The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador is a subscribing member of the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA), a reciprocal insurance exchange established in 1988. As a practising insured member, you have:

• Mandatory Errors and Omissions (E & O) insurance with a limit of $1M per claim and a $2M annual aggregate limit; and
• Mandatory Cyber insurance ranging from $100K to $250K for various common cyber claims. See the Cyber Insurance Overview information to better understand your mandatory coverage.

Additional or excess insurance is also available through CLIA’s Voluntary Excess Program (VEP). Excess insurance is optional coverage that law firms can purchase as additional protection beyond the mandatory coverage required by the Law Society. Coverage options under the VEP include limits of $1M, $2M, $3M, $4M, $6.5M, $9M, $14M, $19M, $24M, $29M, and $34M. In addition, CLIA also provides additional cyber coverage limits above the mandatory insurance. For more information, please click here.

If you have any questions, please contact CLIA at service@clia.ca.

Posted: May 7, 2025