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Professional Negligence and Liability

This chapter was updated in February 2025. The next review of this chapter is due in August 2025.

Chapter 10

INSURANCE BROKERS

Authored by Tom Adam KC

I. INTRODUCTION

10.1 Although some insurance1 contracts are concluded directly between an insured and an insurer without the involvement of any intermediary,2 most are still made through an intermediary. The subject-matter of this chapter is the law relating to the professional liability of those intermediaries.3

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