I read with astonishment the article on finding the right professional indemnity insurer (see [2007] Gazette, 20 September, 12).


The article is written by a representative of a leading insurance broker. It says that 'no intermediary will get it right all the time' and that solicitors must ask a series of questions of their prospective insurer about its strength. Surely it is the job of insurance broker to ask these questions and obtain satisfactory answers? And I would expect my brokers to take responsibility for getting the questions and the answers right.



The article was entitled 'Covering your back'. An apt title indeed.



Ronnie Fox, Fox Solicitors, London