Professional Indemnity
Professional Indemnity policy covers legal liability towards Third Party Property Damage and Third Party Death/Bodily Injury resulting from an alleged neglect, error or omission in the professional services rendered. It is not uncommon for professionals like Consultants, Architects, Doctors, Surveyors etc., to be dragged into the courts for alleged negligence, errors and/or omissions in the course of discharging professional duties.
All parties involved in any way in the construction may be insured:
Contractors
Firms commissioned to carry out the work, including subcontractors
The purchaser or owner
Parties financing the project.
Extensions on this cover are available for libel & slander, loss of documents and dishonest acts of employees.