en ec im Sp Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) en ec im Sp Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 2 SCHEDULE........................................................................................................................................... 5 en 1. INSURED ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2. INSURERS ......................................................................................................................................... 5 3. POLICY PERIOD ................................................................................................................................ 6 4. PREMIUM .......................................................................................................................................... 6 5. TERRITORIAL LIMITS........................................................................................................................ 6 6. LIMIT OF LIABILITY (ALL INSURING CLAUSES COMBINED)............................................................. 7 7. EXCESS ............................................................................................................................................. 7 8. GOVERNING LAW ............................................................................................................................. 7 9. JURISDICTION FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION ....................................................................................... 7 10. PROPOSAL DATE ............................................................................................................................ 7 11. NOTICES ......................................................................................................................................... 7 12. OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS .............................................................................. 8 SEVERAL LIABILITY NOTICE ................................................................................................................... 8 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY POLICY (CANADA).................................................................... 9 Sp ec im 1. INSURING CLAUSE .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.1.1 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY ......................................................................................................... 9 1.2 RETROACTIVE DATE ...................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 DEFENCE COSTS ............................................................................................................................. 9 2. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 CLAIM .......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 COMPENSATORY DAMAGES ......................................................................................................... 10 2.3 DEFENCE COSTS ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.4 EXCESS ......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.5 INDEPENDENT MEDICAL PRACTITIONER...................................................................................... 10 2.6 INSURED ....................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES............................................................................................................. 11 2.8 POLICY PERIOD ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.9 PROPOSAL .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.10 PRODUCT .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.11 TERRORISM ................................................................................................................................ 12 3. LIMIT OF LIABILITY ..................................................................................................................... 12 4. EXCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................. 13 4.1 PRIOR CIRCUMSTANCES ............................................................................................................... 13 4.2 WRONGFUL ACTS ......................................................................................................................... 13 4.3 EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY ............................................................................................................... 13 4.4 PRODUCTS LIABILITY ................................................................................................................... 13 4.5 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY ......................................................................................... 14 4.6 MOTOR, AVIATION AND MARINE LIABILITY ............................................................................... 14 4.7 CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL .................................................................................................. 14 4.8 EXCESSIVE CARE LEVELS ............................................................................................................ 14 4.9 INTERNET ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................. 14 4.10 SEXUAL CONDUCT ..................................................................................................................... 14 4.11 RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION ................................................................................................ 15 4.12 WAR ........................................................................................................................................... 15 4.13 TERRORISM ................................................................................................................................ 15 4.14 POLLUTION ................................................................................................................................. 15 Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 3 en 4.15 FINES AND PENALTIES................................................................................................................ 15 4.16 CROSS LIABILITIES ..................................................................................................................... 16 4.17 TOXIC MOULD ............................................................................................................................ 16 4.18 NON-PECUNIARY OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ................................................................................... 16 4.19 FEE DISPUTES ............................................................................................................................. 16 4.20 ASBESTOS ................................................................................................................................... 16 4.21 SILICA......................................................................................................................................... 16 4.22 ELECTIVE COSMETIC SURGERY ................................................................................................. 17 5. CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................. 17 5.6 CONTROL OF CLAIMS ................................................................................................................... 