Professional, Financial & Consulting · Insurance for

Accountants

For accountants, professional indemnity insurance isn't legally required – but if you're licensed by ICAEW, ACCA, AAT, ICAS or CIMA, it's a condition of practising, with formulas that dictate your minimum cover.

Key takeaway

Know your body's formula, insure at or above it on compliant wording, and disclose your work split honestly – tax work drives 70% of claims and underwriters rate accordingly. Add tax-investigation cover (clients increasingly expect you to have it) and plan run-off before you need it: ICAEW wants two years, ACCA six.

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What we cover for accountants

  1. What insurance does an accountant need?
  2. How much does it cost?
  3. Comparison of providers
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