Town planners play a crucial role in shaping communities, balancing regulatory requirements, environmental considerations, and stakeholder interests to drive sustainable development. Whether you’re working on residential zoning, commercial precincts, or large-scale infrastructure projects, your expertise carries significant responsibility—and with that comes exposure to professional risks.
From legal disputes over planning approvals to claims of negligence or financial loss, unforeseen challenges can arise at any stage of a project. Without the right insurance in place, these issues can impact your reputation, business operations, and financial future should something go wrong.
What does Town Planners Insurance cover?
Town Planners Insurance is designed to protect professionals in the planning industry against financial risks arising from their work. Whether you provide strategic advice, conduct environmental assessments, or oversee urban development projects, unforeseen issues such as legal disputes, professional errors, or regulatory challenges can arise.
Developed to meet the demands of the business sector, the Coverforce Town Planners Professional Indemnity Insurance policy provides coverage for a wide range of planning specialisations. Underwritten by Allianz Australia Insurance Limited, this policy offers reliable protection tailored to your industry.
Some professions and business types we can help include:
- Regional Planning
- Urban Development
- Urban Design
- Development Assessments
- Social or community-based planning
- Transport and Commuting planning
- Environmental Planning
- Heritage and conservation planning
- Neighbourhood renewal
- Iinfrastructure and general services planning
- International development
- Management of Natural Resources
Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance
Our Town Planners PI Insurance policy is an innovative and extremely competitive insurance option.
The policy covers:
- Civil Liability
- The Trade Practices Act and related legislation
- Intellectual property
- Defamation
- Libel and slander
- Fraud and dishonesty
- Loss of documents
- Investigation costs
- Defence costs for coronial inquiries and disciplinary hearings
- Defence costs in addition to the limit of liability
- Court attendance costs
- Public relations expenses
- Fidelity (optional)
- Estates and legal representatives
- Full cover for consultants, sub-contractors, and agents
- Multi-year run-off after merger, takeover, sale or winding-up
- Newly created or acquired entity
- Joint venture
- Continuous cover
- Former principals
- Five automatic reinstatments
- Outgoing principals
- Previous business
- Severabiity and non-imputation
- Joint venture liability
- Emergency defence costs
How Coverforce can help
Coverforce can provide expert risk advice and tailored, competitive insurance solutions to help protect Town Planners against professional risks, liability claims, and financial losses. With access to leading insurers, we can help safeguard your business so you can focus on delivering successful planning projects.
For more information or to arrange cover, please contact your local Coverforce Office
Alternatively, you can simply fill out the Town Planners Insurance quote form below and one of our insurance brokers will get in touch in one business day.
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