ARGOGLOBAL
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
SCHEDULE
NOTICE: THIS IS A CLAIMS MADE POLICY WHICH APPLIES ONLY TO CLAIMS FOR WRONGFUL ACTS FIRST
MADE AGAINST THE INSUREDS DURING THE POLICY PERIOD OR, IF APPLICABLE, THE EXTENDED
REPORTING PERIOD. THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY AVAILABLE TO PAY DAMAGES OR SETTLEMENTS WILL BE
REDUCED, AND MAY BE EXHAUSTED, BY THE PAYMENT OF DEFENCE COSTS. DEFENCE COSTS WILL BE
APPLIED AGAINST THE RETENTION. THE INSURER HAS NO DUTY UNDER THE POLICY TO DEFEND ANY
INSURED.
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Policy Number: ARGP00000934
POLICYHOLDER: Järelpinge Inseneribüroo OÜ
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS: Liivaoja 6-ÄP1, 10115 Tallinn, Estonia
BUSINESS SERVICES: Constructional engineering and consulting
SUM INSURED: EUR 1.000.000
DEDUCTIBLE: EUR 10.000
TERRITORIAL LIMITS: Worldwide excluding the United States of America and
Canada
PREMIUM: EUR 5.000
CONDITIONS: As per attached wording
RETROACTIVE DATE: 14.12.2013
PERIOD OF INSURANCE: From: 14.12.2019; 00:00h
To: 14.12.2020; 00:00h
Local Standard Time at the Principal Address of the Insured stated above
EXTENDED REPORTING PERIOD: 60 months
CONTINUITY DATE: 14.12.2015
ENDORSEMENTS: none
ArgoGlobal SE T +356 20106453 ArgoGlobal SE is authorised by the Malta
Dragonara Road, Aragon House Financial Services Authority to carry on
St. Julian’s, STJ 3140 General Insurance Business under the
Malta www.argoglobalse.com Insurance Business Act, 1998; Reg.-N.: SE 2
For the Policyholder: For the Insurer:
For confirmation of the agreement on and
execution of this Policy based on the
Schedule signed below and on the General
Terms and Conditions attached hereto,
which were sent to and received by the
Policyholder:
Stamp and signature of the Legal Stamp and signature of the Legal
representative of the Policyholder representative of the Insurer
On _______________ On 10/12/2019
At _______________ At St. Julian’s, Malta
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Contents
1 Our agreement in general 2
2 Insured section – 3
Professional Cover Liability
3 General exclusions 6
4 Duties in the event of a claim or 11
potential claim
5 General terms and conditions 14
6 General definitions and 19
interpretation
7 Complaints 26
ArgoGlobal SE T +356 20106453 ArgoGlobal SE is authorised by the Malta
Dragonara Road, Aragon House Financial Services Authority to carry on
St. Julian’s, STJ 3140 General Insurance Business under the
Malta www.argoglobalse.com Insurance Business Act, 1998; Reg.-N.: SE 2
1 Our agreement in general
1.1 Parties to this agreement
This policy is between the insured and the insurer as declared in the schedule. This document, together
with its schedule and any attached endorsements is the policy which sets out this insurance. It is a legal
contract so please read all of it carefully.
1.2 Words in bold
Words in bold typeface used in this policy document, other than in the headings, have specific meanings
attached to them as set out in the General definitions and interpretation section of this document.
1.3 Policy structure
1.3.1 The insured sections set out the scope of main coverage and the circumstances in which the
insurer’s liability to the insured is limited or may be excluded. Further, each insured section sets out
other terms and conditions. The cover by each insured section is only operative if stated as ‘insured’ in
the schedule. Where any schedule heading or sub-heading states ‘n/a’, ‘not applicable’ or ‘not insured’
then no cover applies for that item.
1.3.2 The exclusions set out limitations that apply.
1.3.3 The following general terms apply to all insured sections, clauses and endorsements:
a) claims handling terms and conditions;
b) general terms and conditions;
c) general definitions;
d) complaints.
1.4 Period of insurance and premium
1.4.1 The policy will provide insurance as described herein for the period of insurance provided the
premium and other charges are paid to and accepted by the insurer on or before the payment date shown
in the schedule. Taxes, levies and other relevant fiscal charges are payable in addition to the premium.
1.4.2 The premium is deemed paid and accepted on receipt by the insurer or the broker appointed to place
this insurance with the insurer.
1.4.3 If any premium (including a premium installment) is not paid and accepted by the insurer on or before
its payment date shown in the schedule, the insurer can give written notice to the insured at its address
shown on the schedule, cancelling the policy with effect from the seventh (7th) day after the notice has
been served but that cancellation will be prevented from taking effect and the policy will continue if the late
premium installment and any other remaining premium installments are paid and accepted before the
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cancellation takes effect. Without prejudice to other forms of service, notice of cancellation is deemed to
be served on the third (3rd) day after being posted if sent by pre-paid letter post properly addressed.
2. Insured section - Professional Liability Cover
2.1 Professional liability cover
The insurer agrees to indemnify the insured and pay compensatory damages, including any related
injunction or restraining order costs and claimant costs recoverable from the insured, from any claim first
made against the insured and arising out of the insured’s performance of business services and
multimedia activities, during the period of insurance, and where the claim arises out of any actual or
alleged:
a) breach of contract;
b) failure to protect against unauthorized access to, unauthorized use of, a denial of service attack against,
or transmission, corrupting or harmful software code to, information and communication assets;
c) transmission of a computer virus;
d) form of defamation or other tort related to disparagement of character, reputation or feelings of any
person or organization, including libel, slander, product disparagement, trade libel, infliction of emotional
distress, malicious falsehood, outrage or outrageous conduct, breach of comparative advertising
regulations, failure to attribute authorship or provide credit under any agreement to which the insured is a
party;
e) any form of invasion, infringement or interference with rights of privacy or publicity, including false light,
public disclosure of private facts, intrusion, breach of confidence and commercial appropriation of name or
likeness;
f) misuse of any information which is either confidential or subject to statutory restrictions on its use and for
the loss, damage, distortion, erasure or destruction of any documents, digitised data, microcode or
information stored in written, machine- readable or any other form;
g) infringement of intellectual property rights including but not limited to copyright, design (including in
respect of semiconductor topographies), title, slogan, trade secret, trademark, trade name, trade dress,
service mark, service name or domain name, breach of moral rights, passing off, plagiarism, piracy or
misappropriation of ideas under implied contract, including a breach of a hold harmless or indemnity
agreement specified in a written contract for the supply of technology products, technology services or
matter;
h) breach of professional duty, negligent act, negligent error, negligent omission, negligent misstatement
or negligent misrepresentation;
i) civil liability not included above.
