interior design errors resulting in client financial loss
Negligent legal advice leading to client financial loss
Failure to meet court deadlines or file documents
Errors in contract drafting or document preparation
Breach of confidentiality (civil claims only)
Conveyancing errors in property transactions
Defence costs in professional negligence claims
Audit errors or omissions leading to client losses
Tax advice errors resulting in penalties or fines
Negligent financial forecasts or projections
Management consulting advice causing business harm
Errors in financial statements or reports
Investment advice leading to quantifiable financial loss

“The policy covers all sums which the insured professional becomes legally liable to pay as damages to a third party in respect of any error and/or omission committed whilst rendering professional service.”

Legal costs and defence expenses incurred with prior written consent of Prestige Assurance are also covered, subject to the overall limit of indemnity selected at policy inception. Only civil liability claims are covered. Criminal acts, violations of law, or dishonest acts are excluded.

What the Policy Pays

  • Damages awarded against the insured professional
  • Legal defence costs and solicitor fees (with prior consent)
  • Court costs and expert witness fees
  • Retroactive claims from prior policy periods (on continuous renewal)
  • Settlement costs where agreed by insurer

What Is Excluded

  • Criminal acts or intentional wrongdoing
  • Bodily injury to any person (separate liability policy)
  • Claims known to the insured before policy inception
  • Fines, penalties, and punitive damages

Your Professional Reputation Is Worth Protecting

One client claim can cost more than years of fees. Prestige Professional Indemnity Insurance ensures that a single error doesn’t define your career, so you can advise, design, and consult with confidence.