Can You Cancel E&O Insurance After Closing an Architecture or Engineering Firm?
Closing an architecture or engineering firm does not necessarily end professional liability exposure. Learn what to review before canceling E&O insurance.
What Happens to Professional Liability Insurance When an Architecture Firm Splits Up?
When architecture partners separate, the insurance treatment of existing projects and past professional services can become complicated. Learn what to review before the split.
New Architecture Firm vs. Name Change: Why It Matters for E&O Insurance
A name change and a new legal entity can have very different E&O insurance implications. Learn what architects should review before changing their firm structure.
Do Architects Need Tail Coverage When They Retire?
Retirement does not necessarily end an architect’s professional liability exposure. Learn how tail coverage can address claims involving work performed before retirement.
Do Architects Need Tail Coverage When Closing Their Firm?
Closing an architecture firm can end its active professional liability policy, but claims may arise later from past work. Learn how tail coverage can extend the reporting period.
Are Architects Personally Covered by Their Firm’s Professional Liability Insurance?
Architects may be covered by their firm’s professional liability policy even when their personal names do not appear on the declarations. Learn how insured status works.
Adding Inspection Services to Your A&E Firm? Check Your Insurance First
Adding inspection services can create professional exposures that differ from a firm’s traditional design or consulting work. Review your insurance before expanding the firm’s scope.
Can Geotechnical Mistakes Turn Into Professional Liability Claims?
Geotechnical mistakes can create major construction losses, but the engineer is not always responsible. Learn how professional liability may apply.
Who Is Responsible When a Senior Engineer Fails to Review a Junior Engineer’s Design?
When a senior engineer fails to review a junior engineer’s design and problems surface during construction, the fallout raises hard questions about who is responsible. This page looks at how that responsibility is typically viewed, and how professional liability insurance responds once a redesign or a claim follows.
What Happens After Stamping Someone Else’s Design and an Error Gets Through?
When a designer’s error gets past the engineer who stamped the drawings, responsibility rarely stays with one person. This page covers what the stamping engineer actually reviewed, how fault may be divided, and how a professional liability claim can involve the firm and the stamper.