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You need errors and omissions insurance if you're in the business of providing a service to clients for a fee. We typically provide E&O coverage to printers and building-trades contractors, such as electricians, plumbers, HVAC installers and sheet metal workers.

The most obvious companies that need errors and omissions insurance are those that provide professional advice and services. Almost every lawyer, accountant, insurance agent, and real estate agent has professional liability insurance, because it's the primary risk in their business.

Who Needs E&O Insurance? Accounting firms. Graphic designers. Advertising agencies. Marketing consultants.

Errors and omissions insurance (E&O) is used by professional service providers to protect them from lawsuits and financial losses over claims of unsatisfactory work. This includes those who offer professional advice, such as realtors, insurance professionals, tax preparers, and IT professionals.

To determine your business's risk of facing a lawsuit, your E&O application will ask for details about your company's organization, revenue and payroll data, information on how your company uses contracts, potential corporate entanglements, and insurance and legal history.

An errors and omissions insurance policy will generally cover the business owner along with all salaried and hourly employees of the company. Most policies also extend to provide coverage for any subcontractors you have working on behalf of your business.

An errors and omissions clause is a provision, usually in an obligatory reinsurance treaty, stating that an error or omission in reporting a risk that falls within the automatic reinsurance coverage under such treaty shall not invalidate the liability of the reinsurer on such omitted risk.