About Countrywide Legal Indemnities

Who are Countrywide Legal Indemnities?

Countrywide Legal Indemnities was founded in 1994 with a vision to provide a high quality service, based on a fast and professional turnaround to all enquiries. It has since become the UK's leading legal indemnity intermediary, and was the first company to pioneer a genuine 24-hour quotation service coupled with competitive premiums and comprehensive policy cover.

This dynamic approach literally transformed the legal indemnity market and attracted the attention of the Law Society, who in 1997 asked us to manage a Defective Title Insurance Scheme on their behalf. Countrywide continued to be endorsed by the Law Society for a further twelve successful years, before deciding not to tender for the renewal of the endorsement at the beginning of 2009.

Today thousands of solicitors regularly rely on its products to help move the conveyancing process to completion, and with the largest team of underwriting experts and the widest range of covers, Countrywide continues to offer the complete solution to all your legal indemnity needs.

So, whether you prefer to arrange cover by phone, email, fax or letter, you can be sure your enquiry will always be dealt with swiftly by one of our skilled underwriters. Alternatively, our popular self-issue pack and online services offer you the facility to place your client directly on cover yourself.

Please note that we are unable to conduct business directly with members of the public. Please direct any enquiries through your solicitor, legal executive or licensed conveyancer.

Our staff

Based in Norwich, we employ over 60 members of staff with a team of underwriting specialists carefully recruited from around the country. These experts are on hand to offer advice on an extensive range of legal indemnity policies – however complex the risk maybe. Click here for details about joining Countrywide.