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2.2 Additional professional liability costs and expenses
2.2.1 Court attendance compensation
The insurer will pay compensation to the insured, with the prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) of the insurer, in the event that the legal advisers acting on behalf of the insured
require any insured, any employee or any other relevant party (not including expert witnesses), to attend
court or any arbitration or adjudication hearing as a witness of fact in connection with a claim made against
the insured for which cover is afforded under this policy, at the following rates for each day or part thereof
on which attendance is required:
a) any principal partner, member or director of the insured EUR 1.000;
b) any employee EUR 500;
c) other relevant party up to EUR 500.
2.2.2 Defence costs
Following any event which is or may be the subject of indemnity under this insured section the insurer
agrees to indemnify the insured for defence costs, incurred with the written consent of the insurer
provided that if the limit of indemnity under clause 2.1 is exhausted by the payment or settlement of any
claim or loss the insurer’s liability to pay defence costs in respect of that claim or loss shall be limited to
such proportion of those defence costs as the limit of indemnity available for payment or settlement of
that claim or loss bears to the total payment (including where applicable claimants' costs) required to
dispose of that claim or loss.
2.3 Professional liability cover - extensions
2.3.1 Acquisitions and creations
a) Where the insured creates or acquires a company or companies subsequent to inception and the
turnover relating to all such created or acquired companies does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
estimated turnover of the companies covered under this policy at inception (less the turnover for
companies sold during the period of insurance), then this policy shall include as an insured any such
company created or acquired automatically from the date of creation or acquisition without additional
premium provided that:
i) the business services carried out by such company is similar to that of the
insured; and
ii) prior to the acquisition the acquired company’s directors or officers shall not have notified or be aware of
any professional liability claims or circumstances; and
iii) the retroactive date applicable to the business services of the new entity is deemed to be the date of
acquisition;
iv) the insured controls the composition of the board of directors; or
v) the insured controls more than half the voting power at a general meeting of shareholders; or
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vi) the insured holds more than half of the issued share capital (regardless of class of share).
b) Where the insured creates or acquires a company or companies subsequent to inception and the
turnover relating to all such created or acquired companies exceeds ten percent (10%) of the estimated
turnover of the companies covered under this policy at inception (less the turnover for companies sold
during the period of insurance), then this policy shall include as an insured any such company created
or acquired automatically from the date of creation or acquisition provided that:
vii) the terms stated in clause 2.3.1 a) i), to vi) above also apply to such created or acquired companies;
viii) the insured notifies the insurer as soon as is reasonably practicable of the creation or acquisition;
ix) the insured accepts the revised premium and or terms applying to each and every such creation and
or acquisition;
x) all insurance in respect of such created or acquired entities will terminate thirty (30) days following
creation or acquisition if terms cannot be agreed between the insured and the insurer.
2.3.2 Dishonesty of employees
The insurer will indemnify the insured, up to the sub-limit of EUR 100.000 against all sums which the
insured shall become legally liable to pay as a result of any claim against the insured during the period
of insurance when alleged in conjunction with a claim covered under the insured section arising directly
or indirectly from any dishonest, fraudulent, malicious or criminal act or omission of any of the insured’s
employees excluding partners, directors or principals, but the insurance by this policy excludes any
indemnity to the insured’s employee committing or colluding in the dishonest act, fraud, malicious or illegal
act or omission.
2.3.3 Public relations and crisis management services
Following a claim under this insured section, the insurer will pay all reasonable costs which the insured
incurs with the insurers written consent for a public relations and/or crisis management consultant to avert
or mitigate any material damage to any of the insured’s brands and business operations; provided that:
a) the insurer’s maximum liability not exceed the sub-limit of indemnity stated in the schedule which
amount is the maximum payable any one claim and in the aggregate during the period of insurance;
b) the public relations and/or crisis management consultants shall be chosen by the insurer who shall take
into account the nature of the claim or loss and the cost and quality of the services that they can deliver,
unless the insured has reasonable cause to request a different public relations consultancy and the insurer
and insured mutually agree upon such a company.
Insurer’s total aggregate liability under this Cover Extension shall not exceed the Sub-Limit of EUR 50.000,
such amount being part of and not in addition to the Limit of Liability.
2.3.4 Supplementary extended reporting period
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Supplementary extended reporting periods are available for periods of one (1) year, two (2) years or three
(3) years subject to the following conditions and providing the insured pays the additional premium. The
insurer undertakes to offer cover on request and at a premium not exceeding:
Extended reporting period % of Annual Premium
• 1 Year: 100%
• 2 Years: 125%
• 3 Years: 150%
Conditions:
The supplementary extended reporting period is not available:
a) if this policy is cancelled by the insurer or the insurer fails to offer renewal because of the insured’s
failure to pay the premium of comply with section 4 of the policy;
b) for claims arising from the performance of business services taking place after the effective date of
such cancellation or failure to offer renewal by the insurer
c) where the insured purchases another claims made insurance policy covering negligent acts, errors or
omission with a retroactive date later than that on the policy
d) before the basic extended reporting period, set forth in clause 4.1.2, ends;
e) where the insured does not give the insurer a written request and pay the additional premium for the
supplemental extended reporting period within thirty (30) days after the end of the period of insurance.
The entire premium for the supplemental extended reporting period shall be deemed fully earned and non-
refundable at the commencement of the supplemental extended reporting period.
3. General exclusions
This insured section excludes and does not cover:
3.1.1 Aircraft, watercraft, vehicles or buildings
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising directly or indirectly from:
a) the ownership, possession or use by or on behalf of the insured of any aircraft, watercraft or
mechanically propelled vehicle;
b) the ownership or possession by or on behalf of the insured of any buildings, structures, premises, land
or property (mobile or immobile) or that part of any building leased, occupied or rented by the insured.
3.1.2 Asbestos
any claim, alleged claim, liability, loss or defence costs directly or indirectly arising out of resulting from
or in consequence of or in any way involving asbestos or any materials containing asbestos in whatever
form or quantity.
