Professional Indemnity Insurance

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Who needs Professional Indemnity ?

If you are in a business or profession where you advise others you may find yourself exposed to claims for breach of your professional duty of care.

If you , in the course of your work of advising clients ,make a mistake or do / fail to do something that could cause financial loss to another person, then you need Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Why do you need Professional Indemnity Insurance?

Professional Indemnity Insurance
covers you for the legal costs in defending actions brought against you and the costs of the award associated with the action.

Many cases are brought against professionals and fail, however the cost of defending these claims is significant and in many cases even if you win you will be unable to recover your costs.

All policies have terms limits and conditions and there are particular differences in Professional Indemnity wordings to for example a Public Liability Policy.

By dealing with us you access 40 years of experience in placing this type of business - so not only do you access many insurance markets - You Also Access Expertise!

Why you should deal with Burke Insurances

The website is merely an introduction to us and to Professional Negligence Insurance. When you deal with u, you’ll find that we provide the technical and professional support you would expect from a firm that has been providing solid advice on insurance contracts for almost half a century .

Recently we have established access to a specialist market that is the first to offer insurance that meets the insurance requirements of PCI accredited IT Security companies - The wording on these policies are very specialist and have strict standards to meet to pass the Payment Card Industry requirements - See Proposal below.

How do I get a quote ?

If you have not had Professional Negligence before - simply send us an E-Mail with the details of your occupation and we will email you the relevant form. We have included on the site some of the main forms used but if you don't see one that suits you simply give us a call on 1-890-799-997 or email us on and we'll send you the form you need to get a quote.

If you already have an existing policy and you want a quote just send us a fax or email of the renewal form you have completed for this year and we will revert to you with our most Competitive Quote.

Alternatively, you can visit our website specially dedicated to Professional Indemnity Insurance - www.piinsurance.ie

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If you have any questions please telephone us on 1-890-799-997 or email us Sean Burke & Paul Cawthorne
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If you don't see a proposal relevant to yor occupation - No problem! Just send us a mail or telephone us with brief summary of what you do and we'll email you the relevant form.
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Some areas where we see
recent Professional Indemnity claims occurring include:

Professional Indemnity claim due to keeping poor and or inadequate records.

Not taking action quickly enough when a client expressed dissatisfaction with work done.

Rushing Work leading to claim for incomplete checking of same.
Leaving work to junior or inexperienced staff.

Taking on too much work- not fully resourced.

Holidays were coming around and work was rushed, leading to claim for incomplete checking of same.

Unclear advice given to client and relying on verbal instead of written advice to client .

Software company designed accounting system for office which was ineffective causing large loss in revenue-Insufficient testing.

No terms of business given to specify

and make clear what work was being undertaken.

Failure to diary items that needed chasing - Subsequent consequences led to Loss of income claim .

Lodging "official paperwork"
for clients late led to claim for loss of revenue by client.

Claim against Insurance broker for Professional Indemnity due to keeping poor and / or inadequate records.

Medical Malpractice claims also include:

Failure to obtain proper consent.

Improper instruction given in issue of

medication.

Incorrect diagnosis sent to patient – incorrectly sent to wrong person but same name.

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