19 5.13 CONTRACT INTEGRITY ............................................................................................................... 20 6. ADDITIONAL CLAUSES AND EXTENSIONS ................................................................................... 22 6.1 INSURANCE OF INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS .................................................. 22 6.2 DUTY TO DEFEND EXTENSION ..................................................................................................... 22 6.3 GOOD SAMARITAN ACTS ............................................................................................................. 22 6.4 AIDS AND HEPATITIS NON-A SUB-LIMIT OF LIABILITY ............................................................. 23 6.5 SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR QUEBEC ............................................................................................. 23 6.6 EXTENDED REPORTING PERIOD EXTENSION................................................................................ 24 6.7 ROUND THE CLOCK REINSTATEMENT CLAUSE ............................................................................ 26 6.8 LOSS OF DOCUMENTS EXTENSION ............................................................................................... 27 6.9 LEGAL EXPENSES EXTENSION ..................................................................................................... 28 ec im SCHEDULE OF INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS....................................................................... 33 SERVICE OF SUIT CLAUSE (CANADA) ...................................................................................... 34 Sp NUCLEAR INCIDENT EXCLUSION CLAUSE LIABILITY DIRECT (BROAD) CANADA . 35 Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 4 Schedule 1. Insured [Named Insured] of en [address] Except as may be expressly stated otherwise in this Policy, the benefit due under this Policy is payable to the first Insured named above or to his order. The first Insured named above shall be deemed to be the sole and irrevocable agent of each and every other Insured under ec im this Policy for the purpose of i) ii) iii) 2. instructing or agreeing with the Insurer(s) on alterations of the Policy coverage; making or receiving adjustments of premium; payments of premiums or giving to or receiving from the Insurer(s) all notices contemplated by the Policy. Insurers The party or parties specified elsewhere for the purpose, each for their own share of the premium and losses and not for the Sp share of any other. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 5 3. Policy Period From (inception date) to (expiry date) Both dates at 12.01 am standard time at the address of the Insured specified above. This Policy will not automatically renew: notice is hereby given that cover will terminate and not be renewed at the expiry date unless a new agreement is reached between the Insurers and the Insured. This is for the purpose of review for the sake of those jurisdictions where tacit renewal applies and does not year. Retroactive Date: Premium ec im 4. en signal Insurers’ unwillingness to renew the cover from year to Premium Payment Warranty It is warranted that all premiums due to the Insurers under this Policy are paid by the premium due date stated below. Nonreceipt by the Insurers of such premiums by midnight of the premium due date shall render this Policy void with effect from the inception date stated in Item 3 of the Schedule. Premium Due Date: Territorial Limits 5.1 Third Party Jurisdictions covered by the Policy as per first Sp 5. 5.2 paragraph of Insuring Clause: Canada This Policy only applies to the Insured’s business carried on, in or from premises situated in Canada. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 6 6. Limit of Liability (All Insuring Clauses combined) Any One Occurrence or Claim including all Defence Costs: In the aggregate during the Policy Period including all Defence Costs: 7. Excess Each and every Claim or series of en Claims arising from one common cause, including Defence Costs: 8. Governing Law Canada Jurisdiction for Dispute Resolution ec im 9. Canada Proposal Date 11. Notices Sp 10. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 7 12. Optional Extensions and Endorsements Whether or not operative 6.2 Duty to Defend Included 6.3 Good Samaritan Acts Included 6.4 AIDS and Hepatits Non-A No sub-limit 6.5 Special Conditions for Quebec Not Operative 6.6. Extended Reporting en Clause Reference Additional Premium Not included. Period RTC Reinstatement Clause Not included 6.8 Loss of Documents Not included 6.9 Legal Expenses Not included ec im 6.7 Sub-limit Sub-limit Several Liability Notice The subscribing Insurers’ obligations under contracts of insurance to which they subscribe are several and not joint and are limited solely to the extent of their individual subscriptions. The subscribing Insurers are not responsible for the subscription of any co-subscribing insurer who for any reason Sp does not satisfy all of part of its obligations. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 8 Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) Insuring Clause This Policy indemnifies the Insured in respect of the Insured’s legal liability to pay Compensatory Damages in accordance with the laws of the country/ies specified in Item 5.1 of the Schedule resulting from any covered Claims which are both made against en the Insured and notified to Insurers during the Policy Period. The cover provided is subject to the Limit of Liability and to the terms, conditions and exclusions contained herein and is granted in consideration of the payment of the premium stated in the Schedule and in reliance upon the statements made by the Insured in the Proposal, which statements are deemed to form the basis of and be incorporated in this Policy. The Policy only covers Claims in excess of the sum ec im 1.1 specified in the Schedule as the Excess arising in respect of 1.1.1 Professional Indemnity the Insured’s liability for death, bodily injury, mental injury, illness or disease of or to any patient of the Insured caused by any act, error or omission committed by the Insured which is or is alleged to be negligent and which arises from the provision of Professional Services; 1.2 Sp 1. 1.3 Retroactive Date all arising out of acts, errors, omissions, circumstances or events occurring or committed only on or after the Retroactive Date specified in Item 3 of the Schedule. If no date is specified there, the inception date of this Policy will become the Retroactive Date; Defence Costs and the Policy will also indemnify the Insured for Defence Costs incurred in connection with any such Claim. