Sustainable design (and risk) is fuelled by many factors: client expectations, RFP requirements, the desirability of certain products/materials, manufacturer’s specifications, constructors’ capacity/skills, societal necessity, as well as the architect’s own aspirations.
Pro-Demnity understands this, and supports the wise, effective, and efficient management of risk, while encouraging the architecture profession to improve society and human interaction through better design. Both sentiments are true at the same time.
Comprehending the risks associated with architecture practice begins with understanding the valuable benefits of professional liability coverage from Pro-Demnity. It is important to read your policy (an eligible activity for self-directed Continuing Education credits) and ask Pro-Demnity questions so you are informed and feel confident in your liability insurance.
Further, enhance your knowledge with ongoing Risk Education to help you proactively manage, mitigate, transfer, avoid, or accept risk. Pro-Demnity can explain the impact of insured and uninsured risks, and offer resources, tools, and strategies for you to apply in your everyday practice.
Its Risk Services team comprises experienced architects with insurance and claims expertise, readily available as your sounding board on your most pressing, risk-related issues. One phone call today may help avoid a lengthy, costly lawsuit tomorrow.
Pro-Demnity is the architects’ professional liability insurer and ally, and its business is to protect and defend your architecture practice from allegations of error, omission, and negligence. And, it also aligns with you to inspire climate action. For several years now, Pro-Demnity remains steadfast in its commitment to operate and invest in a responsible, sustainable manner.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors are foundational to its Investment Policy and are actively incorporated in its investment strategy, and when assessing new investment opportunities. To this end, the proactive divestiture of investments from fossil fuels and pipelines began several years ago under the stewardship of its Board of Directors. Since September 2018, Pro-Demnity has not invested or reinvested in fossil fuels and pipelines. This divestiture heralded a new approach to business whereby sustainable thinking has become more broadly integrated in Pro-Demnity practices and planning.
To minimize carbon footprint, it has transitioned to electronic communications with clients, drastically reducing the environmental impact of printing and mailing; it also urges clients to move from cheque-mailing practices to contactless digital payment options,
In thinking about our collective futures, Pro-Demnity has made bolder investments than in the past to local charities aligned with its ESG intent and the UN’s Sustainability Goals. One such charity it proudly supports is Water First, which works with Indigenous communities to ensure sustainable access to safe, clean water.
This is why you won’t see merchandise or new printed materials at Pro-Demnity’s Conference booth this year. Instead, drop by to speak with them about risks or insurance, and for every qualified new subscriber (Architect, Licensed Technologist OAA, or Intern Architect) to Pro-Demnity’s e-newsletter during the OAA Conference dates, it will donate $3 to Water First.
As architects initiate inspiring climate-sensitive designs with sustainability outcomes in mind, Pro-Demnity is here to encourage you to unleash your creativity and rein in risks.
Listen to Pro-Demnity’s podcast: Architects’ Claims Stories.
Read its ESG statement.
Read its 2022 Annual Update: Protective by Design.
Visit its website, or watch its informational videos on trends, risk, and claims.