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3.1.3 Associated company
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs brought or maintained by or on behalf of:
a) any insured or any parent of the insured or any subsidiary; or
b) any firm, partnership or entity in which the insured or any director or partner of the
insured has a financial or executive interest;
provided that this exclusion shall not apply to such claims originating from an independent third party.
3.1.4 Bodily injury and property damage
any Claim arising out of:
a) any liability for death, Bodily Injury, disease or sickness sustained by any person and/or
b) for any loss of or damage to property
other than in connection with Professional Services which have been or are being performed, undertaken or
provided by or on behalf of the Insured.
c) Property damage to any property that is owned, leased to, rented by or otherwise in the care, custody
or control of the Insured.
This Exclusion shall not apply to Defence Costs up to the Sub-Limit of EUR 100.000.
3.1.5 Deliberate or reckless acts
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs directly or indirectly arising out of any deliberate or reckless acts
committed by the insured.
3.1.6 Existing claims or circumstance
any claim:
a) made, threatened or intimated against the insured prior to the period of insurance;
b) directly or indirectly arising out of, or in any way involving any fact or circumstance:
i) of which written notice has been given under any previous policy (whether insured by the insurer or not);
or
ii) of which the insured first became aware prior to the period of insurance and which the insured knew
or ought reasonably to have known had the potential to give rise to a claim or loss.
3.1.7 Excess
the amount of the excess stated in the schedule.
3.1.9 Fines, penalties, liquidated damages, punitive, multiple or exemplary damages
a) any fines or penalties;
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b) any liquidated damages not arising as part of a claim for breach of contract under the insured section
and that at the time they were set in the contract were an unfair and unreasonable estimate of damages
that could be recovered against the insured had such liquidated damage provisions not been set in the
contract and the claim had been made at common law;
c) any punitive, multiple or exemplary damages where such have been identified separately within any
award of any court or tribunal unless the law permits the insurer to pay them.
3.1.10 Gaming, gambling or lotteries
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising out of the use or provision of any gaming, gambling or
lotteries unless a claim arises directly from business services.
3.1.11 Inherent and known defects
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising directly or indirectly from:
a) any inherent defect in any technology products which are supplied by or originate from a third party
but this exclusion does not apply to any amount the insured can satisfy the insurer that they are legally
able to recover under a written contract with a third party;
b) technology products or technology services known by the insured to be deficient, ineffective or
incapable of substantially fulfilling the essential purpose for which it is intended or to perform as specified,
warranted (whether express or implied), or guaranteed.
3.1.12 Insolvency of the insured
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising out of or relating directly or indirectly to an insolvency
event.
3.1.13 Legislation and regulation
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising out of the insureds breach of any taxation, competition,
restraint of trade or anti-trust legislation or regulation including but not limited to:
a) the Employment Retirement Income Security Act 1974 and any amendment thereto, or any rules or
regulations promulgated thereunder;
b) any actual or alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisation Act 18 USC
Sections 1961 et seq and any amendments thereto, or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder;
c) any actual or alleged violation of any of the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities
Exchange Act 1934 or any similar Federal or State law or any common law relating thereto.
3.1.14 Liability arising out of employment
arising from the liability to any employee, former employee or prospective employee in respect of
employment-related libel, slander, humiliation or defamation, unfair or wrongful dismissal, repudiation or
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breach of any employment contract or arrangement, termination of a training contract or contract of
apprenticeship, harassment, discrimination or like conduct.
3.1.15 Management liability
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs caused by or arising from any personal liability incurred by a
director or officer of the insured when:
a) acting in that capacity or managing the insured's business; or
b) in breach of their fiduciary duty, other than when performing a business activity for a client; or
c) making or issuing any statement, representation or information concerning the insured and the
business services contained in any accounts, reports or financial statements.
3.1.16 Nuclear risks
a) loss or destruction of or damage to any property whatsoever or any loss or expense whatsoever resulting
or arising therefrom or any consequential loss;
b) any legal liability of whatsoever nature;
c) any sum which the insured becomes legally liable to pay or any loss or expense;
directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to by or arising from or, in the case of (c)
above, attributable to:
i) ionising radiations or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from
the combustion of nuclear fuel;
ii) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or
nuclear component thereof.
3.1.17 Other insurance
where the insured is entitled to indemnity under any other policy except in respect of any excess beyond
the amount which would have been payable under such policy had this policy not been effected.
3.1.18 Patent
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising out of the infringement of any patent.
3.1.19 Pension, benefit, trust fund management
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising from the insureds operation or administration of any
pension or employee benefit scheme or trust fund, or the sale or purchase of or dealing in any stocks,
shares or securities or the misuse of any information relating to them, or the insureds breach of any
legalisation or regulation related to these activities.
3.1.20 Pollution
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs for:
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a) bodily injury, sickness, disease or death or loss, damage or loss of use of property directly or indirectly
caused by seepage, pollution or contamination; and/or
b) the cost of removing nullifying or cleaning-up seeping, polluting or contaminating substances.
3.1.21 Product recall and product liability
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising directly or indirectly out of or in any way involving:
a) the withdrawal, inspection, repair, modification or replacement of any technology products or of any
property of which such technology products form a part; however, this exclusion will not apply to any
portion of a judgement requiring the insured to pay compensatory damages following a breach of
contract;
b) goods or products sold, supplied, repaired, altered, treated, manufactured, installed or maintained by the
insured other than technology products or technology services.
3.1.22 Retroactive date
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising from any act committed, or alleged to have been
committed, prior to the retroactive date.
3.1.23 Self-replicating computer virus
any claim, loss, liability, expenses, costs or defence costs directly or indirectly arising from any computer
virus which indiscriminately replicates itself and automatically disseminates on a global or national scale
and/or was not specifically targeted at information and communication assets.
3.1.24 Trading loss and liabilities
any claim, loss, liability, expenses, costs or defence costs arising directly or indirectly from:
a) the insured’s lost profit, mark-up or liability for VAT or its equivalent;
b) the insured’s trading loss or trading liability including those arising from the loss of any client, account
or business;
c) the insured’s decision to notify individuals or procure credit monitoring services following any form of
data breach.
3.1.25 Utility provider
any claim, liability, loss or defence costs arising out of the failure of the service provided by an internet
service or telecommunications provider or other utility provider except when such services are included in
business services.
