Professional practice: insurance matters concerning architects' professional practice
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HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.15, 1998, pp. 64-68
Abstract
(1) Introduction
(a) General duty of care
(b) Contractual duties
(c) Statutory duties
(d) Commercial pressures and change
(2) The need for professional indemnity insurance
(a) Risk
(b) Error sources
(c) Client options
(d) Increase in litigation
(I) Litigation consciousness
(ii) Consumerism
(iii) Plaintiff oriented courts
(iv) Legislation
(3) Professional indemnity insurance
(a) Policy cover
(b) Policy extensions
(c) The policy will not respond to:...
(d) General conditions of the policy
(I) Claim
(ii) Procedures
(iii) Co-operation
(iv) Deductible
(v) Fraud
(e) Claims made insurance
(4) The benefits of professional indemnity insurance
(a) Risk transfer
(b) Dispute resolution
(c) Client relationships
(d) Legal and contractual relationships
(e) Fair competition internationally
(f) Peace of mind
(g) Information feedback
(h) An element of certainty
(I) Who pays for your PI policy
(j) What should it cost?
(k) How to access professional indemnity insurance
(l) Golden rules for professional indemnity insurance
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Date
1998
Language
en