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​Berkley Design Professional​



Berkley Design Professional provides innovative and comprehensive Architects & Engineers Professional Liability insurance to meet the needs of design firms of all sizes and disciplines.

We offer award-winning risk and practice management guidance and resources to help our policyholders manage their risk and improve their business.

Our in-house claims professionals advocate on our clients’ behalf, seeking to protect deductibles and offer support throughout the process.

Berkley Design Professional is a division of Berkley Alliance Managers, a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, whose insurance company subsidiaries are rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best.

Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance

Professional Liability Insurance

Berkley Design Professional provides professional liability coverage specifically tailored to help protect your firm from losses resulting from negligent acts, errors, or omissions in the performance of professional services.

Regardless of how well you plan for a project, the possibility of mistakes in the performance of services is real. Our coverage is designed to handle the unexpected as well as emerging exposures.

If a claim should arise, our dedicated claim experts advocate on behalf of our policyholders and seek to protect their deductibles and reputations, plus offer support throughout the process.

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BDP Risk®

Policyholders receive unlimited access to our multi-award-winning Learning Management System (LMS) BDP Risk® which puts practical risk and practice management resources in your hands whenever you need them.

BDP Risk® includes on-demand courses, free AIA learning credits and RCEP Professional Development Hours. There are more than 50 tools, templates, and checklists to use in your everyday practice, plus more than 300 risk and practice management articles and guides, including the BDP Contract Review Guide. BDP Risk® can be your firm's virtual risk and practice manager.

Excess Professional Liability Insurance

Excess Professional Liability Insurance

Berkley Design Professional’s Excess Professional Liability Insurance policy is designed to respond when the professional liability limits of an underlying policy have been exhausted.

Our Excess Professional Liability coverage can be excess over our policy or another carrier’s policy. There are three coverage options:

  • Excess over the entire underlying policy
  • Specific job excess
  • Specific client excess (single project or multiple projects)