Business owners like yourself understand the need for typical insurance plans to protect your operations:
Leading an engineering firm, you also need professional liability insurance. Your clients expect you to deliver buildable plans and specifications. If a mistake or oversight in your design causes physical and/or financial loss to a client, you need a plan that protects you from losses due to litigation.
This professional liability insurance, also known as engineering errors & omissions coverage, gives you the layer of protection that helps you pursue clients and contracts to grow your business. Despite in-house quality control and quality assurance processes, errors and omissions can occur that can result in significant damages. Whether it’s a small mathematical error in a set of design calculations or a note that incorrectly indicates inches instead of feet, a mistake puts your company at risk when operating without E&O coverage.
The reality is that some clients and business partners require consultants to have a specified amount of professional liability insurance before executing a contract or issuing a notice to proceed. You’re in this business to make money. Don’t disqualify yourself from lucrative contracts by not having E&O protection.