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Management Consultant Professional Indemnity
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Management Consultant Professional Indemnity
Professional indemnity for management and business consultants.
Consulting claims usually allege that advice caused a commercial loss, and the size of the claim tracks the size of the engagement rather than the size of the firm.
What is it?
Management consultancies provide strategy, operations, change, procurement and project advisory services, frequently to corporate and government clients whose contracts specify minimum professional indemnity limits.
What does management consultant professional indemnity cover?
Project delivery
Failure to deliver to specification, scope or timeframe where contractually undertaken.
Confidentiality and data
Breach of confidence and exposure to client information held.
What affects the cost?
- Fee income and largest engagement value
- Sectors advised, especially government
- Contract limits specified by clients
- Whether you take on delivery as well as advice
- Claims history
Worth raising on the call
- Contracts commonly specify the limit - the practical figure is often higher.
- Taking on delivery as well as advice widens exposure.
- Government engagements usually carry their own requirements.
Claims we are commonly asked about
System recommendation overruns
A consultant recommends a platform and an implementation approach, and the client's actual cost lands far above the business case, so they claim the overspend and the cost of remediation. The dispute usually centres on what was represented as an estimate and what was represented as a conclusion.
Confidential material reused
Material developed in one engagement appears in a deliverable prepared for a competitor, and the first client alleges breach of confidence. Claims like this often arrive without any financial loss being obvious, which makes early notification and defence cost cover the practical issue.
Restructure advice triggers a dispute
Advice on an organisational restructure produces employment claims, and the client seeks the settlement sums and legal costs from the consultancy. These matters generally examine the scope of the engagement and whether the consultant was engaged to advise on legal compliance at all.
Worth confirming in the wording
- Worth confirming whether work performed by associates and subcontracted specialists you engage is covered, and whether the policy requires them to hold their own professional indemnity.
- Worth confirming whether claims brought outside Australia or under a foreign jurisdiction are contemplated, since jurisdiction and territorial limits matter as soon as you advise offshore clients.
- Worth confirming whether liability assumed under contract is covered, because uncapped indemnities and the standard indemnity clauses in government deeds commonly go beyond what a professional indemnity wording will follow.
Common questions
Do I need professional indemnity as a sole-trader consultant?
Most corporate and government clients require it before they will contract, and it is commonly the gating item on a purchase order rather than an optional extra. The claim exposure also tracks the size of the engagement rather than the size of your firm, so a sole practitioner advising on a large program can face a large claim.
What limits do government panels require?
Panel and prequalification terms commonly specify $5 million or $10 million professional indemnity along with public liability and sometimes cyber, and requirements differ between agencies and jurisdictions. Because the limit is often inclusive of defence costs, it is worth reading the deed's insurance clause carefully rather than matching last year's certificate.
Does it cover me if a client simply refuses to pay?
Fee disputes are generally outside professional indemnity, which responds to claims made against you rather than to money owed to you. It is also worth noting that suing a client for fees is a common trigger for a cross-claim alleging negligence, so many wordings ask you to notify the insurer before you commence recovery action.
What drives the cost of consultant professional indemnity?
The main drivers are fee income and the value of the largest engagement, the sectors you advise and particularly government and financial services, whether you take on delivery as well as advice, contract limits specified by clients, the limit and excess selected and claims history. Advice-only work is generally rated below advice plus delivery.
General information only. Cover, limits and exclusions depend on the PDS, TMD, eligibility, underwriting and the policy terms. See professional indemnity insurance for the wider picture.
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