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Agenda. What Does PI Cover?Drivers For Purchasing PIPI Coverage StrategiesLinks with Other PoliciesClaims ExamplesFactors Affecting PI PremiumsPI Contractual Considerations. What Does PI Cover? . Indemnity for claims made during the period of insurance as a consequence of professional acts, e
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1. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ltd Construction and Professional Indemnity Insurance
Understanding The Issues
Andrew Harrison-Sleap
Phone: 0207 528 4711
E-mail: andrew_harrison-sleap@jltgroup.com
17 April 2008
2. Agenda What Does PI Cover?
Drivers For Purchasing PI
PI Coverage Strategies
Links with Other Policies
Claims Examples
Factors Affecting PI Premiums
PI Contractual Considerations
3. What Does PI Cover?
5. Who are Professionals?
6. Covered Contractor Activities Feasibility studies
Front end designs
Detailed designs
Technical information calculation
Geotechnical studies
Project management
Surveying (Quantity and Land)
Procurement management
7. Covered Liabilities Rectification costs (including first party prior to handover)
Consequential losses (Profits / Revenue/LDs)
Third party bodily injury and property damage (Only consultants not contractors)
8. Drivers For Purchasing PI Client requirements
Financiers requirements
Balance sheet protection
Part of good corporate governance (risk management)
9. Types of Cover Annual policy covering all claims made for all projects of the Insured
Single project policy (Multi year – 10 years max)
Single project annual
10. Third Party Liability Insurance Liabilities for:
Third party property damage
Third party bodily injury
Obstruction, loss of amenities, trespass, nuisance, interference, denial of access or any like cause
Occurrence based policy
Period: Works and Defects Liability
Completed operations coverage
11. Links With PI – Third Party Liability Third party liability covers liability for third party property damage and bodily injury only
Excludes professional services coverage for consultants (fee only work)
Only covers professional risks of contracting activities
Does not cover defective works
12. CAR Insurance Insures physical loss or damage to works
First party policy (not a liability policy)
Period – Works and Maintenance
Visits coverage
Limited/Extended maintenance (On site only)
Full guarantee maintenance
13. CAR Insurance – Defects Coverage DE5 – Covers all damages except betterment of defective part
DE4 – Excludes defective component part
DE3 – Excludes defective property
DE2 – Excludes defective property and that which relies upon it for support
DE1 – Total exclusion for defective design, plan, specification, materials or workmanship
14. Links With PI – CAR CAR covers defects but only where there is physical damage to the works
CAR only provides coverage during the construction and defects liability period (must have guaranteed maintenance cover)
CAR does not cover consequential losses (LDs)
15. PI Claims Design and Build Shopping Centre Car park
Subbed D&B to third party contractor
ECV: GBP 6m
Defective design of expansion joints
Cracking of car park
Demolition and Rebuild
Consequential Loss (Loss of trade)
Subcontractor Capped Liability
16. CAR Claim Example 1 A building has a structural defect in one wall which causes an entire building to collapse
Covered by CAR during construction and maintenance period
Not covered if damage after maintenance period. Covered by PI if the Insured is liable
Consequential losses not covered. Covered by PI if the Insured is liable
17. CAR Claim Example 2 A building has a structural defect in a wall which causes damage in that wall only. The rest of the building has structural defects but theses other parts of the structure are not damaged
Damaged wall covered by CAR during construction and maintenance period
Not covered if damage after maintenance period. Covered by PI if the Insured is liable.
Rectification of other structural defects (not damaged) not covered. Covered by PI if the Insured is liable
Consequential losses not covered. Covered by PI if the Insured is liable
18. Factors Affecting PI Premium Relationship with underwriter
Claims record
Type of work
Type of project (Construction, EPC / D&B, FEED)
Contract value / Fees
Territory
Experience
Risk Management
Programme Structure
19. Contractual PI Insurance Requirements Requirement to maintain coverage (12 years)
Available at commercially acceptable terms
Provide certificates of insurance / to whom it may concern letters – Not policy
Limits of liability (GBP 10m aggregate)
Not any one claim coverage. Agg limit
Principal not insured
Annual coverage preferable
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