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As a freelancer, there are a number of risks you face in your day-to-day work that may result in you facing legal action and financial losses.

You might unintentionally make a mistake in a piece of work or a visitor to your workplace may have an accident. Even if you’ve done nothing wrong at all, if a difficult client tries to make a claim against you, you could be left having to cover the cost of expensive legal fees.

In many cases, claims can be a stressful and unpleasant experience. In this webinar, Zubair Ahmed and Jake Falconer from Markel Direct, IPSE’s liability insurance partner, explain how you can try to prevent claims and protect yourself against them.

Join us to discuss:

  • Common claims they see made against freelancers
  • Legal risks freelancers face
  • Real-life freelance claims examples – including negligence, injury and cyber claims
  • Best practice for avoiding claims and legal action
  • How insurance can help freelancers
  • The types of insurance available to freelancers and what they protect against

Speakers

Zubair Ahmed has been assisting contractors, freelancers and self-employed professionals with their insurance needs for the last 12 years. Zubair has been helping our partners and affiliates (including IPSE) have access to an insurance solution providing the best cover and competitive premiums.

Jake Falconer is an insurance expert from Markel Direct. Jake has been supporting self-employed professionals with their business insurance since 2018. Jake has extensive experience in assisting freelancers, contractors and consultants across all types of industries with their business insurance requirements and queries. 

Markel are an award-winning insurer of contractors, freelancers, self-employed professionals and micro businesses. They have over 25,000 customers in the UK and their hassle-free website offers instant cover online, including professional indemnity, public liability and more.

IPSE members enjoy a 10% discount on contractor insurance from Markel Direct.