Professional Indemnity Insurance: Lawyer & Advocates

Professional Indemnity policy issued to lawyers and advocates is an insurance cover meant to compensate the legal officer/business from loss or damage incurred to them as a result of negligence, errors and omissions, breach of duty, breach of confidentiality, loss of documents, and defamation, among others committed while rendering professional service.

The policy covers all sums, which the insured professional becomes legally liable to pay as damages to a third party in respect of any error and/or omission on his/her part committed while rendering professional services.

In Kenya, The Advocates Professional Indemnity Regulations, 2004 imposed a requirement for a professional indemnity cover to be purchased by every advocate practicing.

This cover is to be used in the compensation of clients for loss or damage from claims in respect of any civil liability or breach of trust by the Advocate or his employees.

The Kenya Society of Law has asked all practicing lawyers to take the cover each year they renew their license. Under the rules no practicing certificate shall be issued to an Advocate without evidence of the required amount of professional indemnity insurance cover. Additionally, an Advocate who proceeds to engage in practice without maintaining the required level of professional indemnity insurance can face disciplinary action for professional misconduct.

We’ll walk with you and guide you every step of the way. We’ll show you what’s required of you and help you throughout your claim. At Dawit Insurance Agency we differentiate ourselves by making sure your claim is paid speedily and fairly.

Claiming processes are among the toughest times for a consultant or firm. But worry not, you have a caring partner who’s walking with you. We urge you to notify us as soon as the risk happens. We’ll guide you in the required steps thereafter.