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Advisors’ Insurance

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Professional Saver Advisors’ Liability Insurance Cover


Our standard cover is:

  • £1 million cover for public and products liability (with an option to increase to £2 million, £5 million or £10 million)
  • £10,000 cover for any financial loss (£50K cover optional)
  • Worldwide liability cover for temporary work abroad for up to 14 days (excluding the USA and Canada)

Why Financial Advisors Need Specialist Insurance

As a trusted financial advisor, clients rely on your expertise to recommend appropriate investment, pension and protection products to help secure their future and mitigate risks. However, mistakes can happen, and just one error leading to mis-sold financial products or inadequate insurance cover could leave you facing substantial negligence claims and regulatory action.

Our tailored professional indemnity insurance policies give you complete peace of mind that any disputes or financial loss claims caused by your advice will be dealt with by your insurer. We also cover legal costs and fines that could arise from regulatory investigations.

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Why choose Professional Saver advisors’ insurance?

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Trusted for over 40 years Trusted for over 40 years

We’ve been providing insurance to businesses since 1984

Financial Strength Financial Strength

Insurance provided by a Standard & Poor’s ‘AA- Stable’ rated insurer

Defaqto 5 Star rated

Our Professional Saver Insurance (Covea) has been independently rated 5 Stars by Defaqto – the highest possible rating, awarded to excellent products with a comprehensive range of features and benefits.

How our advisors’ insurance works

1 Apply online

Complete our simple quote form with basic details about your business.

2 Get a quote

Get an instant quote & choose any optional covers you may need.

3 You’re insured!

Instantly activate your Professional Saver policy and view your certificates online.

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What Is Financial Advisors Insurance?

Our specialist insurance protects professionals who provide financial planning and insurance broking services. This covers:

  • Reviewing client financial positions
  • Identifying investment goals and risk appetites
  • Researching suitable products like ISAs, pensions and life insurance
  • Advising clients on plans to achieve objectives
  • Recommending and arranging specific investment, mortgage and insurance products
  • Ongoing portfolio reviews and advice

However, risks arise from:

  • Unsuitable or mis-sold financial products
  • Inadequate insurance leading to uninsured losses
  • Poor investment performance
  • Breaches of regulations and compliance failures

These can lead to professional negligence claims, regulatory fines and reputational damage. Our tailored policies cover compensation, legal costs and lost income resulting from disputes and complaints.

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What Can Our Financial Advisors & Brokers Insurance Cover?

Our specialist policies can provide protection against:

Public Liability Insurance – Covers any injury or property damage caused to clients while visiting their home or office to provide financial planning and insurance broking advice.

Legal Expenses – Provides specialist legal advice and covers costs of certain business disputes around areas like client contracts.

Professional Indemnity Insurance – An optional cover defending you against client financial loss claims resulting from negligent or flawed advice. This includes the cost of compensating clients and legal expenses arising from:

  • Mis-sold or unsuitable investments and pension products
  • Inadequate, invalid or unsuitable insurance policies
  • Poor investment portfolio performance
  • Non-compliance with regulations

Office Equipment Insurance – Optional protection against damage, theft and breakdown of vital equipment like computers and phones used to arrange client meetings, compile recommendation reports and provide ongoing advisory services.

We offer varying levels of cover with high policy limits based on your specific advisory business needs. Our experienced team can explain all the options in full detail during your quote.

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Why Choose Professional Saver For Your Advisors Insurance?

With 35+ years experience covering SMEs, you can trust Professional Saver to protect your consultancy. Our key advantages are:

  • Direct Specialists – We are a specialist broker, not a comparison website. Work directly with our advisors.
  • 24/7 Legal Helpline – Access expert legal advice whenever you need guidance on insurance matters.
  • Monthly Instalments – Spread insurance costs by paying monthly if your premium exceeds £125 a year.

Join the thousands of UK commercial and financial advisors we protect – get an instant quote online today or call us on 0800 121 8748 to speak with an advisor.

