All self-employed barristers are required by the Bar Standards Board to purchase their primary layer of professional indemnity insurance from Bar Mutual and Bar Mutual is obliged to provide them with professional indemnity insurance. Bar Mutual also provides professional indemnity insurance to single person entities that have been authorised by the Bar Standards Board and, on a discretionary basis, multi-person entities and alternative business structures that have been authorised or licensed by the Bar Standards Board.
Bar Mutual provides comprehensive professional indemnity insurance cover and an excellent claims handling service. As a mutual owned and controlled by its Members, Bar Mutual ensures Members' collective interests are paramount.
Annual General Meeting 2026
Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-Eight Annual General Meeting of the Company (the “AGM”) is scheduled to take place on Thursday 8 October 2026 at Essex Court Chambers, 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3EG and electronically in accordance with the information provided in the following paragraph commencing at 5:30pm.
Papers for the meeting are available from the Dowloads page.
Why Bar Mutual?
The minimum level of cover provided by Bar Mutual is £500,000 plus defence costs, each and every claim. The maximum is £2,500,000 plus defence costs, each and every claim.
As a mutual insurance company owned by its members, one of Bar Mutual’s central objectives is to provide professional indemnity insurance at a price that is fair and reasonable. With no shareholders to generate profit for, premiums are transparent and fair.
Established in 1988 and with 100% of the market we have unrivalled experience and expertise.