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Legal Services Insurance

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Professional Saver Legal Services Insurance


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)

Professional Saver offers legal services insurance to protect solicitors, barristers, legal executives, paralegals, legal secretaries and other legal professionals. Our policies safeguard against professional negligence claims if your legal advice, services or work leads to financial loss or other issues for clients.

We provide comprehensive coverage against public liability, professional indemnity, legal defence costs and more. Our legal services insurance packages start from less than £55* per year.

As a specialist insurance provider catering to professionals, we create bespoke policies based on your firm’s legal services and areas of law practised. With protection from Professional Saver, you can focus on clients rather than worry about claims.

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Why choose Professional Saver legal services insurance?

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Trusted for over 40 years Trusted for over 40 years

We’ve been providing insurance to businesses since 1984

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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.

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* Due to the specialist nature of your profession, we’ll arrange a separate policy for your professional indemnity cover to complement your Professional Saver policy. Please get a quote online for the other covers you need and contact us to discuss your personalised professional indemnity quotation.

How our legal services 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 Legal Services Insurance?

Legal services insurance protects solicitors, law firms and other legal professionals against negligence claims clients make for poor or inaccurate advice that causes them financial or reputational damage. It covers liability for:

  • Professional negligence
  • Breaches of duty
  • Loss of important legal documents
  • Missed deadlines causing loss of rights
  • Confidentiality breaches

Insurance is vital for legal firms as claims can run into the millions based on lost investments, missed property purchases, denied settlements or missed legal action deadlines due to solicitor errors. This insurance protects firms against such claims.

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Why Legal Firms Need Insurance

Legal professionals like solicitors and barristers advise clients on making major life decisions, including purchasing property, making investments, civil action against third parties and immigration applications. Their guidance directly impacts client finances and rights.

However, mistakes can happen, such as missed deadlines to file suits, accidental destruction of key evidence or clerical errors in conveyancing paperwork leading to collapsed purchases. These can be catastrophic for clients. For example, a missed deadline could mean a client loses the right to pursue a £5 million fraud claim against a third party.

Comprehensive insurance covers any claims against legal professionals made by clients suffering losses due to poor or late legal advice. It provides protection if clients allege negligence against the law firm and seek compensation through legal channels.

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What Does Legal Services Insurance Cover?

Our legal services insurance protects solicitors and law firms by covering:

  • Public Liability – This protects you if clients are injured or their property is damaged while on your premises due to your negligence. For example, if a client slips and falls on a wet floor.
  • Legal Defence Costs – This covers the legal costs of defending against claims from clients who seek compensation through courts or other legal means.

Additional Covers For Legal Firms

On top of our core protections, we offer separate insurance policies you can add to your main coverage:

  • Contents and Business Equipment Insurance – This policy pays to replace or repair items that got damaged, lost or stolen while you work.
  • Professional Indemnity – This standalone covers claims against you for financial losses clients suffer due to negligence or breach of duty. This includes situations where your legal advice is alleged to have directly caused clients financial harm.
  • Cover for Temporary Staff – This insurance provides the same coverage for any freelancers or contractors you hire under your business name, ensuring your company is fully protected.

Our policies offer varying cover limits for small and large law firms.  Just complete our simple online form to get a quote today.

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What Services Can Professional Saver’s Legal Insurance Cover?

Our legal services insurance is designed to protect typical services offered by solicitors and law firms in areas like:

  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution – Claimant or defence services for civil lawsuits covering negligence, contract breaches, employment law issues and more.
  • Debt Recovery – Acting for clients pursuing debts or creditors seeking unpaid invoices through legal demand letters, court claims, enforcement orders, etc.
  • Family and Divorce Law – Legal guidance on divorce proceedings, child custody disputes, domestic abuse cases, prenuptial agreements and more family law matters.
  • Wills, Trusts and Probate – Drawing up wills and trusts for clients as well as handling probate administration after death.
  • Conveyancing and Property Law – Handling processes for property transactions like lease agreements, transfers of equity as well as buying or selling houses, land, etc.
  • Commercial Law – Advice on forming and structuring companies, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements and commercial contracts.
  • Immigration Law – Assistance with visa applications, asylum claims, deportation appeals and nationality applications for foreign clients.

We offer protection across a wide range of legal services with cover scoped to your practice areas and clients. Get your online quote today by filling out a quick form.

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Why Choose Professional Saver For Legal Insurance?

With over 35 years of experience catering to professionals through insurance policies, you can trust Professional Saver to protect your legal services firm. Key benefits include:

  • Direct Specialists – We are a specialist commercial insurance provider, not a comparison website. Get your quote directly from us.
  • 24/7 Legal Helpline – Whenever you need expert legal guidance on insurance matters, our advisors offer advice.
  • Monthly Instalments – You can spread your insurance costs by making monthly instalments rather than annual payments if your premiums exceed £125.

Get your quick online quote today and let Professional Saver protect  your legal services firm from unpredictable claims.

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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

FAQs

Legal Services Insurance FAQs

Legal firms need insurance to protect against substantial claims from clients who suffer financial or material losses stemming from poor, late or negligent legal advice around property purchases, lawsuits against third parties, immigration applications and more. 

Policies cover resulting legal claims due to missed legal deadlines, incorrect case management, inadequate representations, etc.

We offer cover for typical legal services like: 

  • Conveyancing and property transactions
  • Civil and commercial dispute resolution
  • Family law guidance
  • Wills and probate administration
  • Debt recovery services 
  • Corporate law advice
  • Immigration assistance 

Our insurance protects against claims explicitly caused by your legal advice and services provision in these critical areas.

Accidentally destroying or losing key original documents like signed contracts, witness statements and evidence during a case can severely damage clients’ legal positions. Our insurance helps cover reconstitution costs, liability for stalled proceedings and compensation if such incidents occur due to firm negligence or accidents.

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