>>>Hi,
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>>>I was wondering, of those who work for themselves or small (1-2 people) shops, do you carry Professional Liability Insurance?
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>>It is for construction workers :), and if your customer ever ask you to sign a contract stipulating that you take material responsibility for any business malfunction that your application could cause in future, then you just have to lose this customer.
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>I recently came across a prospecting customer who asked for liability insurance of up to $1,000,000. So this is where I started looking into this issue. I contacted one insurance agency and they, after interviewing me about my application, suggested that I do need Professional Liability Insurance.

Suggesting that you need to buy their stuff without an interview would be unprofessional. And these guys ARE pros... not amateurs.

> And those policies are pretty expensive. Actually the prospective customer already issued a purchase order but included a clause indicating that my company should get liability insurance. I talked to another insurance agency and they said they can get me what is called "General Liability Insurance" which is less expensive. So I am working on getting the General Liability Insurance now. But still wonder if I will or not in the end get the Professional Liability. I may have to raise the price for my application to cover for the added cost which will make me less competitive. And I will talk to my lawyer this weekend (my brother-in-law <g>) see what he suggests.

It's all a racket, IMO, but if the end customer is willing to pay a more expensive app because of that, then they should get what they pay for.