Professional Indemnity

[Sue Spence]

On 1 May 2012 20:52, Paul Makepeace <paulm at paulm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:43, Sue Spence <sue at pennine.com> wrote:
>> On 1 May 2012 20:09, Dave Hodgkinson <davehodg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The renewal notice I just got made my eyes water. Two things:
>>>
>>> 1. When you're not working for the BBC, what levels do you set it at?
>>>
>>> 2. Are Caunce O'Hara still the go to people for this?
>>>
>>
>> How are you defining 'go to' ?  I haven't spoken with anyone who has
>> actually needed to make a claim on their PI insurance and I didn't
>> find any reviews I felt I could trust on the subject.  I recently
>> found Caunce O'Hara rather expensive (seems I'm not the only one) and
>> got my business insurance from Hiscox in the end.  Until I make a
>> claim on the policy I can't say for sure whether they were the correct
>> choice...
>
> I went with none. I didn't see the point of paying for something that
> seems to have zero legal (AFAIK) legal precedent.

In some situations, none isn't an option.  I didn't buy it because I
personally felt it would be useful - a client insisted.