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 9 Definitions Certain words or phrases in the Policy have been specially defined or qualified. These have that same meaning or qualification wherever used. The Policy 2.1 Claim includes this endorsements or extensions. Policy, the Schedule and any any Claim, suit or proceedings served upon or issued against the Insured or oral or written allegation communicated to the en Insured; a request by or on behalf of a patient for medical records shall not of itself constitute a Claim; 2.2 Compensatory Damages sums payable in respect of any judgment, award or settlement including third party claimants' fees, costs and expenses for ec im which the Insured is held liable; 2.3 Defence Costs reasonable and necessary fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Insured with the prior written consent of Insurers and resulting from: 2.3.1 investigation, defence or settlement of any Claim; 2.3.2 attendance or representation at or in connection with any examination, enquiry or proceedings commissioned by any official, administrative or regulatory body exercising due authority over any Insured in relation to any circumstance which has a direct relevance to a Claim; and 2.3.3 any appeal from any of the proceedings mentioned in Sp 2. 2.4 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 above. Excess the amount specified as such in Item 7 of the Schedule which the Insured must incur for which the Insurers are not liable and in excess of which this Policy is to apply. 2.5 Independent Medical Practitioner a medical or dental practitioner or healthcare provider working at or providing services at or out of the Insured’s premises or who may expose the Insured to liability but who is not an Insured under this Policy. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 10 2.6 Insured 2.6.1 the entity or entities named in Item 1 of the Schedule 2.6.2 any person, other than an individual practitioner (whether or not named in the Schedule of Individual Practitioners), who is, has been or may, during the Policy Period become, a principal, partner, director, employee or volunteer of the Insured named in the Schedule, including part time and temporary employees, students, locums and agency nurses but only in respect of Claims arising from work undertaken on behalf of the Insured; en 2.6.3 the personal representatives of the estate of any person who would otherwise be indemnified under this Policy; 2.6.4 any individual practitioner named or referred to in the Schedule of Individual Practitioners, if any, employed by the Insured, but only in respect of Claims arising from ec im work undertaken on behalf of the Insured. No entity defined above is an Insured with respect to acts or omissions committed or alleged to have been committed during a period of suspension of that entity’s license to practise. 2.7 Professional Services the provision of those professional services by the Insured as set out in the Proposal which forms part of this Policy. 2.8 Policy Period the period set out in Item 3 of the Schedule. Proposal Sp 2.9 the written proposal or declaration bearing the date stated in Item 10 of the Schedule and/or any presentation, statements, declarations, warranties or information upon which the Insurers have relied made by or on behalf of the Insured to the Insurers for the insurance evidenced by this Policy and a copy of which is attached hereto. 2.10 Product any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance or device or component part thereof, designed, manufactured, constructed, altered, packaged, repaired, serviced, treated, administered, sold, supplied or distributed by or on behalf of the Insured but not any food or drink provided primarily for the benefit of staff, Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 11 visitors or patients for consumption on the Insured’s premises. 2.11 Terrorism an act, including but not limited to the use of force or violence and/or the threat thereof, of any person or group(s) of persons, whether acting alone or on behalf of or in connection with any organisation(s) or government(s), committed for political, religious, ideological or similar purposes including the intention to influence any government and/or to put the public, or any section of the public, in fear. Liability The Insurers’ total liability during the Policy Period in respect of en Limit of all Compensatory Damages and Defence Costs combined shall not exceed the Limit of Liability specified in Item 6 of the Schedule and the Insurers shall not be liable to pay any sums after the Limit of Liability has been exhausted by payment of or ec im agreement to pay Compensatory Damages and Defence Costs. Sp 3. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 12 Exclusions The Policy does not cover 4.1 Prior Circumstances any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of any event or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to give rise to a Claim being made against the Insured and which the Insured knew about or should have foreseen or discovered prior to the inception date of this Policy. Where the Insured has received either an oral or written en communication from or on behalf of a patient, the Insured will be deemed to have been aware of such a circumstance; 4.2 Wrongful Acts any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of ec im 4.2.1 any deliberate or wilful misconduct of the Insured 4.2.2 any dishonest, fraudulent or criminal act of the Insured 4.2.3 the performance of any activities of the Insured whilst a person performing them is under the influence of intoxicants or narcotics; 4.3 Employers’ Liability any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of death, bodily injury, mental injury, illness or disease of or to any person under a contract of service or apprenticeship with the Insured or under the Insured’s supervision as an employee or for any breach of any obligation owed by the Insured as an employer to any such person, Sp 4. including any Claim in respect of which compensation is available or required under any Workmen’s Compensation Law and/or similar legislation. However, this exclusion shall not apply to any Claim arising out of any death, bodily injury, mental injury, illness or disease of any such person who is or becomes a patient of the Insured entirely independently of their employment; 4.4 Products Liability any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of any Product; Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 13 4.5 Directors and Officers Liability any Claim or Defence Costs made against any director or officer of the Insured, directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of any unlawful, wrongful or negligent act, error or omission or breach of trust, breach of warranty of authority or breach of duty, whether actual or alleged, committed, permitted or attempted by such director or officer where such Claim is made solely by reason of his holding the position of director or officer and having acted in that capacity; 4.6 Motor, Aviation and Marine Liability en any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of the ownership, possession or use by or on behalf of the Insured of any motor vehicle or trailer or any aircraft, watercraft or hovercraft. This exclusion shall not apply to death, bodily injury, mental injury, illness or disease of or to patients being transported by ec im the Insured or accompanied by the Insured in the course of transportation. 