Professional Liability Insurance for Canadians
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Insurance for Professional Services
Errors are part of human nature and they can and do happen in business. Kelowna professionals need errors and omissions (E&O) insurance for protection against claims of professional negligence or claims of errors and mistakes.
With E&O insurance, you will have protection from financial loss and reputational damage that can result from allegations of professional negligence, errors, misconduct, or failure to deliver services. You may also hear it called professional liability insurance.
What professionals need errors and omissions insurance?
If you are providing professional services, consulting, or advice, you need to protect yourself with professional liability (E&O) insurance.
Some examples of Kelowna professionals who need this type of insurance:
- Architects
- Accountants
- Consultants
- Contractors
- Directors and officers on boards
- Engineers
- Event planners
- Financial services professionals
- Health professionals
- Interior designers
- Lawyers/Paralegals
- Marketing professionals
- Mediators
- Real estate agents
- Social services professionals
- Technology consultants
- Wedding planners
Do I need E&O insurance if I am not in a traditional field as a Kelowna professional?
Yes, you do in order to protect yourself from lawsuits and reputational damage. Any professional providing services can face claims of negligence including if you are self-employed.
What determines how much errors and omissions insurance will cost you as a Kelowna professional?
- Your field of professional services
- Years of experience
- Annual revenue
- Number of employees
- Location
- Past claims
What is E&O Insurance?
E&O insurance, also known as professional liability insurance, gives you financial protection from errors, omissions, and negligence when providing agreed-upon services.
It also covers failure to deliver a service as promised and media and advertising services that result in your client getting sued for defamation, libel, or slander.
Errors and omissions insurance builds on your credibility and trust with your clients and shows them that you are committed to professional standards.
3 examples of how errors and omissions insurance protects you
- You are an event planner and you mistakenly put the wrong time for an event both online and in print advertising. The host of the event sues you for the error. E&O insurance would help protect you in this case.
- You are in interior designer and have gone over budget and over the homeowner’s deadline to complete a redesign of a client’s house. E&O insurance would help cover the liabilities stemming from the budget overruns and delays in the completion of this project.
- Your financial projections were wrong for a company and you are being sued for negligence. E&O insurance will help cover your legal expenses, including defence costs, settlements, and awards up to your policy limit.
Professional Liability Insurance: It’s also called Errors and Omissions insurance.
This type of insurance helps protect your consulting business against claims involving charges of professional negligence or failure to perform your professional duties. Professional liability insurance helps covers lawsuits alleging neglect, misconduct, or failure to deliver advice or services as promised. Whether a claim is justified or not, defending a legal action can be expensive and have financial effects on your business.
Examples of professional liability insurance claims can include:
- Work mistakes
- Claims of negligence
- Overspending
- Undelivered service
- Missing a deadline
Note that professional liability insurance typically does not provide coverage for:
- Criminal, dishonest, or fraudulent acts
- Incorrect estimates of profits or economic returns
- Cost guarantees or price estimates
Need your Certificate of Insurance (COI) fast?
Some projects may require you to provide a certificate of insurance (COI). A certificate of insurance is issued by an insurance broker or company, and it shows that you have business
insurance. It is a summary or snapshot of your insurance policy, and it contains all the most important details, helping protect against third-party risk. Customers, businesses, or
independent contractors could ask to see proof of insurance before they agree to work with you. If the work you do has a high risk of loss or damage, you should have a certificate of
insurance.
When you get your insurance coverage through us, we will send you the certificate of insurance right away, so you can focus on what you do best.
Insurance for Hair Salons
You cut, style and chemically treat hair. You job is to make people look their best when they leave your hair salon.
No matter how skilled you are as a hair stylist, there’s always the possibility that clients won’t be satisfied with their look, a hair product gets spattered on their clothes, they have an allergic reaction to a product, or they slip and fall on your hair salon’s premises. You need hair salon insurance to protect your business.
Insurance for Photographers
Professional photographers need insurance to protect their livelihoods. If you photograph weddings, take pictures of graduations, or do family portraits there will be times when your clients may not be happy with your work.
Events can get disrupted and photographic mistakes can happen. An insurance package for photographers can be customized to your specific photographic business to protect you from any risks you may face.
Insurance for Massage Therapists
You can face allegations of professional negligence resulting in bodily injury, damage, or loss to your clients. As a Kelowna registered massage therapist, you need insurance that’s designed for your professional needs.
Registered massage therapy insurance coverage helps protect you should you be sued.