Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance
Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance is designed to protect professionals and consultants against legal liabilities arising from breaches of professional duty while providing professional services. The policy helps safeguard professionals from the financial burden of litigation by covering compensatory damages, legal defence costs, and settlements. It also helps protect the reputation, personal integrity, and assets of professionals facing civil litigation or criminal prosecution.
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Features of Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance
The key features of Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance include:
- Protection against professional liability: Covers legal liability arising from breaches of professional duty.
- Comprehensive legal protection: Covers legal defence costs, settlements, and compensatory damages.
- Automatic policy extensions: Includes several extensions without additional premium, such as loss of documents, libel and slander, consultants and sub-contractors, and intellectual property.
- Optional extensions: Offers additional protection for fraud and dishonesty, previous business, and increased aggregate limits upon payment of additional premium.
- Wide professional coverage: Suitable for professionals across engineering, finance, IT, consulting, legal, accounting, education, recruitment, and other sectors.
Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance: Inclusions
The policy protects the following liabilities:
- Professional Liability: Covers legal liability arising from a breach of professional duty while rendering professional services.
- Settlements and Damages: Covers compensatory damages awarded against the insured and settlements made in accordance with the policy terms.
- Legal Defence Costs: Covers legal costs and expenses incurred in defending covered legal actions.
- Automatic Policy Extensions: Includes cover for libel and slander, loss of documents, consultants and sub-contractors, joint venture liability, estates and legal representatives, outgoing principals, intellectual property, and newly created or acquired entities or subsidiaries.
- Optional Covers: Additional protection is available for fraud and dishonesty, previous business, and increased aggregate limits on payment of an additional premium.
Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of inclusions. Please refer to the policy wording for complete coverage details.
Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance: Exclusions
The policy does not cover:
- Prior or pending claims and known circumstances.
- Fraud, dishonesty, or liabilities arising from assumed duties or obligations.
- Fines, penalties, or liabilities arising from the supply of goods.
- Claims resulting from war, terrorism, nuclear risks, asbestos, or mould.
- Bodily injury, property damage, antitrust matters, or loss of revenue.
Disclaimer: Please refer to the policy wording for the complete list of exclusions.
Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance: Claim Process
If an event occurs that may give rise to a claim:
- Notify Raheja QBE as soon as possible through the call centre, email, website, or the nearest office.
- Provide all information and documents required for claim assessment.
- Take reasonable precautions to prevent any further loss or damage.
- Do not negotiate, admit liability, repudiate, or settle any claim without the insurer's consent.
- Cooperate fully with the insurer throughout the investigation and claim settlement process.
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Who can purchase Raheja QBE Professional Indemnity Insurance?
The policy is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including engineers, architects, financial advisers, IT consultants, management consultants, solicitors, accountants, recruitment agencies, educational institutions, and other professional service providers. -
What does the policy cover?
The policy covers legal liability arising from breaches of professional duty, including compensatory damages, legal defence costs, settlements, and various automatic policy extensions. -
Are legal defence costs covered under the policy?
Yes. The policy covers legal costs and expenses incurred while defending covered legal actions. -
Does the policy include any automatic extensions?
Yes. The policy automatically includes extensions such as libel and slander, loss of documents, consultants and sub-contractors, intellectual property, joint venture liability, and several other extensions without additional premium. -
What should I do if a claim arises?
You should notify Raheja QBE immediately, submit the required information and documents, avoid admitting liability or settling the claim without consent, and cooperate fully with the insurer during the claim process.
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