3.1.26 War and terrorism
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any claim, loss, liability, expenses, costs or defence costs of whatsoever nature directly or indirectly
caused by, resulting from or in connection with war or terrorism regardless of any other cause or event
contributing concurrently or in any other sequence to the claim.
This exclusion also excludes any claim, liability costs, defence costs or expense of whatsoever nature
directly or indirectly caused by, resulting from or in connection with any action taken in controlling,
preventing, suppressing or in any way relating to any of the above.
4. Duties in the event of a claim or potential claim
Except for clause 4.1.1 b) the due observance and fulfilment of the provisions of ‘claim notification,
insured’s duties and claim procedure’ are a condition precedent to the insurer’s liability for any claim
under this policy. The Observance clause sets out the consequences of a failure to comply with conditions
precedent or policy provisions such as the said clauses.
4.1 Claim notification
4.1.1 The insured will give notice in writing or by an agreed electronic medium, to the insurer:
a) as soon as reasonably practical of any claim, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days from receipt
of any claim or any notice of an intention to make a claim;
b) as soon as reasonably practical of any circumstance, but in any event before expiry of the period of
insurance;
with full particulars thereof. Provided always that such written notice is given to the insurer during the same
period of insurance or (if the insured does not renew this insurance with the insurer) within thirty (30)
days after its expiry.
4.1.2 Any such claim or loss and any subsequent claim arising out of circumstances notified under 4.1.1
shall in each case be deemed to have been made during the period of insurance which expired
immediately prior to the commencement of the thirty (30) day period referred to in 4.1.1.
4.1.3 Neither this basic thirty (30) day extended reporting period nor the supplemental extended reporting
period as set out in clause 2.3.8 extends the period of insurance or changes the scope of coverage
provided or reinstates or increases the limit of indemnity.
4.1.4 Notice to the insurer must be given to the claims notification address specified in the schedule.
4.2 Insured’s duties
4.2.1 For each and every claim the insured and any person acting on behalf of the insured
must:
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a) not admit responsibility, make an offer or promise, nor offer payment or indemnity without the written
consent of the insurer; and
b) not incur any expense without the consent of the insurer except at the insured’s own cost; and
c) always act honestly, there being no right to any form of payment or indemnity under the policy in the
event that any claim is made fraudulently; and
d) give all such information or assistance possible and forward all documents, to enable the insurer to
investigate, settle or resist any claim as the insurer may require; and
e) provide such proofs and information with respect to the claim as may reasonably be required, together
with (if demanded) a statutory declaration of the truth of the claim and any matters connected therewith;
and
f) not destroy evidence, supporting information or documentation without the insurer’s prior consent; nor
destroy any plant or other property relating to an occurrence, loss or suit that may give rise to a claim under
this policy.
4.3 Claim Procedure
For each and every claim the insured and any person acting on behalf of the insured must:
4.3.1 immediately send the insurer copies of any request, demand, order, notice, summons, legal paper
and all documents relating thereto, in connection with an insured event as soon as received by the
insured. In addition, the insured must co-operate with the insurer or their appointed agents to allow them
to comply with such relevant practice directions and pre-action protocols as may be issued and approved
from time to time by the head of civil justice; and
4.3.2 authorise the insurer to obtain medical records or other pertinent information upon request, in the
event of an insured event involving bodily injury;
4.3.3 prove, if it is alleged that an event is not covered or that the indemnity is otherwise limited being war
or an act of terrorism that the said exclusion or limit of indemnity does not apply, it being understood and
agreed that any portion of an exclusion or limit of indemnity being found invalid, inapplicable or
unenforceable will not in any way render the remainder of the exclusion or limit invalid, inapplicable or
unenforceable.
4.4 Insurer’s rights
4.4.1 Claims will be handled and administered by the insurer or such parties as the insurer in its absolute
discretion may determine.
4.4.2 The insurer will be under no obligation to investigate any potential claims or to undertake the conduct
of any proceedings in connection with such claims and will be at liberty in all cases to leave the conduct of
such proceedings wholly to the insured, upon such conditions as regards the payment of opponents’ costs
and with such liberty to bind the insurer by compromise as the insurer may in its absolute discretion
determine.
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4.4.3 The insurer may at any time pay the limit of indemnity (after deduction of any sums already paid)
or such lesser sum for which the claim can be settled and will relinquish the conduct and control of the
claim and be under no further liability, except (where payable under the relevant insured section) for
payment of defence costs incurred prior to the date of payment.
4.4.4 The insurer may at any time apply to the insured for reimbursement for payments made under clause
2 but which do not exceed the excess.
4.5 Disputed defence or appeal
If any dispute arises between the insured and the insurer as to whether a prosecution should be defended
or an appeal made, such dispute will be referred to a mediator mutually agreed between the parties whose
decision will be final. In the event of conflict between any person falling within the definition of insured
separate representation will be arranged for each party.
4.6 Subrogation
4.6.1 For each and every claim the insured and any person acting on behalf of the insured must not waive
any rights of recourse or recovery against any other person, including any service provider, relating to an
occurrence, loss or suit that may give rise to a claim under this insurance and must assist the insurer in all
respects in exercising such rights if requested to do so by the insurer.
4.6.2 The insured will at the request and expense of the insurer do and concur in doing and permit to be
done all such acts and things as may be necessary or reasonably required by the insurer for the purpose
of enforcing any rights and remedies or of obtaining relief or indemnity from other parties to which the
insurer will be or would become entitled or subrogated upon its paying for or the making good of any
damage under this section, whether such acts and things will be or become necessary or required before
or after their indemnification by the insurer.
4.6.3 In the event of any payment under this insurance, the insurer will act in concert with all other
interested persons (including the insured) concerned in the exercise of any rights of recovery.
4.6.4 The apportioning of any amounts which may be so recovered will follow the principle that any
interested persons (including the insured) that will have paid an amount over and above any payment
hereunder, will first be reimbursed up to the amount paid by them; the insurer is then to be reimbursed out
of any balance then remaining up to the amount paid hereunder; lastly, the interested persons (including
the insured) to whom this coverage is in excess shall be entitled to claim the residue, if any.
4.6.5 Expenses necessary to the recovery of any such amounts will be apportioned between the interested
parties concerned, in the ratio of their respective recoveries as finally settled.
4.7 Waiver of subrogation against employees
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The insurer agrees that it shall not exercise any subrogation rights against an employee of the insured
unless the claim has been brought about or contributed to by the dishonest fraudulent criminal or malicious
act or omission of the employee.
