Professional services: insurance requirements by occupation
Consultants, advisers and licensed professionals whose main exposure is advice rather than physical work.
Data as at
Covers most often carried in this industry
Counted across the occupations tracked in this industry. A pattern in the data, not a requirement and not a recommendation.
- Professional indemnity insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Public liability insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Workers compensation insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Cyber liability insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Management liability insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Business pack insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Tax audit insurance — carried by 21 of 21 occupations here
- Employment practices liability — carried by 4 of 21 occupations here
Occupations in this industry
- Building inspectors — Pre-purchase, stage and defect inspections, reporting on the condition of a building.
- Surveyors — Cadastral and construction setting-out surveys, and the plans that depend on them.
- Accountants — Preparation of accounts, tax returns and advice for businesses and individuals.
- Bookkeepers — Day-to-day transaction processing, payroll and activity statement preparation.
- Business consultants — Advice to owners on operations, growth and process, priced on the advice itself.
- Management consultants — Strategy, organisational and change advice to larger clients under formal engagements.
- Architects — Registered architectural design, documentation and contract administration.
- Consulting engineers — Structural, civil and services engineering design and certification.
- Draftspersons — Technical drawing and documentation for building and manufacturing work.
- Quantity surveyors — Cost planning, measurement and progress certification on construction projects.
- Project managers — Client-side management of projects, programmes and delivery teams.
- Town planners — Planning advice, applications and submissions to consent authorities.
- Building designers — Residential and light commercial design outside the registered architect pathway.
- Mortgage brokers — Credit assistance and loan placement under a credit licence or as a representative.
- Financial planners — Personal financial advice provided under an Australian financial services licence.
- Lawyers — Legal advice and representation delivered by an admitted practitioner.
- Conveyancers — Licensed transfer of property title and the trust accounting that goes with it.
- HR consultants — Employment advice, policy and investigations for employer clients.
- Translators and interpreters — Translation and interpreting services where an error changes the meaning of a document.
- Virtual assistants — Remote administrative and support services delivered under contract.
- Travel agents — Booking and packaging of travel, holding client money ahead of departure.