Professional liability Yorba Linda, CA

When the claim is about your work, not an injury.

Professional liability — errors and omissions — covers claims that your advice or your work caused a client a financial loss. General liability does not respond to that. We write E&O for service businesses across Orange County and explain what the policy will and will not defend.

You'll know what's excluded before you sign.

In insurance since 1981Independent agencyCA Lic. 0606906

5-Star on Google
What it covers

What does professional liability cover?

Claims that your professional work or advice caused a client financial harm, including the cost of defending you.

Errors and omissions

A missed deadline, a mistake in a deliverable, advice that did not work out — if a client says it cost them money, this is the policy that responds.

Defense costs

Legal defense is often the larger expense, and it applies even when the allegation turns out to be unfounded. The policy states whether defense sits inside or outside your limit.

Claims-made timing

Most E&O policies cover claims made while the policy is in force, not work done while it was. That makes the retroactive date on your policy worth checking every year.

What it does not cover

Bodily injury and property damage belong on general liability. Dishonest acts and known claims are excluded. We go through the exclusions before you sign.

Who typically carries it

Consultants, agencies, technology firms, accountants, real estate professionals, and anyone whose contracts require proof of E&O before work starts.

Contract requirements

Client contracts often name a required limit and specific wording. Send us the contract and we will place the coverage to match it.

Related coverage

What sits alongside E&O?

The other management-liability coverages that respond when the claim is about a decision rather than an accident.

Directors & officers

Covers the people who serve on a board or run an organization when a decision they made becomes a claim against them personally.

Employment practices liability

Responds to claims brought by employees or applicants — hiring, discipline, termination, harassment allegations — including defense costs.

Cyber protection

Covers a breach of your systems or client data, including notification obligations and the cost of getting back to work.

Why Michael Duvall Insurance Agency

Why people move their policies here.

What it's like to have one agency for everything.

  • You'll know what's excluded before you sign

    We go through what the policy does not pay for — water backup, roof settlement, ordinance and law, wildfire smoke limits — while you can still change it. Surprises belong before the claim, not after.

  • The same two people know your whole file

    Home, auto, business — it's all with the same office, and the same two people remember your last call. You never start over with someone new or re-explain your house at renewal.

  • Choices, explained side by side

    We're an independent agency. We put several California-admitted carriers next to each other and show you the differences in writing, so the decision is yours to make.

Reviews

Straight answers, in their words.

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Kevin C. · 2026
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Joni M. · 2026
One call, every policy in the house, and the same person every time.
A Yorba Linda client · 2026
Why you can trust us

The things we can say plainly.

Independent agency

Choices from more than one company

Since 1981

Same office, same phone number

CA Lic. 0606906

Licensed throughout California

5-Star on Google

Written by people down the street

Areas we cover

Licensed across California. Local to Orange County.

Anyone in California can call — we quote by phone and email and place policies statewide.

Orange County

Los Angeles County

  • Whittier
  • La Mirada
  • Diamond Bar
  • Rowland Heights
  • Walnut

San Bernardino County

  • Chino Hills

Riverside County

  • Corona
Questions

Professional liability questions, answered plainly.

Is this the same as general liability?+
No. General liability covers bodily injury and property damage. Professional liability covers claims that your work or advice caused a financial loss. Most service businesses carry both.
What happens if I let the policy lapse?+
Because most E&O is claims-made, a lapse can leave past work uncovered even if nothing has gone wrong yet. Talk to us before cancelling or switching so the retroactive date carries over.
My client contract requires E&O. Can you match the wording?+
Send us the contract. We read the insurance section, place coverage that meets the requirement, and issue the certificate in the form they asked for.
Free coverage review

Send us the contract requirement. We'll quote to it.

A licensed producer reads the wording your client requires, matches limits and retroactive dates to it, and quotes California-admitted carriers.

  1. 1Call or send the form
  2. 2We read your current policy
  3. 3You see the options side by side