Immigration Consultants | Professional Indemnity Insurance
Specialist professional indemnity (PI) insurance from Blyth Valley will protect your financial interests and your professional reputation if a claim is made against you in the course of your work for clients.
Why you need PI
You need professional indemnity insurance because you are regarded as providing a professional service. In law, as a professional, you owe a duty of care to the people you work for.
Today, people who use professional services are more likely than ever to blame the professional when things go wrong.
As an immigration consultant, you could be regarded as working for an immigration centre, a local authority, an agency, as well as those seeking to immigrate: a large number of potential claimants.
The chance of a claim being made against you is very small; but, if a claim was made, you could find it very expensive to defend yourself.
Claims example
One of your clients has accepted a job in the US and has asked you to arrange the necessary permissions.
Your initial enquiries tell you that the appropriate type of visa is currently over-subscribed and will not be issued again until later in the year. You inform your client and get on with your business.
Later in the year you receive notification of a claim from your client alleging that you have misrepresented and misadvised him by not getting the visa he required in the time that he wanted it.
Thankfully, your professional indemnity insurance will pay your legal costs in defending the claim along with any compensation you may be liable for.
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The Hiscox SP policy from Blyth Valley is ideal for immigration consultants with level one, two, or three certification from the OISC (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner). Please take a read through the policy wording and summary of cover before purchasing.
If you'd like to discuss the needs of your business with one of our account handlers before purchasing, please call us on 0845 370 9030 between 9 and 5.30, Monday to Friday.
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