What insurance do you carry for your advocacy practice?

Hi everyone,

I’m starting a fully virtual health research and advocacy practice (Osér Clair), working with clients across the US (no clinical care). I’m shopping for insurance and would love to hear what’s working for you.

If you’re open to sharing:

  • Which carrier or broker do you use?
  • What coverage do you carry (professional liability, general liability, cyber), and at what limits and deductible?
  • Does your professional liability cover bodily injury claims tied to your services (for example, a client says they were harmed after acting on your research)? The quote I received excludes this, so I’m especially curious.
  • What category did the insurer put your work in?
  • Roughly what do you pay per year?
  • Are there any carriers that turned you down, or that you’d steer clear of?

A ballpark is perfect, and feel free to message me directly if you’d rather not share numbers here. I’m happy to put together a summary of what I learn for the group.

Thank so much!

Lola

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Jenny Jenny Adamo 16 days ago
Congrats! I LOVE my insurance broker. I feel like he has a true understanding of my practice and has done an amazing job with researching and comparing insurance plans that work for me. His name is Dennis Bernstein. www.piascins.com/about/our-team/ His email is: dennis.bernstein@piascins.com
Best of luck to you!
Lola Lola Lozano 16 days ago
Thank you so much Jenny! I will check him out.
Peter Peter Abraham 16 days ago
CM&F at www.cmfgroup.com/
Lola Lola Lozano 16 days ago
Thank you so much Peter!
Nancy Nancy Keller 16 days ago
Hiscox
AnnMarie AnnMarie Cross 16 days ago
I feel like this is the most common answer when we've seen this question on FB. thanks for sharing!

Are there any specifics that you would encourage a new advocate to tell Hiscox when they call? Are there specific insurance types or anything?
Lola Lola Lozano 16 days ago
thank you Nancy!
Tiffany Tiffany Hare 16 days ago
I use Biberk but only because it was recommended to me. My agent April was very thorough in finding out what I do and what I need. She bundled a couple of things and got me a good price. Thankfully, I have yet to need it but it covers general, cyber, and professional liability and includes an umbrella policy with extra coverage for property as well. I do in person as well as virtual advocacy so I wanted to cover all my bases. Good luck to you!
Lola Lola Lozano 14 days ago
thanks so much Tiffany! This is likely who I will end up going with. They seem to be the only provider that would cover everything I need and at an incredibly reasonable price.
Rachel Rachel Garvin 14 days ago
I use BiBerk too. I hope I never need it.
Lola Lola Lozano 14 days ago
Just an update on this. I went with biBerk who was the only provider that could cover everything I needed and who also is a fraction of the price of some of the other quotes (~$750 vs $2000+).

Jenny's recommendation of Dennis Bernstein (dennis.bernstein@piascins.com) was a huge help and I'd recommend people connect with him if they are in the market for an insurance broker.

Thanks again for everyone's insight!