Educators Professional Liability Insurance
- Coverage for Public and Private Educators
- Manage Your Policy Online 24/7
- Instant Certificate of Insurance (COI)
- No Association Membership Required
- Covered Wherever You Teach, Train, or Tutor
Affordable Professional Liability Insurance for Educators
Gain the confidence to be the best educator you can be. Educators liability insurance covers your risks so you can focus on doing what you love. Choose your specialty below to explore pricing and coverage options custom-made to protect your career.
What Is Educators Professional Liability Insurance?
Educator liability insurance is a series of coverages designed to shield a wide variety of educators from the cost of common liability claims. These claims include instances of third-party bodily injury, property damage, or claims that you gave bad or incorrect instructions as part of your services.
Who Needs Educator Liability Insurance?
Many types of educators need liability insurance to protect themselves from costly claims, including:
- Teachers (K-12, college, substitute, homeschool, etc.)
- Tutors (private, in/after school, off-site, online, etc.)
- Music teachers (private, in/after school, group lessons, etc.)
- Professional development instructors (corporate trainers, continuing education instructors, etc.)
Educators Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
General & Professional Liability
The most your policy will pay for bodily injury and property damage claims occurring in the policies term that you become legally obligated to pay due to your business services.
$2,000,000
General & Professional Liability Each Occurrence
The maximum amount paid per incident during the term of the policy.
$1,000,000
Products Completed Operations Aggregate
The maximum amount your policy will pay in a 12-month period for bodily injury and property damage claims that result from the products you use to perform your services. However, it does not cover your products that are sold or distributed.
$1,000,000
Personal & Advertising Injury
The amount that your policy will pay for claims arising out of one or more of the following offenses:
- False Arrest, detention or imprisonment
- Malicious prosecution
- Wrongful Eviction or Wrongful Entry
- Oral or written publications that slander or libels a person or organization
- Oral or written publication or material that violates a person’s right of privacy
- The use of another’s advertising idea in your advertisement
Included
Damage to Premises Rented to You
Applies to damage by fire to premises rented to the insured and to damage regardless of cause to premises (including contents) occupied by the insured for 7 days or less.
$300,000
Medical Expense Limit (Any One Person)
A no-fault medical policy that allows you to cover medical or funeral expenses for an individual up to the issued limit without deducting from the general liability aggregate limit. The injury or death must be as a result of a bodily injury caused by business operations.
$ 5,000
Unlimited Additional Insureds
Included
Inland Marine / Equipment and Materials Coverage
Also known as “inland marine,” it covers property that is movable or transportable in nature (e.g. supplies, equipment, or inventory) but excludes coverage for structures and items that are a permanent part of the structure. There are multiple tiers of coverage to choose from, starting at $1.33/month with a $100 deductible per claim.
$4,000
Sexual Abuse & Molestation (SAM) Insurance
Financial coverage if you experience false allegations of sexual abuse, molestation, or misconduct.
$300,000
Worker's Compensation
$500,000 or $1,000,000
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Educators, safeguard your career with affordable liability insurance that doesn’t compromise on coverage! Enjoy comprehensive protection covering a wide range of scenarios, ensuring you can teach confidently and securely.
Don’t wait—secure your peace of mind today and focus on what you do best: educating and inspiring the next generation.
What Are the Risks of Being a Professional Educator?
It’s hard to fully grasp the risks in education until something goes wrong, especially if you teach outside a traditional classroom. Incidents like these lead to expensive liability claims and lawsuits for trainers, tutors, and private instructors:
- A tutoring student’s parents sue you because their child scored below expectations on the SAT after your online test prep.
- While bringing your continuing education materials into your client’s office, a box of training supplies falls and damages their hardwood floor. They sue you to pay for repairs.
- You break your portable keyboard while transporting it home from your student’s piano lesson. It will cost thousands of dollars to replace.
Liability insurance for educators can help you avoid paying for expensive claims out of pocket, giving you peace of mind for whatever your next session brings.
What Types of Insurance Do Educational Professionals Need?
Educators need these coverages to guard their business against liability risks:
- General Liability
- Professional Liability (aka Errors and Omissions)
- Products-Completed Operations
- Damage to Premises Rented to You
- Personal and Advertising Injury
Insurance Canopy’s educator liability insurance policy protects your finances by bundling all of these coverages into your base policy. We also make it easy to customize your policy with add-ons like:
- Cyber Liability (Data Breach Protection)
- Inland Marine (Equipment and Materials)
- Free, Unlimited Additional Insureds
- Sexual Abuse and Molestation (SAM) Liability
- Workers Compensation Insurance
- Higher limits for General and Professional Liability ($1M per occurrence / $3M aggregate)
How Much Is Liability Insurance for Educators?
With Insurance Canopy, you can buy educators liability insurance starting from just $21.08 per month or $229 per year. This policy includes general liability and professional liability coverage.
The final cost of your premium will depend on factors like which state you do business in and any optional coverages you add during checkout.
Insurance Can Save You Thousands
When an honest mistake becomes a financial burden, liability insurance can save the day. With the right coverage for your instruction, you’ll have a safety net to fall back on. That peace of mind is priceless.
- A student tripped over supplies left on the studio floor by their private music teacher, resulting in a broken arm. $21,493
- A tutor wasn’t able to deliver the promised number of online sessions and was sued for breach of contract. $25,500
- Improperly labeled food served at a class party caused an allergic reaction, and the student’s parents sued the instructor for failing to prevent exposure. $32,500
- A fight occurred in a classroom while the teacher was briefly absent, resulting in injury. $29,566
- A corporate trainer accidentally disclosed confidential information about one client to another during a course. $20,000
Sources: (AIM) (Hanover) Claim amounts are estimated based on additional internal knowledge and research. All policies have conditions, limitations, and exclusions. Please read the policy for exact verbiage. Claim scenario circumstances vary in nature and similar claims do not guarantee coverage.
Have Questions About Educators Liability Insurance? We’re On It.
Why Do Educators Need Professional Liability Insurance?
Professional liability insurance is a must-have for educators. It acts as a financial safeguard if something goes wrong, so you can continue doing what you’re passionate about. The school or organization you work for may even require you to be insured if you’re an independent contractor like a self-employed tutor, substitute teacher, or trainer.
Instead of losing sleep over how you’d pay legal fees if you were accused of wrongdoing or poor instruction, rest easy by insuring your career. If you’re suddenly faced with settlement costs and attorney fees, Educator Insurance is designed to cover out-of-pocket costs for your biggest risks.
If My School or Organization Has Liability Insurance, Do I Still Need a Policy?
Yes! Even if your school or the business you’re contracting for has liability insurance, that policy is in place to cover them for any mistakes they make — not you.
Most school or employer policies only extend to you in a narrow set of circumstances: when you are on their property and acting within the scope of your duties. That’s a lot of room for interpretation when it matters most.
Educators need a general and professional liability insurance policy in their name designed to put their interests first, no matter where and when they work. Instructors who would benefit from educators liability insurance include:
- After-school tutors who meet off school premises
- Substitute teachers who don’t qualify for school district insurance
- Corporate trainers who provide events and workshops in clients’ offices
- Private educators working out of rented spaces, their homes, or students’ homes
- Online instructors who teach through video, chat, and proprietary platforms
- K–12 and college teachers who want coverage beyond a school or union policy
- And many more!
Does My Insurance Cover My Supplies and Equipment?
If you add equipment and materials coverage (aka inland marine) to your policy for just $2.17 per month, you can receive coverage if your business gear is stolen or damaged. We offer up to $4,000 in coverage per year.
Edtech makes training seminars run more smoothly and brings concepts to life for remote students. But what happens when your presentation materials get stolen from your car during a corporate workshop, or your laptop gets drenched when the tutoring center’s sprinklers go off?
Equipment and materials insurance is designed to cover your repair or replacement costs and get you back to work faster.
Do I Have to Join an Association to Get Educators Liability Insurance?
Nope! Other providers may require you to be part of an association before you can purchase professional liability insurance for educators, but not Insurance Canopy. You can get coverage regardless of whether you’re part of an association or not!
Does Educator Insurance Cover Online Instruction?
Online tutors, trainers, and instructors can cover their virtual classes plus any in-person sessions with Educators Professional Liability Insurance from Insurance Canopy.
This policy includes protections for online education like professional liability to cover your advice and personal and advertising injury to guard against costly mistakes while promoting your services online. We recommend adding our cyber liability insurance to your policy for security while handling digital payments and students’ personal data.
Does Educator Insurance Cover Working With Students in Their Homes?
Yes, Educator Liability Insurance follows you wherever you tutor, train, or teach, including students’ homes, a client’s building, or a corporate venue. When you’re working in someone else’s space, coverage against potential property damage is key.
Say your heavy laptop bag knocks over expensive artwork in a tutoring client’s home, or you break a projector belonging to the client’s office during your continuing education workshop. Educator insurance can pay for repairs or replacements, helping you preserve your professional reputation.
Insurance Canopy offers A+ rated insurance that doesn’t break the bank. We offer policies you can customize to fit the exact needs of your business, which is why our licensed insurance agents don’t make commission. Pay for the coverage you actually need and nothing you don’t.
- Quick online checkout process
- Instant Certificate of Insurance (COI)
- Customizable policies to suit your unique needs
- 24/7 access to your policy documents
- Free and unlimited additional insureds