Course Description

RIBO Category: Technical

Professional Liability insurance is needed by a wide range of businesses from insurance brokers and lawyers to consultants and engineers.  Learn how to discuss this valuable insurance coverage with these clients and win more business.

This course provides an overview of the key clauses and conditions of standard Professional Liability policies including Errors & Omissions and Medical Malpractice.

  • Insuring Agreement (CGL vs Professional Liability)
  • Insurer's Rights, Duties & Responsibilities
  • Extended Reporting Period
  • Discovery Period
  • Coverage Gaps
  • Classes of Professional Liability policies
  • Cyber Liability
  • Privacy Issues
  • IP Rights
  • 3rd Party Abuse
  • Special Coverages


Students must pass the final exam before a certificate will be issued.  

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Lead CE Instructor

Douglas Everett, CIP

Douglas started in the insurance industry in 1974 working in claims, commercial lines, and marketing before landing as President of CHES Special Risks Inc.  In 1979, he received his CIP Designation and became an Associate of the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC).

In 1985, he became an Approved Instructor for the Insurance Institute of Canada.  Since then, he’s run seminars and CE courses for brokers all over the world including helping to create several certification programs for insurance brokers and MGA's.  Doug also has work published in Canadian Underwriter Magazine: Terrorist Acts Insurance (2015) & Faulty Workmanship (2016).

At PNC Learning, Doug shares his expertise with students by creating CE courses covering critical broker skills and all of the latest and most important topics impacting our industry today.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Video

    • Professional Liability Video
  • 2

    Quiz

    • Professional Liability Quiz

  • $149.00 / year

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