4.7 Care, Custody and Control any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of loss of or damage to property owned or used or hired by or otherwise in the care, custody or control of the Insured 4.8 Excessive Care Levels any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of actual or alleged breach of a contract under which the Insured has agreed to exercise a duty of care and skill Sp beyond such care and skill as is usual to exercise in the Insured’s business as stated in the Proposal; 4.9 Internet Activities any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of any advice, diagnosis or treatment given or information of any type published or promoted by the Insured over the Internet or via any computer or any electronic system accessible outside the Insured’s premises; 4.10 Sexual Conduct any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of actual or attempted sexual relations, sexual Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 14 contact or intimacy, sexual harassment or sexual exploitation happening under the guise of treatment or in the course of treatment; 4.11 Radioactive Contamination any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of ionising radiations or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel or from the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive en nuclear assembly or nuclear component thereof; 4.12 War any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, civil commotion assuming the proportion of or amounting to a popular uprising, military ec im or usurped power, martial law, riot or the act of any lawfully constituted authority. 4.13 Terrorism any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of Terrorism. It is understood and agreed that in any Claim and in any action, suit or other proceedings to enforce a Claim under this Insurance for loss or damage or legal liability, the burden of proof that such Claim does not fall within this exclusion shall be upon the Insured. Sp 4.14 Pollution any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of: 4.14.1 seepage, pollution or contamination 4.14.2 the cost of removing, nullifying or cleaning up seeping, polluting or contaminating substances 4.15 Fines and Penalties fines, penalties, punitive or exemplary damages, aggravated damages or multiplication of compensation awards howsoever and by whomever incurred; Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 15 4.16 Cross Liabilities any Claim or Defence Costs made by one Insured against any other Insured; 4.17 Toxic Mould any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of 4.17.1 the formation, growth, presence, release, dispersal, containment, removal, inhalation or ingestion of, contact with, exposure to, testing for or detection or monitoring en of or failure to detect or monitor or warn about bacteria, moulds, fungi, spores or similar growth or organic matter, including but not limited to aspergillus, penicillium, or any strain or type or stachybotris on or within a building or structure, including its contents. 4.17.2 the abating, testing for, monitoring, cleaning up, removing, containing, treating, detoxifying, neutralizing, ec im remediating or disposing of, or in any way responding to, or assessing the effects of, bacteria, moulds, fungi, spores or similar growth or organic matter, including but not limited to aspergillus, penicillium, or any strain or type or stachybotris, by any Insured or by any other person or entity; 4.18 Non-pecuniary or injunctive relief any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of non-pecuniary or injunctive relief; 4.19 Fee disputes any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or Sp arising out of any dispute involving the Insured’s fee, charges, personal profit or other advantage to which the Insured is not legally entitled; 4.20 Asbestos any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of the manufacture, mining, processing, distribution, testing, remediation, removal, storage, disposal, sale, use of or exposure to asbestos or materials or products containing asbestos whether or not there is another cause of loss which may have contributed concurrently or in any sequence to such Claim or Defence Costs; 4.21 Silica Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 16 any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of the existence, storage, handling, transporting, disposal, manufacture, selling or distributing of any silica or silica dust; 4.22 Elective Cosmetic Surgery any Claim or Defence Costs directly or indirectly caused by or arising out of the performance of elective cosmetic plastic surgery or hair transplants. Conditions 5.1 Licensing of all Professional Practitioners en It is a condition precedent to the Insured’s right to be indemnified under this Policy that the Insured keep accurate records of and ensure that throughout the Policy Period all professional practitioners hold valid licences to practise in their respective specialisations issued by the relevant lawfully established and recognised licensing authority within the ec im territories specified in Item 5.2 of the Schedule. This Condition, shall apply to all medical and dental practitioners, private consultants and those with visiting rights under the Insured’s supervision or who otherwise work or provide services on or out of the Insured’s premises. 5.2 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law This Policy is governed by and should be construed in accordance with the law of the country specified in Item 8 of the Schedule. In the event of any dispute between the Insurers and the Insured concerning this Policy, its validity, existence or termination or relating to the interpretation of the terms, conditions, limitations and/or exclusions contained herein, the Sp 5. parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction within the country or state specified in Item 9 of the Schedule and to comply with all requirements necessary to give such court jurisdiction. 5.3 Records The Insured shall at all times:5.3.1 maintain accurate descriptive records of all Professional Services and equipment used in procedures. Such records shall be made available for inspection and use by Insurers or their appointed representatives in the investigation or Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 17 defence of any Claim hereunder; 5.3.2 retain the records referred to in 5.3.1 above for a period of at least ten (10) years from the date of treatment and, in the case of a minor, for a period of at least ten (10) years after that minor attains majority. Obstetric records must be retained and preserved indefinitely; always subject to any longer retention period as provided for by applicable legislation; 5.3.3 provide Insurers or their appointed representatives with such oral or written information, assistance, signed require. 5.4 Disclosure en statements, evidence or depositions as Insurers may 5.4.1 Insurers have relied upon the Proposal as the basis upon 5.4.2 It is a condition precedent to the Insured’s right to be which they have entered in to this Policy. ec im indemnified under this Policy that the Insured must disclose to the Insurers before this Policy is entered into, every matter which is known or ought reasonably to be known by the Insured which a reasonable person in the circumstances could be expected to identify as relevant and/or material to the risk being insured. This duty of disclosure also applies to any renewal, extension, variation or reinstatement of the Policy. 5.4.3 In the event of unintentional non-disclosure, the Insurers may at their absolute discretion refuse to cover additional exposure to that which was disclosed or Sp charge a reasonable additional premium or avoid the contract. 5.4.4 In the event of intentional or fraudulent failure to comply with the duty of disclosure; or intentional or fraudulent misrepresentation to the Insurers, the Insurers may avoid the contract. 