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Cover for your customers' needs

Available as a standalone policy or as an optional section within Commercial Select.

Key cover

Breach of professional duty, infringement of copyright, breach of confidentiality, defamation and other types of civil liability, up to £5,000,000.

Range of additional covers

Fraud & dishonesty, lost documents, joint ventures, automatic acquisition, court attendance, subject to terms & conditions.

Civil liability basis

Allows for any civil liability to be claimed, rather than restricted errors and omissions cover.

Specialist contractors

Cover for specialist contractors such as consultants, designers or sub-contractors employed by your customer.

Innocent non-disclosure

We’ll waive our right to avoid cover if we are satisfied of innocent non-disclosure, or innocent misrepresentation.

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Our appetite for Professional Indemnity Select

Tailored wordings

We can find solutions for most businesses and have sector-specific wordings for the following trades:

accountants
architects
construction
engineers
management consultants

media
recruitment consultants
surveyors
technology and telecommunications.

We also have a non-sector specific policy wording (miscellaneous) for all other trades.

We wouldn't look to write:

accountants involved in tax avoidance and/or tax mitigation work
actuaries
cladding risks
environmental consultants
fire protection consultants

independent financial advisors
Lloyds broker
medical malpractice
solicitors
surveyors involved with surveys and valuations for lending purposes.

10 reasons your customers may need professional indemnity insurance

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Why choose Allianz?

Financial lines experts

Teams of dedicated financial lines underwriters with comprehensive technical expertise and the right authority levels to make decisions quickly.

Outstanding claims service

Specialist solicitors with global knowledge and vast experience in financial lines claims.

Bespoke policy wordings

For a wide variety of trades, including compliant minimum approved wordings for RICS, RIBA and ICAEW members.

Free collateral warranty review service

From our legal partners, for customers in the construction, design and build sectors.

Financial Lines Regional Contacts

Midlands/South West Financial Lines Hub

Luke Hayne
Senior Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7970 232 890
luke.hayne@allianz.co.uk

Antoinette Amory
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7385 340 591
antoinette.amory@allianz.co.uk

Daniel West
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7385 088 212
daniel.west1@allianz.co.uk

Caitlin Davies
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7385 488 457
caitlin.davies@allianz.co.uk

North Financial Lines Hub

David Aguirreburualde
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7385 088 344
david.aguirreburualde@allianz.co.uk

Naomi Kitchen
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 4533 55 55
naomi.kitchen@allianz.co.uk

South & London Financial Lines Hub

Matt Davies
Senior Directors & Officers Liability Underwriter

+44 7918 468 807
matt.davies@allianz.co.uk

Emma Lines
Senior Professional Indemnity Underwriter

+44 7385 340 442
emma.lines@allianz.co.uk

Maggie Kwok
Financial Lines Underwriter

+44 7918 467 574
mei.kwok@allianz.co.uk

Have a question? Contact your nearest branch.

South East

Chelmsford

01245 344 300 Branch contacts

Southampton

023 8063 5051 Branch contacts

London

020 3451 3000 BRANCH CONTACTS

Maidstone

01622 672 881 Branch contacts

Northern England

Manchester

0161 831 3000 Branch contacts

Newcastle upon Tyne

0191 249 4213 Branch contacts

Lancaster

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Leeds

0113 284 8200 Branch contacts

Midlands

Birmingham

0121 647 1111 Branch contacts

South West

Bristol

0117 943 5725 Branch contacts

Cardiff

02920 666 541 Branch contacts

Wales

Cardiff

02920 666 541 Branch contacts

Scotland

Glasgow

0141 248 2393 Branch contacts

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