Insurance for Real Estate Agents

Insurance for Real Estate Agents
Real Estate Agent Insurance

Get a quote & buy online

Our easy Professional Indemnity, Public & Products Liability and Office Pack online application gives you access to fast, tailored cover - protection with benefits.

We can also arrange a suite of other relevant insurances including Cyber, Business Legal Expenses, Management Liability, Motor and Employee Benefits. Please contact us on 1300 525 439 or complete the contact form below.

Howden Real Estate

Howden Real Estate has been established with the aim to deliver market leading insurance products, advice, and risk management services - crafted for your industry - in a very efficient manner. The benefit for you is that all your insurance will be under one roof.

Our practice group consists of highly skilled insurance specialists, who together have represented leading state based associations and institutes, major real estate groups, franchises and thousands of property professionals. This experience is critical given the dynamic nature of the Australian property market. 

Exceptional service

Our team are ready to help with any of your insurance requirements. Call us - we will be there to answer the phone!

Howden Real Estate Professional Indemnity

Our Professional Indemnity solution has been crafted specifically for Real Estate professionals. The policy provides for your business should a third party allege that your professional services have caused them a financial loss, bodily injury or property damage.*

Additional benefits include:

  • Limits options of $1,000,000, $2,000,000, $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 available
  • Two reinstatements of your limit of liability
  • Defence costs payable in addition to limit
  • Employment Practices Liability cover of $500,000
  • Statutory Liability cover of $250,000
  • Employee Fidelity cover of $250,000
  • Access to complimentary legal advice and contract reviews
  • 7 years run-off cover (where you maintain your professional indemnity insurance obtained through Howden for a continuous period of at least three years with nil claims under your policy) 
  • Obtain instant cover online

*Cover is subject to full terms, conditions and exclusions noted in the schedule, policy wording and endorsements.

Howden Real Estate Public & Products Liability 

Our Public & Products Liability solution has been dovetailed with our Professional Indemnity solution.*

Benefits include:

  • Damage to third-party property
  • Personal Injury caused to third-parties
  • Advertising Liability Cover
  • Public Relations Expenses
  • Care, Custody & Control limit of $500,000
  • Access to complimentary legal advice
  • $10,000,000 or $20,000,000 limit available
  • Obtain instant cover online

*Cover is subject to full terms, conditions and exclusions noted in the schedule, policy wording and endorsements.

Howden Real Estate Office Pack

Obtain an estimate and request cover online. Your application will be assessed by one of our specialists who will provide you with a link to proceed with your purchase.*

Benefits include:

  • Property damage including options for building, contents & stock
  • Cover available for glass, theft, money, business interruption, machinery breakdown, electronic equipment, employee dishonesty & general property 
  • Competitive pricing

*Cover is subject to full terms, conditions and exclusions noted in the schedule, policy wording and endorsements.

All insurance products are arranged by Howden Insurance Brokers (Australia) Pty Ltd (ABN 79 644 885 389 | AFSL 539613 ). The Public & Products Liability, Professional Indemnity, and Office Packs products are issued by Professional Risk Underwriting Pty Ltd (ABN 80 103 953 073 | AFSL 308076 ) (“ProRisk”) under an authority to bind cover on behalf of Swiss Re International SE, Australia Branch (ABN 38 138 873 211) (“Swiss Re”). ProRisk and their employees act as agents of Swiss Re and not as your agent.

Real Estate Insurance

Get a quote & buy online

Our easy Professional Indemnity, Public & Products Liability and Office Pack online application gives you access to fast, tailored cover - protection with benefits.

We can also arrange a suite of other relevant insurances including Cyber, Business Legal Expenses, Management Liability, Motor and Employee Benefits. Please contact us on 1300 525 439 or complete the contact form below.

Which Real Estate activities are typically covered?

- Real Estate Sales 
- Residential Property Management / Leasing
- Commercial Property Management / Leasing 
- Strata/Body Corporate Management
- Buyers Agents / Advocates / Real Estate Broking Service 
- Auctioneering 
- Stock & Station Agent 

If your activities fall outside of this, such as Valuations and Business Broking, please call us on 1300 525 439 to discuss other cover options with our expert team. 

Frequently asked questions

If you receive any correspondence in relation to a potential claim, you should call us and email the details through immediately. We will then notify ProRisk, monitor the claim and advocate on your behalf.

ProRisk has a dedicated in-house claims team which includes qualified lawyers with over 30 years of industry experience. Their claims officers are dedicated to managing your claim from initial notification right through to resolution. They have a specialist panel of lawyers, accountants and forensic investigators to ensure that our clients get service which is second to none. 

Professional Indemnity insurance is a claims made policy - it provides cover for claims first made against you during the insurance period. (e.g. a writ or letter of demand). The policy will typically not provide cover for any claims made against you prior to or following the insurance period. 

What about matters that I am aware of prior to the start of the policy? The policy typically does not provide cover for any claims made against you during the insurance period if at any time prior to the commencement of the insurance period you were already aware of the facts giving rise to the claim.

You can notify your insurer of facts or circumstances that might give rise to a claim, but have not resulted in a claim. Talk to us if you have any questions, we are here to help.
 

A retroactive date determines when your actions are covered from, under a claims made policy.

A claims made policy such as Professional Indemnity Insurance will not cover any liability arising from your conduct prior to the retroactive date.

A claims made policy may cover you for claims made against you during the policy period even though the claim may arise from an act, error or omission that occurred prior to the commencement date of this policy, however it will not cover an act, error or omission that occurred prior to the retroactive date of the policy.
 

Run-off cover is provided for the past liabilities of a business once it has ceased trading. It is designed to protect you from claims which may eventuate after you have stopped operating as a business.
 

Public Liability insurance provides coverage for personal injury or property damage of which you are legally liable for, caused to third parties arising from your general business activities - not professional services which you receive a fee for.

Professional Indemnity insurance is designed to protect your business against allegations of wrongdoing arising out of your provision of professional services.

It may protect against claims made against you for civil liabilities (which can include personal injury or property damage) arising from, but not limited to: 

• Professional misconduct, such as providing misleading advice 
• Negligent advice 
• Defamation, libel or slander 
• Breach of duty, including confidentiality and other privacy issues 
• Loss of, or damage to documents 
• Infringement of intellectual property rights

It’s easy to pay online – we accept the following major credit cards, VISA, Mastercard and AMEX.

Premium funding is also available.

Yes you can. If you need to pay by instalments, please continue to get a quote and apply online. In in the payment section under Payment Information click on If you wish to pay by the month or cannot pay by credit card, please click here.

We will then provide you with a premium funding quote and application form.

Note: there is an interest charge with this payment type.

Yes.

Once you buy the policy or policies online you will receive 2 emails within minutes of paying.

The first email is a record of your answers, and the second email will have your Certificates of Currency, as well as a copy of your invoice, schedules and links to other important documentation.
 

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Drop us a message below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

You can also call us on  1300 525 439, or email us directly [email protected]


 
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