5. General terms and conditions
5.1 Applicable law
The law allows the parties to this contract of insurance to select the law and jurisdiction to be applied to
this policy. Unless it is agreed otherwise, the law that applies to this contract is the law of that part of
Estonia where the head office of the insured is located.
It is agreed that any legal proceedings between the insured and the insurer in connection with this contract
will only take place in the courts of that part of Estonia where the insured is located and they are subject
to the exclusive jurisdiction of that court.
5.2 Assignment
Assignment of interest under this policy will not bind the insurer unless and until the insurer's written
consent is endorsed hereon.
5.3 Cancellation
The insurer may at any time during the period of insurance serve written notice on the insured at the
address shown on the schedule cancelling the policy with effect from the thirtieth (30th) day after service
of the notice.
Such cancellation shall not affect the coverage or premium attributable under this insurance to the period
prior to cancellation. Upon demand and subject to no claims having been notified under this policy, the
insurer will return to the insured a part of any premium paid in excess of that proportionate to the pre-
cancelled portion of the policy.
Without prejudice to any other forms of service, the notice of cancellation is deemed to be served on the
third (3rd) day after being posted if sent by pre-paid letter post properly addressed.
5.4 Confidentiality
The insured will not disclose the terms, conditions, exclusions, limit of indemnity of this policy or the
amount of the premium paid to any third party except to the extent that they are required by law to do so or
the insurer consents, in writing, to such disclosure.
5.5 Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
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This insurance does not confer or create any right enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999 or any similar legislation by any person who is not named as the insured and both the insurer
and insured may amend, cancel or lapse this insurance without giving notice to, or requiring the consent
of, any other third party.
5.6 Document management
The insurer may hold documents relating to this insurance and any claims under it in electronic form and
may destroy the originals. An electronic copy of any such document will be admissible in evidence to the
same extent as, and carry the same weight as, the original.
5.7 Dispute resolution
5.7.1 All matters in dispute between the parties arising out of or in connection with this insurance, will be
referred to a mediator to be agreed by the parties within fourteen (14) working days of any dispute arising
under the insurance. If a mediator is not agreed then either party may apply to mediation centre appropriate
for insured’s jurisdiction for the appointment of a mediator. The parties agree to share equally the costs of
mediation centre and of the mediator and that the reference of the dispute to mediation will be conducted
in confidence.
5.7.2 The parties agree to perform their respective continuing obligations under this insurance, if any, while
the dispute is resolved unless the nature of the dispute prevents such continued performance of those
obligations.
5.7.3 If any such dispute is not resolved by mediation or the parties cannot agree upon the appointment of
a mediator or the form that the mediation will take the dispute will be referred by either party to courts
subject to the law and jurisdiction set down in the Applicable law clause above.
5.8 Fraud
5.8.1 If the claim or any part of a claim is in any respect fraudulent or if any fraudulent means or devices
are used by the insured or anyone acting on their behalf to obtain any benefit under this policy; or
5.8.2 If any liability, loss, destruction or damage is occasioned by willful act or with the connivance of the
insured;
then there will be no rights to any form of payment or indemnity under this policy. Further, any claim paid
to the insured where there has been any fraudulent means or device must be repaid to the insurer.
5.9 Innocent non-disclosure
In the event of a breach of the duty of disclosure, whether under clause 5.12 or otherwise, the insurer will
not avoid the policy or reject any claim under this policy except that where the non-disclosure was reckless
or fraudulent and the insurer can demonstrate some prejudice then:
a) the insurer may reduce any claim causally connected to the non-disclosure; and
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b) continue with the policy on such terms as it may determine.
5.10 Material alteration
5.10.1 All information supplied by the insured in connection with the application for insurance whether
supplied by or on behalf of the insured will be incorporated into and forms the basis of the policy. It shall
be a condition of the policy that all such information is true so far as is within the insured’s knowledge or
could, with reasonable diligence, have been ascertained.
5.10.2 This policy shall be voidable in the event of misrepresentation and/or non-disclosure of any material
particular.
5.10.3 The insured shall give notice to the insurer of any material change or change in circumstances
affecting the nature of the business services offered by the insured and until the insurer shall have
agreed in writing to accept the altered risk the insurer shall not provide an indemnity in respect of liability
arising from such altered circumstances.
5.10.4 The insured shall give to the insurer written notice as soon as practicable of any material alteration
to the risk during the period of insurance including but not limited to:
a) the insured going into voluntary bankruptcy, receivership or liquidation or the insured failing to pay
debts or breaching any other obligation giving rise to the appointment of a receiver or bankruptcy or
winding-up proceedings;
b) any material change in the nature of the business services offered by the insured.
5.11 Minimisation of risk
5.11.1 The insured will take all reasonable steps before entering into contract for business services, or
extending the scope of an existing contract for business services:
a) to limit its liability for any consequential or pure economics loss;
b) to ensure that it could provide the required level and quality of technology product
or technology services using the resources available to the insured;
c) to ensure the contract was capable of being performed in accordance with all its terms and any
representations made by the insured or on the insured’s behalf.
5.11.2 The insured will take all reasonable steps at its own expense to prevent an insured event arising or
continuing and to minimise any claims which arise or may arise from an insured event, including but not
limited to remedying and/or rectifying, any defect or failure in the technology products or technology
services supplied by the insured to a client arising prior to the clients acceptance of the technology
products or technology services or any longer period specified in any contract the insured has with
client.
5.12 Observance
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5.12.1 The due observance and fulfilment of the provisions of this policy insofar as they may relate to
anything to be done or complied with by the insured, and are not described in the policy as conditions
precedent, will be a condition of this policy. Any waiver by the insurer of any provision will not prevent the
insurer from relying on such term or condition or condition precedent in the future.
5.12.2 In the event of a breach of any condition in the policy, and without prejudice to any of the insurer’s
other rights, the insurer may reject or reduce claims connected with the breach providing the insurer can
demonstrate some prejudice.
5.12.3 In the event of a breach of any condition precedent in the policy, and without prejudice to any of the
insurer’s other rights, the insurer may reject or reduce claims connected with the breach, and continue
the policy on such terms as the insurer may determine and if any payment on account of any such claim
has already been made the insured will repay forthwith all payments on account to the insurer.
