The policy can be composed of three coverage parts:
- Third-party professional liability includes defense, mediationcredit and domestic and global coverage.
- First-party professional liability that includes:
- Excess coverage of the underlying professional liability policyif the contractor incurs losses, such as cost overruns, scheduledelays and rework due to the negligence of a subcontracted designprofessional
- The ability for an insured contractor to recover incurredlosses, regardless of whether there has been a claim by a projectowner or third party
- Providing difference in conditions coverage of losses to theextent that the policy is broader than the architect or engineer'sunderlying professional policies, subject to a self-insuredretention
3. Contractor's pollution liability is available on either aclaims-made or occurrence basis.
|Other key enhancements include:
- Damages may include direct damages (cost to repair) andeconomic loss arising from professional services as part ofconstruction means and methods
- Rectification coverage may be provided to indemnify an insuredfor necessary expenses incurred to correct a design defect in theworks
- Mitigation of loss may be provided to indemnify an insured fornecessary expenses incurred to address a pollution condition
Program options include intermediate and large deductibles,customized limits and sub-limits based on a customer's riskappetite and industry-leading capacity with liability limits up to$50 million.
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