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Bolts of Insurance
• Statement of Work.
• Independent Contractor.
• Insurance and Bonds.
• Representations.
• Warranties.
• Consideration.
•Retention.
•Payment schedule.
How Does Insurance Work?
• Insurance policies tend not to overlap with
other types of policies.
• There are some perils that insurance policies
just don’t cover:
• Intentional Harm or wrongdoing, other
than self-defense.
• Crimes, other than defense coverage until
found guilty.
• Specialty markets exist for those perils that
are too risky, too small, unpredictable, or not
profitable for traditional insurance markets:
• Pollution Liability
• Professional Liability
Common Policy Parts & Pieces
• Coverages – The Insuring Agreement.
–Exclusions – What isn’t covered.
• Who is an Insured – Who is covered by the policy.
• Limits of Insurance – How much the insurance company will pay.
• Policy Conditions – Restrictions, duties, responsibilities.
• Definitions –
What the terms mean.
What Does “Claims Made” or
“Occurrence” Mean?
Insurance policies are written on a
“claims made” or “occurrence” basis.
These terms address claims
reporting time periods.
A Claims Made policy covers all
claims reported and filed during
the policy period.
An Occurrence policy covers all
claims arising out of incidents
occurring during the policy
period, regardless of whether
or not the policy is still in
effect at the time that the
claim is made.
Coverage Assessment
What kind
of insurance
or bonds?
What Does Insurance Really
Cover?
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Common Types of
Insurance Coverage
• Commercial General Liability
• Automobile Liability
• Professional Liability
• Workers’ Compensation
Less Common Types of
Insurance Coverage
• Crime
• Excess or Umbrella Liability
• Pollution Liability
• Various Inland Marine Policies
• Aircraft
• Garage and Garagekeepers’ Legal Liability
• Tail Coverage
Commercial General Liability
(CGL)
Commercial General Liability
(CGL)
Insurance covering “Third Party”:
Bodily injury.
Property damage.
Limited Contractual liability.
Products and completed operations.
May also cover personal and
advertising injury liability.
General Liability Insurance Myths
• General Liability insurance covers “the
indemnification provided in the contract”.
– FALSE
• General Liability insurance will cover your
entity if the contractor’s work is done
“negligently”.
– FALSE
• There is “contractual liability” coverage in
a General Liability policy.
– MOSTLY FALSE
CGL Policy Definitions
"Products-completed operations
hazard“ means:
a) Includes all "bodily injury" and
"property damage“ occurring away
from premises you own or rent and
arising out of "your product" or
"your work."
CGL Policy Definitions
"Products-completed operations hazard“
(continued)
Except:
(1) Products that are
still in your physical
possession; or
(2) Work that has not
yet been completed or
abandoned.
CGL Policy Definitions
"Products-completed operations hazard“
(Continued)
Contractors Pollution
Liability (CPL) and (CPO)
protects contractors against
claims for third-party bodily
injury, property damage or
cleanup costs/environmental
damages arising from
pollution conditions caused in
the performance of covered
operations.
Contractors Pollution Liability
Coverage (CPL) & (CPO)
• The coverage applies to sudden and
gradual pollution events and responds to
cleanup costs, both on and off the work
site.
• CPL provides coverage for damages due to
pollution arising from the performance of
covered operations by the Insured or
their subcontractors, claims alleging
improper supervision of subcontractors
against the Insured, and coverage for
claims arising out of environmental work
performed by the Insured or their
subcontractor.
Contractors Pollution Liability
Coverage (CPL) & (CPO)
• CPL provides this coverage in a claims made basis
and Contractors Pollution Occurrence (CPO)
provides this coverage on an occurrence basis.
• CPL and CPO can have a Professional Liability
component added. This coverage would likely be
needed for Environmental Consultants.
• If the contractor will be transporting hazardous
materials or pollution that has been removed
through remediation, check the policy to make
sure that the transportation exposure is included
in the coverage.
Inland Marine Coverage
What is Inland Marine Coverage?
How much
insurance?
Two Schools of Thought
Traditional Contract
Risk Assessment
• What is the activity?
• Who could be harmed?
• What could go wrong?
• How bad could it be?
• How much could it cost?
• Assignment of insurance amounts based
on the Risk Rating.
Use the risk rating to set
insurance and bonding limits.
Severity
INSIGNIFICA MINOR MODERAT MAJOR CRITICAL
NT E
Likelihood
ALMOST M H E E E
CERTAIN
LIKELY M M H E E
POSSIBL L M H E E
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UNLIKEL L L M H E
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RARE L L M H H
E = Extreme Risk:
• First, consider not doing
the activity.
• If you must, you will need
to decide how much a
potential loss could cost?
• In general, risks at this
level warrant more than
$1 million in coverage.
H = High Risk:
• Could a potential loss cost in
excess of $1 million? If so,
ask for more coverage.
• Make sure your assessment
considers all costs of potential
losses.
• Risk Management would not
recommend limits of less than
$1 million for High rated risks.
M = Moderate Risk:
• Standard limit of
insurance is $1 million.
• Assessment should
consider all costs of
potential losses.
• If assessment reveals
potential loss in excess of
$1 million, your risk may
actually be high (see H for
High Risk.)
L = Low Risk:
• If risk is minimal, this is the area where
coverage and limits may potentially be
flexible.
• Standard limit is still $1 million.
• In the case of minimal risks, the agency
could make a business decision to lower the
limits of coverage.
• Risk Management would not generally
recommend insurance limits of less than
$500,000.
• If the risk assessment reveals only
minute risk, agency could make a
business decision to waive coverage.
OR
Try Backing Into the
Coverage Amount
Coverage Assessment
• Analyze the perils
covered by the type of
insurance you will be
requiring.
• Looking at the perils, and
analyze if these perils
exist in the performance
of the contracted work.
Coverage Assessment
• For each peril that exists in the contracted
work, perform a risk assessment of:
– Who could be harmed?
– What could go wrong?
– How bad could it be?
– How much could it cost?
• Rate the perils and assign insurance amounts
based on the Risk Rating.
Supplemental Clauses
Acrobat Document
Contractual
Risk Assessment Example
Lottery Purchase of
Poker/Slot Machines
What is the scope of the
contractual activity?
What is the overall activity?
Procurement of 325 Video Poker/Slot Machines
What are the activity
components?
• Design and development of
specifications for the
machines.
• Manufacture of the machines.
• Quality control and testing.
• Transportation of the
machines to the Lottery
Warehouse.
When and where does the activity
take place(s)?
• Victoria B.C.
• 5/26/05 through 11/30/05
ALMOST M H E E E
CERTAIN
LIKELY M M H E E
POSSIBL L M H E E
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UNLIKEL L L M H E
Y
RARE L L M H H
Determine the Risk Rating
or Level of Risk for Each
Loss Exposure.
Bodily Injury: Low Risk
Property Damage: Extreme Risk
Design Flaw: Extreme Risk
Liability: Extreme
Weighing the Value of Opportunities
Rating Value Description (Opportunity)