Design Professional Contracts – Words to Avoid

Design Professional Contracts – Words to Avoid

PDI is a proud member of a/e ProNet, a network of independent insurance brokers specializing in insuring design professionals. The below is an excerpt from a book available in electronic format from a/e ProNet. At its most basic level, risk management for design firms...
Demanding General Contractors and How to Meet Them Halfway

Demanding General Contractors and How to Meet Them Halfway

Some of the most frequently asked questions we hear are triggered by the disparities between the insurance coverage available to design professionals and the demands made for coverage by general contractors and their standard contracts. This is a nuanced area, and you...
Design Insurance Risk Management

Design Insurance Risk Management

Many design firms attend risk management training sessions and implement certain practices based on an industry trend or project claim. Other firms may only concentrate on contracts and insurance coverage’s as a risk management strategy, which only addresses a portion...
Cyber Liability for Architects & Engineers

Cyber Liability for Architects & Engineers

As design professionals embrace and integrate technology more and more into their practice, the threat of cyber related losses increases. Most design professionals liability insurance policies do not cover or address cyber liability, it’s a coverage that needs...
Sample Contract Clauses

Sample Contract Clauses

PDI is a proud member of a/e ProNet and we frequently refer our retail agents to resources made available by them. One such resource was in the February issue of their newsletter titled: Template of Reasonable Contract Clauses for Design Professionals It’s a...
Registered Architects by State

Registered Architects by State

(Updated 2025) We recently came across a study that shows the number of licensed architects by state. Since many of our retail agents specialize in insuring architects and design professionals and do business in multiple states, we thought you might find the study...