Tackling the challenging PI Insurance market
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Tackling the challenging PI Insurance market

Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance has been a point of pain for a vast number of engineers over the last 12 -18 months, and continues to be so across the Australian market. A significant rise in the quantity and severity of PI insurance claims, combined with the ‘cladding crisis’, and increased litigation have seen PI Insurance…

Potential professional indemnity claim? Four steps to follow if your business receives a letter of demand.
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Potential professional indemnity claim? Four steps to follow if your business receives a letter of demand.

If a third party believes you or your engineering firm are responsible for loss or damage through an alleged breach in your professional duty, and they decide to seek compensation, you will likely receive a letter of demand. No matter how far-fetched a claim may appear, whether you believe it happened or not, it is…

Understanding and managing contract risks

Understanding and managing contract risks

Smaller engineering companies can sometimes expose themselves to significant financial liabilities by not properly examining proposed contracts, according to a leading insurance lawyer. Smaller engineering companies can sometimes expose themselves to significant financial liabilities by not properly examining proposed contracts, according to a leading insurance lawyer. Matthew Curll is a partner at Hall & Wilcox. He…