5.4.5 It is a condition precedent to the right of the Insured to be indemnified under this Policy that, during the Policy Period, the Insured gives notice in writing as soon as practicable to the party named in Item 11 of the Schedule of any alteration which materially affects the risk. The Insurers are entitled to refuse to cover the additional exposure or cancel the contract in accordance with the Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 18 cancellation provisions of this Policy. 5.5 Notice 5.5.1 It is a condition precedent to the right of the Insured to be indemnified under this Policy that notice of any Claim as well as any circumstances or incidents which might reasonably be expected to give rise to a Claim shall be given to Insurers immediately upon the Insured becoming aware thereof. Notice of such Claim or circumstances or incident shall be in writing and shall be delivered by fax, email or by post to the address specified in item 11 of the Schedule. the Insured provides Insurers with notice of en 5.5.2 If circumstances or incidents as mentioned above during the Policy Period which are accepted by the Insurers, any Claim subsequently made which arises from those circumstances shall not be excluded from the cover granted by this Policy solely because the Claim was made after expiry of the Policy Period. ec im 5.5.3 The simple noting of an incident in an incident book without other grounds for believing a Claim may be made shall not constitute a notifiable circumstance or incident. 5.6 Control of Claims Insurers shall be entitled but not obligated to take control of the defence of any Claim in the Insured’s name and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any negotiations or proceedings in the settlement of any Claim. The Insured shall assist the Insurers and co-operate fully with them in the investigation and/or defence of any Claim and the prosecution of any subrogation or recovery action without charge to Insurers. Sp 5.7 Consent of Insurers The Insured shall not admit liability or enter any arrangement or make any offer, payment or promise or incur any Defence Costs without the prior written consent of Insurers. 5.8 Consent of the Insured Insurers will not settle any Claim without the consent of the Insured provided that:- 5.8.1 if the Insured refuses to consent to any settlement recommended by Insurers or their legal representatives then Insurers' liability shall not exceed the total amount for which the Claim could have been settled plus the Defence Costs incurred with their consent up to the date Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 19 of the refusal; 5.8.2 the Insured agrees to indemnify Insurers for all sums including Defence Costs which Insurers are liable to pay after the date of refusal. 5.9 Relinquishment Insurers may at any time pay to the Insured in connection with any Claim the amount of the Limit of Liability remaining under this Policy or any lesser amount for which such Claim can be settled less any sums already paid and less any associated Defence Costs already paid. Upon such payment being made, en the Insurers shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such Claim or associated Defence Costs incurred after the date of such relinquishment. 5.10 Subrogation ec im Insurers shall be entitled at any stage to bring an action for their own benefit seeking indemnity, damages or otherwise against any third party in the name of the Insured to the extent of any sums paid or payable by them or in pursuance of their interests in any Claim. Insurers’ expenses in the recovery shall be applied prior to the application of the recovery to the Claim. 5.11 Fraudulent Claims If the Insured shall make any request for payment from Insurers knowing the same to be false or fraudulent as regards amount or otherwise, this Policy shall become void ab initio, all premiums paid shall be forfeited and all payments to the Sp Insured under the Policy shall be returned. 5.12 Cancellation Insurers may cancel this Policy by giving written notice to the Insured at the address stated in Item 1 of the Schedule of thirty (30) calendar days before the effective date of cancellation. Premium will be refunded to the Insured on a pro rata basis. 5.13 Contract Integrity The Policy, Declarations, extensions and endorsements shall be read as one document and the information given to the Insurers when the contract was concluded is incorporated in and forms the basis of this Policy. No alteration to the Policy shall be Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 20 binding unless it is evidenced by endorsement duly signed by or on behalf of the Insurers. However an arbitration clause, if Sp ec im en included in the Policy, is a separate agreement to the Policy. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 21 Additional Clauses and Extensions 6.1 Insurance of Independent Professional Practitioners It is a condition precedent to the Insured’s right to be indemnified under this Policy that the Insured keep accurate records of and ensure that throughout the Policy Period all Independent Professional Practitioners are members of a medical defence organisation or similar scheme, club, association or arrangement from which such practitioners benefit from insurance or indemnity or have the benefit of another form of compensation or payment or insurance in 6.2 en respect of their activities and potential exposure to Claims. Duty to Defend Extension This Extension is only operative if so stated in the Schedule. 6.2.1 Condition 5.9, Relinquishment, is hereby deleted and ec im Condition 5.6, Control of Claims is amended by deleting the words “but not obligated” and substituting the following words: “and shall have a duty”. 6.2.2 The Insurers’ duty to defend ceases when the total paid by them in settlement of the Claim plus any associated Defence Costs equals or exceeds the Limit of Liability available under the Policy in respect of such Claim. 6.2.3 This Extension only applies where the third party claimant makes a written allegation of a Claim in which the primary allegation is properly pleaded and is covered by this Policy. 6.3 Good Samaritan Acts This Extension is operative unless expressly stated otherwise in the Policy. Sp 6. A new Insuring Clause is added as follows: 1.1.2 the performance of Good Samaritan Acts A new Definition is added as follows: 2.12 Good Samaritan Acts treatment administered at the scene of a medical emergency, accident or disaster by the Insured when present either by chance or in response to an emergency call following a disaster. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 22 6.4 AIDS and Hepatitis Non-A Sub-Limit of Liability The Insurers shall not be liable under this Policy to pay more than the relevant amount stated in the Schedule in the aggregate in respect of this Policy Period in respect of any and all Claims arising directly or indirectly from or in any way connected with: 6.4.1 the virus known variously as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type III, (HTLV III) or Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus (LAV) or any of its mutants, derivatives or variations or the en Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS related complex (ARC) or any syndrome or condition of a similar kind howsoever it may be named, 6.4.2 Hepatitis Non A type viruses. Unless otherwise specified in the Policy, the above limit shall be ec im inclusive of all Defence Costs. If no amount is stated in the Schedule then no sub-limit will apply. Provided always that this extension will not operate to increase any aggregate Limit of Liability already stated in the Policy. 