Insurance

Professional Indemnity, US & Canada

The North American team specialises in non-medical Professional Indemnity for clients domiciled in the USA and Canada.

We are a London market leader writing bespoke policies for a range of individual professional organisations, including some of the world’s largest multinationals. We are also leaders in solutions for smaller clients, generally written through binding authorities throughout North America.

Legal Malpractice
We underwrite malpractice for lawyers throughout the USA and Canada. We specialise in the insurance of medium to large general practice firms with over 20 professionals favouring specialist boutique firms such as those focusing on intellectual property.

Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions 
Clients range from start-up firms to some of the largest construction companies in the industry. We insure architects, engineers, construction managers’ design/build firms, project managers and environmental risks.

Accountants Malpractice
We specialise in regional and national middle-tier accounting firms.

Technology, Cyber and Privacy Risk
Our target client base is derived from a range of business in the IT and internet sectors, and those exposed to network and privacy risks in the healthcare, financial services, public utility and retail industries.

Insurance Brokers' Errors and Omissions
This product covers insurance brokers and agents against errors and omissions in the placement of their clients’ insurance coverages. We underwrite retail and wholesale insurance and reinsurance brokers, agents and consultants of all sizes.

Miscellaneous
We cover a wide range of professions against errors and omissions claims from their clients. Coverage can be tailored to the individual profession.

Overview
The team use their depth of experience in managing binding authority arrangements and association multi-insured distribution networks to write a variety of coverage lines for individual clients. Although the team spend much of their time operating in the binding authority sector, individual risks can be considered on an 'open market' basis.

Errors and Omissions
We provide Errors and Omissions insurance to a wide range of industries including architects, engineers, insurance brokers, security consultants, software developers and other hi-tech companies as well as various business consultants and other miscellaneous classes. As a team we specialise in working with associations, and establishing binding authority arrangements, using our depth of experience to tailor our product to suit the individual needs of clients.

Employment Practices Liability
We insure non-financial institution businesses including hospitality, retail, wholesale, auto dealers, manufacturing, professional employer organisations, insurance brokers and healthcare providers under a broad wording which can be specifically tailored and also extended to include an option for wage and hour coverage.

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
Focusing on privately owned and not-for-profit organisations, we write non-financial institution coverage for a wide range of professions.

Fiduciary Liability
We cover individuals acting as trustees against claims resulting from mismanagement of funds and made by plan beneficiaries. This product is typically sold as an additional coverage to our D&O product.

Commercial Crime
The policy covers companies against employee theft and is sold as an additional coverage to our D&O product.

Speak to us

Select your local office to contact an Underwriter or Claims specialist

Janet HendersonJanet HendersonDivisional Director
Tel +44 (0)20 7984 8843

Karyn WilliamsKaryn WilliamsClass Underwriter, Small North American Liability Risks
Tel +44 (0)207 984 8725

Jonathan MuddJonathan MuddClass Underwriter, Large North American Liability Risks
Tel +44 (0)20 7984 8976

Clive MooreClive MooreUnderwriter
Tel +44 (0)20 7984 8605

Ben MaidmentBen MaidmentUnderwriter, Technology, Privacy & Cyber
Tel +44 (0)20 7098 6499

Matthew JenkinsMatthew JenkinsAssistant Underwriter
Tel +44 (0)20 7984 8822

Andrew LucasAndrew LucasClaims Professional Lines Manager, Global Markets
Tel +44 (0)20 7984 8950

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Why Brit Insurance?Why Brit Insurance?

Our financial strength coupled with excellent knowledge of our customers’ markets make us perfectly placed to protect businesses around the world.