5.13 Premium adjustment
Where the premium in whole or part is provisionally based on estimates provided by the insured, the
insured will keep accurate records and declare such information as the insurer requires within three (3)
months of the expiry of the period of insurance. The premium will then be adjusted and any difference
paid by or allowed to the insured as the case may be but subject to any minimum premium that may apply.
The insurer reserves the right to request that the insured supplies an auditor’s certificate with such
calculations as are subject to adjustment attesting the accuracy thereof.
5.14 Privacy and the Data Protection
5.14.1 All personal information (including sensitive personal data such as health details or criminal
convictions) provided in connection with this policy will be processed in accordance with the applicable
Data Protection Act. The insured consents to all personal information so provided being used for the
purposes and being disclosed to the parties set out below.
5.14.2 Where personal information is provided about another person, the insured is required to inform that
person of the insurers’ identity, and why their personal information will be processed and disclosed. The
insured is also required to obtain their written consent to the processing of their personal information in
this way and provide the insurer with such consent upon request.
5.14.3 Personal information is used:
a) to administer the policy, including underwriting, renewal information, validation of claims history and
claims handling;
b) for research, analysis, statistic creation, and customer profiling;
c) for fraud prevention and debt recovery.
5.14.4 Personal information may be disclosed to:
a) other members of the ArgoGlobal Group;
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b) other insurance entities interested in the risk written under this policy;
c) agents and service providers appointed by the insurer to carry out activities in connection with the policy;
d) credit reference and fraud databases;
e) law enforcement and other statutory bodies;
f) potential purchasers of the whole or part of the our business.
5.14.5 If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is suspected this fact will be recorded and
the information will be available to other organisations that have access to the fraud databases.
5.14.6 Personal information may be transferred to third parties in countries outside the European Economic
Area which may not have the same standards of protection for personal information as Malta The insurer
will ensure that such transfers comply with the data protection law and the personal information is kept
securely and protected from unauthorised access.
5.14.7 The insurer maintains protections and procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal
information to keep it secure and prevent unauthorised access to or loss of such information.
5.14.8 The insurer may monitor and record all communications with you for compliance and training
purposes.
5.15 Representation
Any person falling within the definition of the insured agrees that the business is their agent for the purpose
of giving and receiving of any notices from the insurer or their representatives including any notice of
cancellation. The payment to the insured of any return premium that may be payable under this policy will
satisfy the insurer’s obligations to return premium to the business.
5.16 Sanction limitation and exclusion
The insurer shall not provide cover nor be liable to pay any claim or provide any benefit hereunder to the
extent that the provision of such cover, payment of such claim or provision of such benefit would expose
the insurer or any member of the insurer’s group to any sanction, prohibition or restriction under United
Nations resolutions or the trade or economic sanctions, laws or regulations of any country.
5.17 Subscribing insurer
The insurers’ obligations under this policy are several and not joint and are limited solely to the extent of
their individual subscriptions. The insurers are not responsible for the subscription of any co-subscribing
insurer who for any reason does not satisfy all or part of its obligations.
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6. General definitions and interpretation
The following words will have the same meaning attached each time they appear in this policy in bold type
face, whether with a capital first letter or not.
Where the context so admits or requires, words importing the singular will include the plural and vice versa
and words importing the masculine will import the feminine and the neuter. References to 'a person' will be
construed so as to include any individual, company, partnership, or any other legal entity. References to a
statute or regulation will be construed to include all its amendments or replacements. All headings within
the policy are included for convenience only and will not form part of this policy.
6.1 Bodily injury
Bodily injury means death and injury, illness or disease whether bodily or mental.
6.2 Breach of contract
Breach of contract means any breach of a written contract to design, produce or supply technology
products or technology services due to:
i) the technology products or technology services either not conforming in all material respects with any
written specification that forms part of the relevant contract and where it is an express term of the contract
that the technology products or technology services must comply with that specification;
ii) the technology products or technology services having a material defect;
iii) the technology products or technology services failing to meet any implied statutory term concerning,
necessary quality, safety and/or fitness for purpose;
iv) the failure to meet any express or implied statutory term concerning the use of reasonable care and skill.
6.3 Business services
Business services means those services specified in the schedule, including but not limited to the provision
of technology products and technology services in the conduct of the insured’s business. It is agreed
that the insurer will not deny indemnity hereunder if the insured should change its name and there is no
other change that materially alters the risk.
6.4 Circumstance
Circumstance means an incident, occurrence, dispute, fact, matter, act or omission that is likely to give rise
to a claim.
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6.5 Claim
Claim means:
6.5.1 the receipt by the insured of any written notice of demand for compensation made by a third party
against the insured;
6.5.2 any writ, statement of claim, claim form, summons, application or other originating legal or arbitral
process, cross-claim, counterclaim or third or similar party notice served upon the insured;
6.5.3 any notice of intention in writing to commence legal proceedings against the insured.
6.6 Computer Virus
Computer virus means any computer program, including but not limited to, any file virus, boot sector virus,
macro virus, hostile applet, Trojan horse program, java virus, ActiveX virus or other executable program
which contains instructions to initiate an event on the infected computer, causing modification of or damage
to data, memory or data media or otherwise adversely affecting the operation of any information and
communications technology system.
6.7 Defence cost(s)
Defence cost(s) mean all legal costs and expenses incurred with the prior written and continuing consent
of the insurer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or unreasonably delayed or unreasonably
withdrawn) in the investigation, defence or settlement of any claim and/or circumstance(s). It does not
include the insured’s own costs and expenses.
6.8 Employee
Employee means any person including trainees and freelance consultants acting under a contract of service
with the insured in respect of the conduct of business by the insured.
6.9 Excess
The limit of indemnity is additional to the excess and excess means the first amount specified in the
schedule payable by the insured in respect of each and every claim, series of claims or circumstance
as ascertained after the application of all other terms and conditions of this insurance. The excess will not
be applied to defence costs (unless expressly stated otherwise in the schedule).
6.10 Information and communication assets
Information and communication assets means the insured’s computer and telecommunication system,
including but not limited to the insureds email system, encrypted electronic signature, encrypted electronic
certificate, website, intranet, network, software, hardware, firmware, program or any data held
electronically.