6.5 Special Conditions for Quebec Only applicable where the address of the first Insured named in item 1 of the Schedule is stated to be in Quebec. These conditions override any other provision of the Policy to the Sp extent it is inconsistent. Designation of Insurance Cover This is a non-compulsory liability insurance for the sole benefit of the parties named or referred to herein as Insureds. No other party is a beneficiary of the Policy or accrues any rights under it other than as expressly provided for by law. Policy Proceeds The proceeds of the Policy shall be applied exclusively to the payment of third parties injured. Cut-Through of Third Party An injured third party may bring an action directly against the Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 23 Insured or against the Insurers or against both. The option chosen in this respect by the third party injured does not deprive him of his other recourses. Offset Rights The Insurers may set up against the injured third party any grounds they could have invoked against the Insured at the time of the loss, but not grounds pertaining to facts that occurred after the loss; the Insurers have a right of action against the Insured in respect of facts that occurred after the loss. en Duty to Defend and Costs in Addition Extension 6.2, Duty to Defend, is applicable. Sub-paragraph 6.2.2 thereof is amended by deleting the words “plus any associated Defence Costs”. Limit of Liability clause 3 is amended to read as follows. ec im The Insurers’ total liability during the Policy Period in respect of all Compensatory Damages shall not exceed the Limit of Liability specified in Item 6 of the Schedule, disregarding Defence Costs. Insurers shall not be liable to pay any Defence Costs after the Limit of Liability has been exhausted by payment of or agreement to pay Compensatory Damages. Insurers will also pay Defence Costs in addition to the Limit of Liability, provided that if the total amount required to dispose of any Claim exceeds the Limit of Liability available under this Policy in respect of such Claim then the Insurers will at the maximum pay such proportion of the total Defence Costs as the amount of the indemnity available under this Policy bears to the Sp total amount required to dispose of the Claim. Consent Required No transaction made without the consent of the Insurers may be set up against them. Excess The Excess stated in the Schedule is exclusive of Defence Costs. 6.6 Extended Reporting Period Extension This extension is only operative if and in the manner specified in the Schedule. 6.6.1 Option Clause Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 24 The Insurers agree to grant the Insured the right to exercise an option which, subject to the fulfilment of the conditions stated below, will become automatic upon exercise of the same by the Insured. Conditions precedent to the exercise of the option: i) The option may only be exercised in the event of Insurers cancelling or refusing to renew this Policy for any reason other than due to non- or late payment of premium or fraud. The quotation by Insurers of a different premium or Excess or Limit of Liability or of changes in Policy en language for renewal shall not constitute a refusal to renew by the Insurers. ii) The option must be exercised by the Insured in writing to the Insurers within 5 working days of the effective date of cancellation by the Insurers or, in the event of refusal by them to renew, of the date the Policy would have been ec im renewed on. iii) An additional premium shall be paid to the Insurers as stated below no later than the latest date for exercising the option. 6.6.2 Extension Clause Upon exercise of the option by the Insured, the following changes to the Policy terms and conditions will be effective. i) An extended reporting period commencing with the effective date of termination of this Policy and ending on Sp the date specified below shall be granted during which the ii) iii) Insured may notify any act, error, omission, circumstances or event in terms of the condition 5.5.2 above. The extended reporting period may not be cancelled or curtailed by the Insurers. At the commencement of the extended reporting period the entire additional premium shall be deemed earned and in the event the extended reporting period is terminated for any reason prior to its natural expiration, Insurers will not be liable to return any additional premium paid. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 25 iv) The extended automatically reporting upon the period will terminate Insured obtaining insurance similar in scope and cover to this Policy. v) The act, error, omission, circumstances or event notified to Insurers must be such as occurred or were alleged to occur subsequent to the applicable Retroactive Date and prior to the effective date of cancellation by the Insurers or, in the event of refusal by them to renew, the date the Policy would have been renewed on. Any act, error, omission, circumstances or event notified en vi) by the Insured during the extended reporting period shall be treated as if they were first notified on the last day preceding the effective date of cancellation by the Insurers or, in the event of refusal by them to renew, the date the Policy would have been renewed on; This extended reporting period shall not have the effect of ec im vii) increasing the Limit of Liability applicable as on the last day preceding the cancellation or non-renewal. Unless otherwise specified in the Schedule, the additional premium due in respect of this extension shall be 50% of the premium stated in item 4 of the Schedule. Unless otherwise specified in the Schedule, the expiry date of the extended reporting period shall be 180 days after the effective date of cancellation by the Insurers or, in the event of refusal by them to renew, after the date the Policy would have been renewed on. Sp 6.7 Round the Clock Reinstatement Clause This Extension is only applicable if so stated in the Schedule. This Policy being subject to an aggregate Limit of Liability as stated in item 6 of the Schedule, each Claim made will reduce the amount of indemnity available to pay future Claims. It is hereby agreed that upon the happening of a Claim or Claims which exhaust the Limit of Liability available to the Insured under this Policy and all excess layer policies combined, the Limit of Liability under this Policy will be reinstated in respect of subsequent unconnected Claims, that is to say Claims which are not part of a series of Claims arising out of or which are attributable to the same single originating cause or source as Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 26 any Claim arising prior to the date of reinstatement and which are not otherwise causally connected with any such Claim. The maximum total amount reinstated by the operation of this clause shall be the amount of the Limit of Liability stated in the Schedule. This clause shall only apply to Insuring Clauses and Extensions in respect of which the Insured has advised Insurers in writing in advance that excess layers will apply and the limits of such excess layers and it shall be a condition precedent to the en operation of this clause that such excess layers are maintained in force for at least the limits advised throughout the Policy Period other than where the limits are reduced or exhausted by payment of Claims during the Policy Period. 