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Liability & Professional Risk Insurance

Liability & Professional Risk Insurance

Protect your business against legal claims, financial losses, and professional mistakes that could arise from your operations, advice, products, services, or management decisions. This category includes policies such as public liability, statutory liability, professional indemnity, management liability, cyber liability, and other specialised business liability covers.

 

Contact us to discuss how liability insurance can help protect your business, directors, employees, and reputation.

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Understanding Liability Exposures

Modern businesses face increasing legal, regulatory, contractual, and cyber-related risks. Even where allegations are unfounded, the cost of responding to investigations, defending claims, and obtaining legal advice can be significant.

Liability insurance helps businesses manage these risks by providing financial protection and support when disputes, claims, or regulatory issues arise.

Liability Solutions Aligned to Your Business Risks

We take the time to understand your business activities, contractual obligations, regulatory environment, and professional responsibilities before recommending liability insurance solutions tailored to your needs.

Managing Financial and Reputational Risk

Liability claims can result in significant legal costs, management time, and reputational damage. Appropriate insurance can help businesses respond to claims, investigations, and disputes with greater confidence.

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Public Liability Insurance

Public Liability Insurance protects your business against claims arising from accidental property damage or bodily injury to third parties caused by your business activities. Whether you work on client sites, operate a commercial premises, or provide services across New Zealand, public liability insurance can help cover legal defence costs, settlements, and compensation claims.

 
Who Should Consider Public Liability Insurance?

Public Liability Insurance is commonly considered:

  • Builders and contractors
  • Tradies and subcontractors
  • Property owners and landlords
  • Manufacturers and distributors
  • Service providers
  • Retail and hospitality businesses

Any business that interacts with customers, suppliers, contractors, or members of the public may benefit from liability protection.

Statutory Liability Insurance

Statutory Liability Insurance protects businesses and their directors, officers, and employees against the financial consequences of unintentional breaches of New Zealand legislation. Cover can include legal defence costs and certain fines and penalties where permitted by law, helping businesses manage regulatory investigations and prosecutions.

Employers Liability Insurance

Employers Liability Insurance provides protection where an employee suffers a work-related injury, illness, or disease that may fall outside the scope of ACC. Cover can assist with legal defence costs and compensation payments, helping employers manage risks that are not fully addressed by New Zealand's no-fault accident compensation scheme.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Professional Indemnity Insurance protects businesses that provide professional advice, design, expertise, or services for a fee. Cover helps defend claims arising from alleged negligence, errors, omissions, misstatements, or breaches of professional duty that result in a client suffering financial loss.

Businesses That Commonly Require Professional Indemnity Insurance


Professional Indemnity Insurance is often required by businesses that provide advice, expertise, recommendations, designs, or professional services, including:

  • Consultants
  • Engineers
  • Solicitors
  • Architects and designers
  • IT providers
  • Financial professionals
  • Project managers

Many contracts and industry bodies also require Professional Indemnity Insurance as part of engagement terms.

Association Liability

Association Liability Insurance is designed for incorporated societies, clubs, charities, not-for-profit organisations, and industry associations. Cover can protect committee members, trustees, office holders, and the organisation itself against claims relating to governance decisions, employment matters, regulatory investigations, and wrongful acts.

Management Liability

Management Liability Insurance provides broad protection for business owners, directors, officers, and senior managers against the legal and financial risks associated with running a business. Cover can include protection for employment disputes, statutory breaches, investigations, theft by employees, and other management-related exposures.

Directors & Officers Liability

Directors and Officers Liability Insurance (D&O Insurance) protects company directors, officers, trustees, and senior executives against claims alleging wrongful acts in the management of an organisation. Cover can assist with legal defence costs, settlements, and damages arising from decisions made while carrying out their governance and leadership responsibilities.

Employment Disputes Insurance

Employment Disputes Insurance helps protect businesses from the financial impact of employment-related claims, including allegations of unjustified dismissal, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and wrongful disciplinary processes. Cover can assist with legal representation, mediation, employment relations matters, and tribunal proceedings.

Crime

Crime Insurance protects businesses against financial losses arising from fraudulent or dishonest acts, including employee theft, embezzlement, forgery, funds transfer fraud, and social engineering attacks. Crime insurance can play an important role in protecting business finances from both internal and external threats.

Cyber Liability Insurance

Cyber Liability Insurance helps businesses respond to cyber attacks, ransomware incidents, data breaches, business email compromise, and other cyber security events. Cover can include forensic investigation costs, data recovery, cyber extortion expenses, business interruption losses, legal liabilities, regulatory costs, and customer notification expenses following a cyber incident.

Common Cyber Risks Facing Businesses


Cyber incidents can affect businesses of all sizes. Common cyber threats include:

  • Ransomware attacks
  • Data breaches
  • Business email compromise
  • Social engineering scams
  • Payment redirection fraud
  • Network interruptions and system failures


The financial and reputational consequences of a cyber event can be significant, making cyber risk management an increasingly important part of modern business operations. This cover is especially important for E-commerce businesses.