Biz: Errors and omissions insurance in Canada?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Cross-posted to copyediting-l and techwr-l. Apologies if you see this 
twice! (No replies the first time round.)

I'm currently bidding on a government contract. Last time, they asked 
me to obtain coverage equal to $2 million of the equivalent of "errors 
and omissions" (professional liability) insurance. Given that this was 
an editing job and my standard contract places the onus for confirming 
the correctness of my work on the authors, I convinced the contract 
officer to drop this clause. However, he warned me that this might not 
be possible in the future.

In case I'm forced to obtain the insurance, I'd like to find out if 
there are any bargains out there. (Last time I checked, costs were in 
the thousands of dollars.) Since I'm working ***in Canada***, I'd 
prefer pointers towards ***Canadian*** insurers; although U.S. insurers 
may be willing to cover a Canadian, I strongly suspect that there are 
traps for the unwary in such cross-border arrangements.

Please copy your response to me, and I'll summarize the results in a 
week or so. Thanks in advance!

--Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)


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