 

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Advisors’ insurance quote examples

Professional Saver - An Insurance Company for Professionals £54.88 / year
  • Business Advisory Service
  • Sole trader
  • No employees
  • 5 years experience
  • Based in London
  • No claims

Automatic Covers

  • Public Liability £2,000,000
  • Financial Loss £10,000
  • Products Liability £2,000,000
  • Legal Expenses £250,000
  • Accidental Death £10,000

Optional Covers

  • Business Contents & Equipment Not Insured
  • Personal Accident Not Insured
  • Employers Liability Not Insured
  • Professional Indemnity Not Insured
Professional Saver - An Insurance Company for Professionals £34.98 / month £387.52 / year
  • Careers Advisory Service
  • Limited Company
  • £100,000 Turnover
  • 2 Employees
  • 5 years experience
  • Based in Surrey
  • No claims

Automatic Covers

  • Public Liability £5,000,000
  • Financial Loss £10,000
  • Products Liability £5,000,000
  • Legal Expenses £250,000
  • Accidental Death £10,000

Optional Covers

  • Business Contents & Equipment £10,000
  • Personal Accident £50,000
  • Employers Liability £10,000,000
  • Professional Indemnity £250,000

The above quote examples were taken from our online system on 10/11/25 and include insurance premium tax but exclude our £10 admin charge.  These are real quotes but your own personal quote will vary dependent upon your circumstances and the level of cover you require.

What is the excess under an advisor’s insurance policy?

Most insurance policies will be subject to an excess.  This is the amount you will be expected to pay in the event of a claim.  Detailed below are the standard excesses under a Professional Saver policy but you should check your own quotation to see exactly what excesses apply to your policy as these may vary dependent upon the type of work you do.

Insurance cover Excess
Public Liability £250
Products Liability £250
Employers Liability No Excess
Financial Loss 10% of claim value(£2,500 minimum)
Professional Indemnity £250
Business Contents & Equipment £100
Legal Expenses No Excess

Chosen by over 5000 businesses and counting*

Chosen by over 18761 businesses and counting

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We like to keep things simple. Your quote, purchase and documents are all available online, anytime.

Monthly Instalments

Cashflow is important to every business. Spread the cost by paying in easy monthly instalments.

Instant Cover

No need to wait for your documents. Our professional cover starts from the date you select.

Added Protection

Public liability, products liability, financial loss, legal expenses and accidental death cover as standard.

* Total number of live policies as of 31/10/2025

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FAQs

Advisors’ Insurance FAQs

Financial advisors/brokers need insurance because clients depend on suitable product recommendations to secure their future financial safety and wellbeing. If flawed advice causes losses, advisors risk substantial negligence claims from dissatisfied customers and fines from regulators without adequate insurance.

  • Recommending high-risk investments resulting in substantial losses for a retiree’s pension pot
  • Advising inadequate critical illness cover leaving a family struggling after a cancer diagnosis
  • Setting up an offshore investment structure later deemed illegal and tax non-compliant
  • Selling payment protection insurance to ineligible individuals leading to mis-selling disputes

Our optional professional indemnity insurance is designed to cover client financial loss claims like these.

 

Our cover is designed for regulated financial advisors and brokers providing services like:

  • Investment, pension and retirement planning
  • Life insurance, critical illness and income protection advice
  • General insurance broking (e.g. home, travel insurance etc.)
  • Mortgage, equity release and debt management guidance
  • Tax advisory and wealth management services
  • Compliance consultancy and regulatory auditing

 

Yes – our financial advisor and broker insurance policies can be extended to cover freelance/contract registered individuals operating under your company’s FCA authorisation. This ensures they benefit from appropriate professional indemnity insurance too.

Our insurance covers all standard advisory activities like:

  • Client meetings to understand business needs
  • Assessing operations, finances and strategy
  • Researching market conditions and trends
  • Producing reports with recommendations
  • Presenting guidance directly to management
  • Ongoing support implementing changes

Essentially any claims stemming from typical advisor-client engagements would be covered.

Our policies cover commercial advisory work conducted anywhere in the world, except the United States and Canada. So short-term overseas client consultations and meetings would be fully protected.

We cover all commercial advisors including:

  • Business growth consultants
  • Financial planning advisors
  • Accounting and tax advisors
  • Marketing strategists
  • Business development coaches
  • Commercial solicitors
  • HR and people management consultants
  • Operational efficiency advisors

Essentially any professional offering business consultancy services, both independent and those working for firms.

Yes – our advisors’ insurance covers financial loss claims stemming from accidental loss or damage to a client’s data or records held by you. For example, important strategic plans, financial reports or customer details stored on a damaged laptop.

Absolutely – we cater policies for both established and start-up consultancy firms. Newer advisors can get coverage for lower premiums that increase as your client base and turnover grows over time. We can organise bespoke packages to match your gradual business growth.

We do not cover advice relating to illegal practices. For example, guidance on tax evasion techniques or regulatory workarounds. We also cannot cover advisory activities related to tradesman liabilities or vehicle/driving risks as these require specialist insurance.

Yes – our optional professional indemnity insurance covers financial loss claims stemming from inaccurate guidance around areas like trademarks, patents, copyright and protection of confidential commercial data or trade secrets. If flawed counsel here caused a loss, you would be protected.

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