Errors & Omissions Insurance

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Legal Professionals

Victor’s Errors and Omissions (E&O) insurance provides valuable protection for legal professionals against allegations of errors, omissions and negligent acts.

Eligibility

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

  • Adjudicators/Arbitrators
  • Bailiffs
  • Court reporters
  • Lawyers
  • Mediators
  • Paralegals
  • Patent and trademark agents
  • Registry offices
  • Process servers
  • Title searchers

Coverage Details

  • 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

Policy Features

  • 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
  • Loss of earnings coverage for an insured when requested to attend discoveries, mediation and/ or trial as part of the defence of a claim (subject to applicable sublimit)*
Additional Policy Feature for Small Firms *
  • Coverage is available for small firms with annual revenues of less than $2,000,000 that are claims free.
  • Maximum limit of $2,000,000
  • Defence costs are excess of the limit
  • Zero dollar deductible
* With the exception of Excess E&O Insurance for Lawyers

Submission Requirements

Profession-specific applications: