MFL is a leading specialist Professional Indemnity Insurance Broker to the professions, operating from offices in Leeds and Manchester.

We offer a broad range of insurance broking and risk management services to the traditional and emerging professions alike, including our own dedicated claims handling service.

About MFL

MFL was established in 1997 following a successful Management Buy-Out.
We specialise in the analysis, management and insurance of professional risk for professional practices, science and technology companies and the individual partners, directors, officers and trustees who manage those businesses.

MFL Ethos

As specialists who concentrate on our chosen niche area of operation, we provide outstanding quality and practicality of advice on the complex and business critical issues of professional liability risk. Our clients retain us not only for our broking expertise, but also for the added value that we provide in the areas of claims handling and risk control.

Our business ethos is twofold:

• To protect our clients' balance sheets;
• To protect our clients' professional reputations

MFL Specialist Divisions

Specialist insurance broking teams handle the professional risk requirements of our clients in the following three divisions:



MFL Professional has extensive experience in arranging insurance programmes for, and providing advice to, professionals from small businesses through to some of the largest practices in the United Kingdom.

Insurance cover is arranged with flexible, secure, supportive and competitive insurers, and is underpinned by practical advice in risk reduction and management by our team of experts.

When claims occur, our highly qualified team of in-house specialists are on hand to guide you through the claims process with claimants, insurers and lawyers alike, always taking care that your professional interests and reputations are recognised and not prejudiced.

Who We Work With

Our Professional division specialises in handling the insurance requirements of the following "traditional" professions:

• Accountants;
• Construction Professions;
• Independent Financial Advisers;
• Insurance Brokers;
• Solicitors;
• Surveyors, Valuers & Estate Agents

In addition to the above we have a large book of "miscellaneous" professional clients, many of whom come from emerging areas of professional practice.

Products & Services

• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Fee Protection Insurance
• Directors & Officers Insurance
• Office Insurance (Click here for more information.)
• Motor Fleet Insurance
• Professional Liability Risk Control

Click here to visit MFL Professional website.



Science & Technology businesses require particular care and consideration when formulating their insurance programmes.

This is particularly so in the prevailing litigious climate.

MFL Science & Technology has extensive experience in advising clients & devising solutions for clients' requirements in this sector.

As a result of this experience we have built strategic relationships to access exclusive markets and coverages.

This enables us to deliver quality advice and cost effective insurance programmes. See our testimonial page to see what clients think of our service.

Who We Work With

Our clients range from innovative emerging technologies to mature businesses, from IT/Telecoms companies & Venture Capitalists to Life Science & Medical Technology.

Products & Services

• Asset Protection
• Clinical Trials Insurance
• Directors & Officers Insurance
• Employers Liability
• Intellectual Property
• Key Man
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Indemnity/Errors & Omissions
• Public & Products Liability
• IT Risk Management (The ITTookit)

Click here to visit MFL Science & Technology website.



MFL Professional Partnerships Division arranges a number of exclusive Professional Indemnity Insurance schemes for the members of various professional institutes and associations.

Competitively priced, and with broad policy cover specifically designed to protect members against a wide range of professional liabilities which they may incur in the course of their business, our scheme products are essential protection to the professional practices concerned, and are often endorsed by the professional bodies whose members they are designed to protect.

The administration of our schemes is undertaken by MFL Professional Partnerships, whose advanced administrative systems and technological expertise enable MFL to offer an expeditious and efficient quotation and documentation service.

Many of our schemes offer a valuable free Legal Helpline service, including the vetting of contractual documentation by experienced and qualified solicitors.

Who We Work With

Our Professional Indemnity Insurance schemes include the following:
• Architectural Technologists (endorsed by CIAT)
• Garden Designers
• Landscape Architects (endorsed by LI)
• Sign Language Interpreters
• Translators & Interpreters (endorsed by ITI)
• Ecologists & Environmental Managers (endorsed by IEEM)

Click here to visit MFL Professional Partnerships website.



For our larger professional clients, where a more sophisticated approach to professional liability risk control is required, we offer a range of integrated fee-based services, working closely with well-known professional liability lawyers and captive managers.

MFL Professional, MFL Science & Technology, MFL Professional Partnerships and PI Manager are trading names of McParland Finn Ltd. McParland Finn Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

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