Architects & Engineers

A professional liability insurance program designed for architects, engineers, and other design professionals that generate $750K or more in revenue.

Designing a building is a complex undertaking.
We have the blueprint for your success.


Amwins Program Underwriters offers creative solutions to complex accounts and expert knowledge through our Architects & Engineers insurance program.  The best part?  When you work with us, you get the intellectual firepower of our entire firm. 

Architects and engineers, along with other design professionals, operate in highly specialized environments that present highly specialized risks.  We know architecture and engineering firms are anything but typical, and every firm has its own priorities and objectives.  Amwins Program Underwriters provides insurance coverage to meet the challenges and complexities that help your clients manage new and existing risks.

APU’s Architects & Engineers (A&E) insurance program offers professional liability coverage for architects, engineers, and other design professionals that generate annual revenues of $750,000 or greater.


Eligible accounts

  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Other design professionals
  • Agency construction managers
The A&E team compiled a list of the most common risks the underwriters face in today’s market.  

Click here to view the  disciplines or  projects


Coverage
  • Pre-claims assistance
  • Crisis management 
  • Pollution
  • Technology
  • No copyright/trademark exclusion
  • Voluntary mediation credit
  • Pre-approved counsel
  • Worldwide coverage
  • Waiver of subrogation
  • Consent to settle 50/50 (can be removed for claims-free risks)
  • First Dollar Defense or Shared Cost of Defense retentions are available for select risks
  • Punitive damages where insurable and most favorable venue
  • Joint venture coverage
  • Follow-form excess (available nationwide on a non-admitted basis)

Submission requirements

  • A&E application currently signed and dated by a partner or principal of the firm
  • Five years of currently valued carrier loss runs

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Architects & Engineers
Program details

 

Availability

  • Non-admitted in all states. 
  • Not available in FL.

 

Limits

  • Primary practice and follow-form excess policy limits up to $5M per claim / $5M aggregate
  • Specific project and specific client excess limits are available

 

Carrier

A.M. Best Rated "A+XV"

 

 

CLAIM SCENARIOS & TIPS

Architects, engineers and other design professionals lean on their expertise and experience to get the job done. But what happens when a small oversight leads to a costly claim? Don’t let your clients wait to find out. Discover real-world claims scenarios and implement the latest in risk prevention to protect your clients from any mishaps. 

Contact Us

Alexandra Chambers
Assistant Vice President
Amwins Program Underwriters - Farmington, CT
860.269.6136 alexandra.chambers@amwins.com
Brooke DuBois
Assistant Vice President
Amwins Program Underwriters - Farmington, CT
860.269.6137 brooke.dubois@amwins.com
Brett Fowler
Vice President
Amwins Program Underwriters - Farmington, CT
860.269.6135 brett.fowler@amwins.com