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Errors & Omissions – Legal Professionals

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Protection for legal professionals

Our Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance provides valuable protection for legal professionals against allegations of errors, omissions and negligent acts.

The following provides examples of a few of the legal professions eligible for Victor’s E&O insurance:

  • Adjudicators/Arbitrators
  • Bailiffs
  • Court reporters
  • Lawyers (excess above mandatory provincial insurance programs)
  • Mediators
  • Paralegals
  • Patent and trademark agents
  • Registry offices
  • Process servers
  • Title searchers

  • Policy form – claims-made and reported
  • Policy period – annual and multi-year policies
  • Capacity – limits up to $5,000,000 with many attractive deductible options (higher limits also available upon request)
  • Territory – coverage for claims made anywhere in the world, with duty to defend in Canada and the United States of America*

* With the exception of Excess E&O Insurance for Lawyers.

  • Lawyers: coverage applies directly in excess of provincial law society or the Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Barreau du Québec
  • Coverage for predecessor firms

For standard submissions, please complete the profession-specific form below that’s most relevant to you:

Or you can complete our generic form:

Errors and Omissions Insurance application form

Once completed, please send it to submitapps.ca@victorinsurance.com

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