Hedge/Business classes/Lawyers/Employment Practices
Class and coverage guide

Employment Practices for Lawyers.

Direct answer. Employment Practices Liability is included in Hedge's published target coverage for Lawyers under the line EPL, with a published target of $1M. The current public class status is in current public appetite. Hedge must confirm current fit, route, and available terms after reviewing the real account.

Public class statusIn current public appetite
Published target$1M
Reviewed2026-08-24
Coverage context

What this coverage question means.

Employment practices liability commonly addresses specified claims involving employment-related wrongful acts such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination. Workforce composition, locations, policies, prior matters, wage-and-hour exposure, and requested third-party coverage can materially affect the placement.

Class context. Lawyers Professional Liability for solo practitioners and firms ≤ 50 attorneys.

Terms depend on the policy and account

This page does not interpret a policy or promise coverage. Actual coverage depends on the issued forms, endorsements, exclusions, conditions, limits, and facts accepted by the insurer.

Underwriting facts

What changes the answer.

  • Practice areas + % of revenue
  • Attorney count + years admitted
  • Largest fee in last year
  • Trust account audit history

Conditions that need closer review

  • PI plaintiff > 30% of revenue
  • Securities / patent litigation
  • Mass tort / class action
  • Disbarred attorneys
  • Active suspension by state bar
Stronger starting profile

Controls and facts to surface.

  • Estate planning, business, real estate
  • Solo to mid-size (< 25 attorneys)
  • No class action work
Hedge forms

Useful class-specific preparation resources.

These Hedge-owned forms may help organize the account. A form listing does not make the form mandatory for every submission and does not prove appetite or market access.

Professional and management

Hedge Miscellaneous Professional Liability Supplemental

A fillable Hedge supplemental for miscellaneous professional liability and errors and omissions risks.

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Any risk

Hedge Loss and Claims Supplement

A fillable Hedge supplement for organizing prior losses, claims, and open-claim detail for wholesale review.

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Standard form references

Common commercial form sections to understand.

Use the edition accepted by the intended market. Hedge explains these form purposes but does not republish ACORD files in its public form library.

ACORD 825

Professional and Specialty Insurance Applicant Section

The applicant section used with management, executive, and professional liability coverage sections. It organizes common applicant, ownership, financial, prior insurance, and claims facts before line-specific detail is added.

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ACORD 827

Employment Practices Liability Insurance Section

The employment practices liability section used to describe workforce, locations, human-resources controls, layoffs, complaints, claims, and requested EPL coverage.

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State detail

Published class-specific state notes.

No class-specific state override is published for this class. State availability and account facts still require current review.

Next step

Build the account before choosing a route.

Open the class submission guide for the first-packet checklist, then have Hedge review the actual account. Do not infer a carrier, route, or authorization from this public page.