How to Avoid Invalidating Your Professional Liability Insurance

How to Avoid Invalidating Your Professional Liability Insurance

At a panel for the NC Bar Association Construction Law Winter Meeting, attorney Melissa Brumback and her colleagues discussed insurance issues for design professionals. One hot topic was the way architects and engineers can inadvertently invalidate their insurance by...
Claims Made vs Occurrence – The Important Differences

Claims Made vs Occurrence – The Important Differences

One of the first things to look at when evaluating an insurance program for a design professional is whether they are on a claims made vs occurrence policy form. Here’s a brief description of the differences (from a/ePronet): Claims Made vs Occurrence Most...
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...
Design Insurance Claim Scenarios

Design Insurance Claim Scenarios

One of our carriers, RLI, has published a list of design insurance claim scenarios. These scenarios show what a difference it makes when your broker and your carrier specialize in design insurance. Call us today for a quote on any accounts you are working on: (317)...
Residential Design Exposures

Residential Design Exposures

Residential design exposure are of increasing concern to professional liability insurers or architects and engineers. The issues are various, and to a great extent depend on the nature of the project. In other words condominium/townhouse developments are viewed as...
The Advantage of Using a Specialist

The Advantage of Using a Specialist

At PDI, we do one thing – Architects and Engineers Errors & Omissions (E&O) Insurance, and related coverages. Unlike a generalist wholesaler, we don’t write the occasional E&O policy. We don’t casually know a couple E&O underwriters....