IT consultants
IT consultants: what UK insurers print as a starting price
IT consultants are sued for money rather than injury, so professional indemnity is the policy and the rest is around it. The insurers below publish a starting price for the business liability cover an IT consultancy buys.
- median printed starting price
- £5.2
- printed starting prices, lowest to highest
- £5 to £8.4
- insurers listed for IT consultants
- 4
Printed starting prices for IT consultants
| Insurer | From, per month | Guide | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markel Direct | £5/month | What this trade needs | markeluk.com | September 2026 |
| Hiscox UK | £5.2/month | What this trade needs | hiscox.co.uk | September 2026 |
| PolicyBee | £8.4/month | What this trade needs | policybee.co.uk | September 2026 |
| Direct Line for Business | What this trade needs |
An insurer is listed for this trade only where its own live page for the trade answered on the day of the read. The price beside it is the lowest monthly starting price that insurer prints anywhere this record reads it, quoted in its own words, which is not necessarily a price for this trade and is never a quote for your business.
IT consultancy specifics
Client contracts set the professional indemnity limit and often require it to be maintained after completion.
Professional indemnity is claims made, so the policy has to outlive the project.
Cyber answers for an incident in your own systems; professional indemnity does not.
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The published starting price for business liability cover in IT consultants was £5.2 in read September 2026, across 3 insurers and schemes recorded in Insurance by Profession UK Business Insurance Starting-Price Record.
Cite as: "Insurance by Profession UK Business Insurance Starting-Price Record: IT consultants", updated 2026-09-11, https://insurancebyprofession.com/trades/it-consultants/.
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