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6.11 Insured
Insured means:
6.11.1 the partners, directors, members and employees of the Policyholder and its subsidiaries during the
period of insurance;
6.11.2 former partners and/or former directors and/or former members of the Policyholder and its
subsidiaries;
6.12.3 in respect of the business services undertaken on behalf of the Policyholder and its subsidiaries
only those persons named as consultants or former consultants in the proposal;
6.11.4 any retired partner, director or member of the Policyholder and its subsidiaries remaining as a
consultant to the Policyholder and its subsidiaries;
6.11.5 the estate, heirs and executors and/or legal/personal representatives of those parties mentioned in
above in the event of their death, incapacity, insolvency or bankruptcy for legal liabilities incurred due to
any act, error or omission of such deceased, incompetent or bankrupt person.
6.12 Insured section
Insured section means clause 2.
6.13 Insurer
Insurer means the party specified as insurer in the schedule and any other subscribing insurers.
6.14 Insolvency event
Insolvency event in relation to the insured means:
a) an application being made for an administration order or the purported appointment of, or the filing at
court or issue of any notice of intention to appoint, an administrator in relation to the insured or any of its
subsidiary undertakings;
b) a petition being presented, a meeting being convened or an effective resolution being passed otherwise
than with the prior written consent of the insurer as part of a solvent reconstruction or amalgamation for
the winding up of the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings;
c) possession being taken of, or a receiver, sequestrator or similar officer being appointed in respect of, the
whole or any part of the assets or undertaking of the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings;
d) the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings suspending or threatening to suspend payment of its
debts as they fall due or being, or unlikely to become, unable to pay its debts, whether within the meaning
of section 123 Insolvency Act 1986 or otherwise;
e) the directors [partners] of the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings making a proposal that it
enter into a voluntary arrangement or taking any steps to obtain a moratorium or its taking or being subject
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to any proceedings under the law for the readjustment, rescheduling or deferment of all or any of its debts,
or proposing or entering into any general assignment or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
f) the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings ceasing or threatening to cease to carry on all or a
substantial part of its business or operations, or selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of the whole or
a substantial part of its undertaking or assets, either by a single transaction or by a number of transactions;
or
g) the occurrence in respect of the insured or any of its subsidiary undertakings of any event in any
jurisdiction to which it is subject having an effect similar to that of any of the events referred to in paragraphs
(a) to (f) above; or
in relation to any of the other parties mentioned in clause 3.4.12 (the Insolvency exclusion), means any of
the above events occurring in relation to any such other party.
6.15 Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction means the jurisdiction specified in the schedule.
6.16 Limit of indemnity
6.16.1 Limit of indemnity means the amount specified in the schedule which shall be maximum amount
payable by the insurer in the aggregate during any one period of insurance inclusive of defence costs
for claims under the policy (unless expressly stated otherwise in the schedule).
6.16.2 For the avoidance of doubt the limit of indemnity is the amount specified in the schedule
which shall be maximum amount payable by the insurer in respect of any one claim:
a) regardless of the number of insured parties, persons or organisations bringing claims or series of
claims against the insured;
b) regardless of the number of claims made by the insured.
6.16.3 Any sub-limit of indemnity stated in the schedule applies as if it was the limit of indemnity for the
claims specified in the schedule for that sub-limit of indemnity and is deemed to be part of and not in
addition to the limit of indemnity specified in the schedule.
6.17 Matter
Matter means any data, text, sounds, images or similar content disseminated, including but not limited to
the content of the insured’s email, intranet, extranet, website, bulletin board, chat room or other on-line
discussion or information forum, and the marketing and advertising of the insured’s business services.
Matter will include any alteration or addition made by a hacker.
6.18 Multimedia activities
Multimedia activities mean the publishing, dissemination, releasing, gathering, transmission, production,
webcasting or other distribution of matter.
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6.19 Parent
Parent means a company which by itself, or in concert with other companies with the same majority
ownership or control as itself:
6.19.1 controls the composition of the board of directors, of the insured; or
6.19.2 controls more than half the voting power of the insured; or
6.19.3 holds more than half of the issued share capital of the insured.
6.20 Period of insurance
Period of insurance means the period shown as such on the schedule, with times taken as
Greenwich Mean Time unless expressly provided otherwise.
6.21 Policy
Policy means this document, the schedule (including any schedules issued in substitution) and any
endorsements attaching to this document or the schedule that will be considered part of the legal contract
and any word or expression in bold type face on any of these documents will bear the specific meaning
stated in these definitions.
6.22 Pollutant
Pollutant means any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant including smoke, vapour, soot,
fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals or waste. Waste is deemed to include materials to be recycled,
reconditioned or reclaimed.
6.23 Pollution
Pollution means:
6.23.1 the actual, alleged or threatened discharge, seepage, migration, dispersal, release or escape of
pollutants at any time;
6.23.2 any cost, expense, claim or suit arising out of any request, demand or order as a result of actual,
alleged or threatened discharge, seepage, migration, dispersal, release or escape of pollutants at any
time that the insured or any other insured party test for, monitor, clean up, remove, contain, treat, detoxify,
or neutralise or in any way respond to, or assess the effects of pollutants.
6.24 Property damage
Property damage means physical loss, destruction or damage of tangible property including the loss of use
thereof.
6.25 Proposal
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Proposal means any information supplied by or on behalf of the insured in written or electronic format,
deemed to be a completed proposal form, application form, medical questionnaire including in each case
attachments thereto and other relevant information that the insurer may require.
6.26 Retroactive date
Retroactive date means the date (if any) stated in the schedule.
6.26.1 Unlimited retroactive cover – where no retroactive date is specified in the schedule, coverage under
this policy shall be in respect of acts, errors or omissions committed or alleged to have been committed
irrespective of when such acts, errors or omissions were committed or alleged to have been committed;
6.26.2 Limited retroactive cover – where a retroactive date is specified in the schedule, then coverage
under this policy shall only be in respect of acts, errors or omissions first committed or alleged to have
been first committed after the retroactive date.
6.27 Schedule
Schedule means the document titled schedule that includes the name and address of the insured, the
premium and other variables to this policy (including endorsement clauses) and is incorporated in this
policy and accepted by the insured. Schedules may be re- issued from time to time where each successor
overrides the earlier document.
6.28 Series of claims
Series of claims means all claims, loss, liability, expenses, and costs resulting from:
6.28.1 one and the same act error or omission; or
6.28.2 a series of acts errors or omissions arising out of or attributable to the same originating cause, source
or event; or
6.28.3 the acts errors or omissions of one person or persons acting together or in which such person or
persons is/are concerned or implicated;
shall jointly constitute one claim under this policy, and only one excess shall be applicable in respect of
such claim.
