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What type of insurance do architects need?
Find out what insurance architects need to stay on the right side of the law, and keep their reputation and finances as safe as houses.
30/03/2023

What’s retroactive cover?
Retroactive cover bolts on to your professional indemnity and picks up claims arising from work you did before the policy started. Clever stuff. Here's how.
22/10/2022

Is short-term professional indemnity insurance worth it?
Can you get away with short-term professional indemnity insurance? Not if you want to sleep easy. It's cheaper but it's much riskier...
02/09/2020

How much professional indemnity insurance is enough?
Wondering how much professional indemnity insurance you should get? Here's what you need to know about choosing the right level of cover.
18/10/2019

Professional indemnity quotes: what to look out for
It’s tempting, but try not to go straight for the cheapest professional indemnity quotes. Here's what to consider first.
19/09/2019

Professional indemnity insurance for engineers
Engineering risks are many and varied. Professional indemnity insurance for engineers protects your business and helps put it on a firm footing.
25/06/2019

Copyright architectural drawings: how architects can protect intellectual property
Architects must share their drawings when pitching, but how can they protect their intellectual property? Are architectural drawings protected by copyright?
19/10/2018

Architect Q&A: How to start an architecture firm
We spoke to Simon Laird of Simon Laird Associates about how he came to start his own architecture firm, what he learned, and what advice he'd give a newbie.
09/10/2018

Do architects need insurance?
Here's why architects need insurance. This architect's professional indemnity claim protected her after she got into hot water trying to help her client.
02/10/2018

Indemnity claims stories: free advice costs thousands
Sometimes being the Good Samaritan can cause more problems than it solves. And result in professional indemnity claims.
02/10/2018

Starting an architecture practice – the nine year itch
At what point in their career do architects consider starting an architecture practice? What are the pros and cons of going it alone as an architect?
28/09/2018

Why it pays to have architects’ PI run-off cover
Mistakes can take time to be discovered. That's why architects and construction industry pros who've stopped trading need PI run-off cover.
07/03/2016