RF1/RF3 Solicitors' Indemnity Insurance Rules
The Solicitors' Indemnity Insurance Rules apply to sole practitioners, partnerships and recognised bodies.
The Solicitors' Indemnity Insurance Rules do not apply to
- solicitors or RELs who work in house (e.g. in local government, commerce or industry), and
- solicitors or RELs whose practise consists only of providing services without remuneration for friends, relatives, companies wholly owned by the practitioner's family or registered charities, or for administering oaths.
You are required to submit details of your qualifying insurer's name, the policy number and period of cover. You can consult our list of qualifying insurers when it has been finalised for the new indemnity year.
Please ensure that you do not provide us with the details of an insurance broker.
If your firm has insurance under the RELs home professional rules and has been granted partial exemption under Appendix 3.2 of the rules, you will need to complete section (a) and section (b).
Assigned risks pool
If you have been unable to obtain indemnity insurance with a qualifying insurer, you will be required to insure through the assigned risks pool (ARP).
If you are insured through the ARP, you must show "assigned risks pool" as your insurer. You should state the ARP policy number and the date on which the cover commenced.
You do not need to send in proof of indemnity unless we request it. We will not issue a practising certificate or registration if you do not comply with the Solicitors' Indemnity Insurance Rules.