6.8 Loss of Documents Extension ec im This Extension is only applicable if so stated in the Schedule. Insuring Clause 1.1.1 of this Policy is amended to also indemnify the Insured for sums which the Insured shall become legally liable to pay as Compensatory Damages resulting from any Claims for loss of any of the following documents 1. 2. patient medical records documents (other than documents which have monetary value) expressly entrusted to the Insured by any person, including deeds, wills, plans, letters, certificates and the like. The Insurers will also indemnify the Insured for the costs Sp incurred by the Insured with the Insurers’ prior written approval in restoring or replacing any of the documents referred to in 1 and 2 above or 3. the Insured’s own administrative and accounting records (other than patient medical records) which have been lost. In this Extension the terms ‘loss’ and ‘lost’ shall refer to the irrevocable loss, damage , theft or destruction of documents which after diligent search by the Insured cannot be found. Documents having monetary value shall be understood to mean tickets, bills, bank-notes, negotiable instruments, bearer Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 27 bonds, travellers’ cheques and the like. The Insurers shall not be liable for any Claim or Defence Costs arising from i) libel or slander, ii)) any infringement of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or similar legislation in any country, State or Territory, including any regulations or orders derivative from such laws, breach of professional confidentiality. en iii) Sub-Limit of Liability The Insurers shall not be liable under this Extension to pay more than the relevant amount stated in the Schedule in the aggregate in respect of this Policy Period in respect of any and all Claims arising directly or indirectly from or in any way ec im connected with loss of documents referred to in 1, 2 or 3 above. Unless otherwise specified in the Policy, the above limit shall be inclusive of all Defence Costs. The Limit of Liability of the Insurers under this Extension shall be excess of the amount stated in Item 7 the Schedule as the Excess in respect of each and every Claim. Provided always that this Extension will not operate to increase Sp any aggregate Limit of Liability already stated in the Policy. 6.9 Legal Expenses Extension This Extension is only applicable if so stated in the Schedule. Definition For the purposes of this Extension only, the term Insured shall mean the party named as such in the Schedule and no other. Insuring Clauses The Insurers will indemnify the Insured for reasonable fees, charges, expenses and disbursements incurred by the Insured’s solicitor or counsel with the Insurers’ prior written consent in respect of any of the following proceedings and arising out of Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 28 the Insured’s business specified in the Proposal. Such proceedings must be commenced and advised to Insurers in writing within the Policy Period and be brought within the jurisdiction specified in Item 5.1 of the Schedule. The cover will also apply to anticipated proceedings or circumstances which the Insurers accept are likely to give rise to proceedings, advised to Insurers during the Policy Period, which are commenced after the expiry date of this Policy. 1. Peer Review Inappropriate Practices Defending a civil or criminal action or responding to or en appearing at an inquiry in connection with an allegation of inappropriate or unacceptable practice by the Insured or a person (including a practitioner) who is an officer of the Insured on the grounds of knowingly, recklessly or negligently causing or permitting a practitioner employed by the Insured to engage in conduct that constitutes inappropriate practice by the practitioner. ec im This insuring clause shall only apply where inappropriate and unacceptable practice may be established by peer review procedures set out in any applicable statute or regulation governing the Insured’s profession whereby a practitioner may be deemed to have engaged in inappropriate or unacceptable practice if the practitioner’s conduct, in connection with rendering or initiating services, is such that a committee of his or her peers could reasonably conclude that: 1.1 in the case of a medical practitioner the conduct would be unacceptable to the general body of the members of the specialisation (general medicine is taken to be a Sp 1.2 specialisation) or in the case of a dental practitioner, optometrist, chiropractor, physiotherapist or podiatrist the conduct would be unacceptable to the general body of the members of the profession in which the practitioner was practising when he or she rendered or initiated services. 2. Court or Tribunal Prosecution Defending a prosecution or responding to an enquiry brought in a jurisdiction to which this Policy applies or any medical board, dental board, tribunal or complaints body within such jurisdiction which arises out of the Insured’s business specified in the Proposal. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 29 3. Health Care Benefits Providers Defending a suit or responding to an enquiry brought by an organisation whose purpose is the provision of medical benefits and duly registered as such in accordance with the laws and regulations in the territory specified in Item 5.2 of the Schedule. 4. Employment Disputes (a) arising in consequence of an Employment Related Dispute Pursuing or defending an action 5. relating to a contract or proposed contract of employment en (b) as defined in this Policy or with the Insured. Trade Practices Defending an action alleging breach of any trade practices legislation. Defamation ec im 6. Pursuing or defending a Claim for defamation, however, this Extension shall not apply to defence of a Claim for libel or slander when the Extension – Libel and Slander is operative. 7. Appeals Pursuing or defending an appeal from a judgement in proceedings of the kind referred to in any of paragraphs 1 to 6 above but only if in the opinion of senior counsel to be appointed by the Insurers such appeal is likely to succeed. Tax Audit Sp The Insurers will also indemnify the Insured for reasonable accounting fees, legal fees and related expenses incurred with the prior written approval of the Insurers in the event of the Internal Revenue Service or similar state body carrying out an in-depth audit of the Insured during the Policy Period which does not result in criminal proceedings being taken against the Insured. Exclusions This Extension is subject to all the Exclusions of the Policy insofar as they can apply and not specifically varied by this Extension. Furthermore, Insurers shall not be liable under this Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 30 Extension for any losses arising from or related to or in respect of 1. The dismissal of any present, former or prospective principal, partner, director, employee or volunteer of the Insured named in the Schedule, including part time employees, students, locums, agency nurses and other temporary employees of the Insured within 60 days of the inception date of this Policy, 2. Any action by or against the Insured against or by any 3. Any proceedings which are solicited by the Insured or en existing or former partner of the Insured, which result from collusion by the Insured with another or others in the instigation of proceedings, 4. Infringement of intellectual property, 5. Any Claim which falls within the terms of Insuring Clause 6. Breach of duty of any director or officer of the Insured in 1.1 or 1.2 of this Policy, ec im their capacity as such which is not related directly to the 7. 