The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is looking at how it can adjust its demands on architects’ indemnity insurance cover in response to 'wider structural issues with the global insurance market'
Architects continue to accept all sorts of responsibilities without being paid to do so, so is it any wonder insurers are bumping up PI premiums? asks Paul Finch
The RIBA is considering setting up a mutual insurance fund to provide cheaper professional indemnity insurance (PII) to practices, the AJ can reveal
In the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, professional indemnity insurance premiums have soared while exclusions have ballooned, an AJ survey shows, with 90% of practices worrying that this could threaten their businesses. Will Ing reports
More than half of architects or practices with professional indemnity insurance (PII) have seen fresh restrictions to their coverage, according to a survey published by the ARB
Rocketing premiums will only be tackled by a new layer of rigorous fire inspection to oversee the competent regulation of a safe built environment, argues insurance advocate Roger Flaxman
RIBA president Alan Jones has said he is seriously concerned about insurers excluding fire safety issues from professional indemnity insurance policies
The rocketing cost of professional indemnity insurance is crippling construction and undermining the government’s hopes for building our way out of recession. Mark Klimt looks at the causes of the crisis and suggests a way out
With the AJ100 week of virtual activities in full flow, it seems appropriate to ponder what is on the minds of those responsible for the thousands of architects and their job prospects, working for our larger practices, writes Paul Finch
Judging by what we have heard about Grenfell, there is far too little understanding or acceptance of who is responsible for what during the construction process, says Paul Finch
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