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Professional services

Consultants

Management, business, and independent consultants advising clients.

Why it needs cover

The exposure

The dominant exposure is a client alleging that advice caused financial loss (professional liability/E&O); GL and cyber address premises and data risks.

What we place

Coverages this class usually needs

Professional liability / E&OOften (contract)
Advice/negligence claimsCore consulting exposure
General liabilityOften (contract)
Client injury/property damageClient-site meetings
CyberOptional
Data breach of client infoStored client data
Business owners policy (BOP)Optional
GL + property bundleOffice/equipment
What it costs

National benchmark premiums

Rated on: Annual revenue and headcount

General liability
$29/mo
Professional liability / E&O
$55-$66/mo (management consultants $66/mo)
Cyber
consultants average about $81/mo
Total annual (typical)
roughly $1,000-$2,500/yr for a solo consultant

Pricing figures are national typical or median ranges for small operators at commonly quoted limits, drawn from the published sources named on each page. They are budgeting benchmarks, not quotes. Your premium depends on state, payroll, revenue, limits, deductible, and loss history.

Sources: Insureon (Consulting Business Insurance cost).

When it goes E&S

Where this risk gets hard to place

High-stakes advisory (M&A, regulated industries) and prior E&O losses can require specialty professional-liability markets.

Contact

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