Commercial industry

Engineering and Architecture Insurance

Design firms buy professional liability before they buy anything else. A missed code issue, a coordination error, or a specification that fails in the field is a claims-made E&O fact pattern. The office package, cyber on drawing files, and hired/non-owned auto for site visits are the supporting cast.

We place small and mid-size architecture and engineering firms. If you also construct, you are design-build — contractors E&O and GL completed operations join the file. Project-specific professional policies are available when an owner requires them.

Risks we actually schedule

  • A design-error claim years after substantial completion — why the retro date matters.
  • A client or contractor alleging your spec caused extra cost or a failure.
  • A breach of drawing files or a spoofed-wire on a consultant invoice.
  • Site-visit auto and premises claims a office policy never followed.

Frequently asked questions

Can we use a miscellaneous E&O form instead of an architects and engineers form?

Not if you stamp drawings. Design professional liability is its own market. Miscellaneous E&O is for consultants who do not stamp.

What happens if we change carriers?

Keep the retroactive date. Resetting it to today orphans prior work. We treat continuity as a non-negotiable.

The owner wants a project policy. Can you place that?

Often, for a defined scope and term. Send the professional-services agreement and the project values.