8. 9. Insured’s business as stated in the Proposal, The Insured’s out-of-pocket expenses, Legal fees and related expenses incurred by someone other than the Insured which the Insured is ordered to pay under an order for costs, Any compensation, damages or multiple damages of any kind. Sub-Limit of Liability The Insurers shall not be liable under this Policy to pay more than the relevant amount stated in the Schedule in the aggregate in respect of this Policy Period in respect of any and Sp all Claims arising directly or indirectly from or in any way connected with legal expenses under insuring agreements 1 to 7 of this Extension or Tax Audit cover. Unless otherwise specified in the Policy, the above limit shall be inclusive of all Defence Costs. The Limit of Liability of the Insurers shall be excess of the amount stated in Item 7 the Schedule as the Excess in respect of each and every Claim. Provided always that this Extension will not operate to increase any aggregate Limit of Liability already stated in the Policy. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 31 Recoveries The Insurers will have the benefit of any order or agreement for costs made in favour of the Insured or recoverable from any other source and if payment has already been made by the Insurers then the Insured must reimburse the Insurers up to the Sp ec im en amount they have paid. Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 32 Endorsement attaching to and forming part of industrial property Policy number Schedule of [Default: None unless advised] Sp ec im Practitioners en Individual Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 33 Endorsement attaching to and forming part of industrial property Policy number Suit Clause (Canada) (Action against Insurer) In any action to enforce the obligations of the Underwriters liable hereunder they can be designated or named as "Nicholas Smith in his quality as Attorney In Fact in Canada, for Lloyd's Underwriters, Members of Lloyd's, London, England" and such designation shall be binding on the Underwriters liable hereunder as if they had each been individually named as Defendant. Service of such proceedings may validly be made upon Nicholas Smith., whose en Service of address for such service is 1155, rue Metcalfe, Suite 1540, Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2V6. 09/05/01 Sp ec im N.M.A. 1970b Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 34 Endorsement attaching to and forming part of industrial property Policy number Incident Exclusion Clause (For use with all Public Liability Policies except Personal, Farmers’ and Storekeepers’) It is agreed that this Policy does not apply: (a) Liability to liability imposed by or arising from any nuclear liability act, law or statute, or any law amendatory thereof; Direct (Broad) nor Canada en Nuclear (b) to bodily injury or property damage with respect to which an Insured under this policy is also insured under a contract of nuclear energy liability insurance (whether the Insured is unnamed in such contract and whether or not it is legally enforceable by the Insured) issued by the Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada or any other insurer or ec im group or pool of insurers or would be an Insured under any such policy but for its termination upon exhaustion of its limit of liability; nor (c) to bodily injury or property damage resulting directly or indirectly from the nuclear energy hazard arising from: (i) the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of a nuclear facility by or on behalf of an Insured; (ii) the furnishing by an Insured of services, materials, Sp parts or equipment in connection with the planning, construction, maintenance, operation or use of any nuclear facility; and (iii) the possession, consumption, use, handling, disposal or transportation of fissionable substances, or of other radioactive material (except radioactive isotopes, away from a nuclear facility, which have reached the final stage of fabrication so as to be usable for any scientific, medical, agricultural, commercial or industrial purpose) used, distributed, handled or sold by an Insured. As used in this policy: 1. The term ‘‘nuclear energy hazard’’ means the radioactive, Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 35 toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of radioactive material; 2. The term ‘‘radioactive material’’ means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, their respective derivatives and compounds, radioactive isotopes of other elements and any other substances which may be designated by or pursuant to any law, act or statute, or law amendatory thereof as being prescribed substances capable of releasing atomic energy, or as being requisite for the production, use or application of atomic energy; en 3. The term ‘‘nuclear facility’’ means: (a) any apparatus designed or used to sustain nuclear fission in a self-supporting chain reaction or to contain a critical mass of plutonium, thorium and uranium or any one or more of them; Sp ec im (b) any equipment or device designed or used for (i) separating the isotopes of plutonium, thorium and uranium or any one or more of them, (ii) processing or utilising spent fuel, or (iii) handling, processing or packaging waste; (c) any equipment or device used for the processing, fabricating or alloying of plutonium, thorium or uranium enriched in the isotope uranium 233 or in the isotope uranium 235, or any one or more of them if at any time the total amount of such material in the custody of the Insured at the premises where such equipment or device is located consists of or contains more than 25 grams of plutonium or uranium 233 or any combination thereof, or more than 250 grams of uranium 235; (d) any structure, basin, excavation, premises or place prepared or used for the storage or disposal of waste radioactive material; and includes the site on which any of the foregoing is located, together with all operations conducted thereon and all premises used for such operations. 4. The term ‘‘fissionable substance’’ means any prescribed substance that is, or from which can be obtained, a substance capable of releasing atomic energy by nuclear Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 36 fission. 5. With respect to property, loss of use of such property shall be deemed to be property damage. It is understood and agreed that, except as specifically provided in the foregoing to the contrary, this Clause is subject to the terms, exclusions, conditions and limitations of the Policy to which it is attached. Sp ec im NMA1978a en 01/4/96 Professional Indemnity Policy (Canada) © C.U.A.L. 2005 Page 37
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