6.29 Subsidiary
Subsidiary means any company in respect of which the insured or the parent (either directly or indirectly
through one or more of its subsidiary companies):
6.29.1 controls the composition of the board of directors; or
6.29.2 controls more than half the voting power; or
6.29.3 holds more than half of the issued share capital.
6.30 Take-over or merger
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Take-over or merger means any sale of the insured named in the schedule or its merger with or acquisition
by another entity such that the insured is not the surviving entity and no longer:
6.30.1 controls the composition of the board of directors; or
6.30.2 controls more than half the voting power; or
6.30.3 holds more than half of the issued share capital;
and includes, in the case of an insured which is a partnership, a merger with another partnership or the
appointment of new partners (other than from existing employees of the partnership insured) such that
the number of partners in the partnership immediately after such merger or appointment(s) is more than
two hundred percent (200%) of the number of partners in the partnership Insured immediately before such
merger or appointment(s).
6.31 Technology product(s)
Technology product(s) shall means computer or telecommunications software, hardware, firmware, cabling
or electronic equipment, including the design, development, manufacturing, assembly, distribution,
licensing, leasing, sale, installation, repair or maintenance thereof.
6.32 Technology services
Technology services means:
6.32.1 Any service, advice or work provided by the insured in the conduct of the business in relation to or
in connection with technology products and including without limitation technology consulting, systems
analysis, design, programming or integration;
6.32.2 Database design and the catching, collecting, compiling, processing, mining, or recording or analysis
of data; and
6.32.3 Other related services information system outsourcing; website design, programming or
maintenance; information systems or website hosting; internet service provision; internet search and
navigational tool provision; electronic mail services; electronic data destruction services; application
software and services provision; and telecommunication network application provision provided by the
insured.
6.33 Territorial limit
Territorial limit means the territory or territories specified in the schedule.
6.34 Terrorism
Terrorism means an activity that involves a violent act or the unlawful use of force or an unlawful act
dangerous to human life, tangible or intangible property or infrastructure, or a threat thereof; and appears
to be intended to:
6.34.1 intimidate or coerce a civilian population; or
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6.34.2 disrupt any segment of the economy of a government de jure or de facto, state, or country; or
6.34.3 overthrow, influence, or affect the conduct or policy of any government de jure or de facto by
intimidation or coercion; or
6.34.4 affect the conduct or policy of any government de jure or de facto by mass destruction, assassination,
kidnapping or hostage-taking.
6.35 Unfair Competition
Unfair competition means unfair competition, misleading business practices or incorrect description of
source.
6.36 War
War means war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be
declared or not), civil war, mutiny, revolution, rebellion, insurrection, uprising, military or usurped power or
confiscation by order of any public authority or government de jure or de facto or martial law but not including
terrorism.
7. Complaints
7.1 What the insured should do
The insurer strives to provide an excellent service to all its customers but occasionally things can go wrong.
The insurer takes all complaints seriously and endeavours to resolve all customers’ problems promptly. If
the insured has a question or complaint about this insurance or the conduct of its broker they should
contact that broker in the first instance.
Alternatively, if the insured wishes to contact the insurer directly the insured should write to the complaints
address shown in the schedule, quoting the policy or claim reference applicable.
If, after making a complaint, the insured feels that the matter has not been resolved to its satisfaction then
if the insured is an eligible complainant the insured may contact “The Consumer Complaints Manager” of
the Malta Financial Services Authority, Notabile Road, Attard, BKR3000 (tel: 80074924; tel: 21441155,
Website: www. http://mymoneybox.mfsa.com.mt.
A summary of the insurer’s complaint handling procedure is available on request and will also be provided
to the insured when acknowledging a complaint.
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Professional Indemnity
Järelpinge Inseneribüroo OÜ
AT00022074EO20A
Vienna, 29th December 2020
2020 2220182018Ingenieur
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Item 1: (a) Name of Policyholder: Järelpinge Inseneribüroo OÜ
reg. code 10949691
(b) Address: Liivaoja 6-ÄP1, 10115 Tallinn,
Estonia
Item 2: Insurer: XL Insurance Company SE
Branch Austria
Tuchlauben 3
A-1010 Wien
Item 3: Insurance Broker: Aon Baltic
Estonia Branch
Telliskivi 60 – N63, 10412 Tallinn
Item 4: Policy Period: 14.12.2020 – 14.12.2021
Item 5: Insurance Territory: Worldwide, USA and Canada excluded
Item 6: Jurisdiction: Estonia
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Item 7: Type of Policy: Claims made
Item 8: Retroactive Date: Inception
Item 9: Limit of Liability: 1 000 000€ (per claim and period)
Item 10: Deductible: 25 000€
Item 11: Premium: 15 000€
Item 12: Payment Conditions : The premium will be paid in 2 instalments á 7 500€
Item 13: Terms and Conditions : Endorsement No.1 : ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY POLICY WORDING
XL Insurance Company SE
Zweigniederlassung für Österreich
Eduard Billovits
Country Manager
Austria & Central Eastern Europe
Vienna, 29th December 2020
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Policy Holder: Järelpinge Inseneribüroo OÜ
Policy Number: AT00022074EO20A
Endorsement No: 1
Effective: 14.12.2020
ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY POLICY
(AGGREGATE COSTS INCLUSIVE)
This policy sets out the terms upon which the insurer agrees to insure the insured in
consideration of the payment of the premium. In each case, the insuring clauses are
subject to all other terms, conditions and limitations of this policy.
What the insurer will do
• The insurer will provide the insured with a dedicated claims account manager, where
appropriate.
• The insurer will use best endeavours to return all phone calls from the insured within one
business day.
• The insurer will respond to urgent communications as a priority and within the timeframes
agreed with you. The insurer will use best endeavours to respond to all other communications
from the insured within five (5) working days.
• The insurer will treat any information which the insured provides to it in connection with this
policy as confidential and will not disclose that information to any third party, except as
provided in clause F10 of this policy.
• The insurer will treat the insured with fairness, integrity and respect and, where this policy
provides that the insured is required to obtain the insurer's consent, that consent will not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or denied.
What the insured should do
• The insured should have regard to the full terms of this policy.
• The insured must notify the insurer of any claim or circumstance in accordance with clause
F1 of this policy.
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A. INSURING CLAUSES
A1 CIVIL LIABILITY
The insurer will indemnify the insured against any claim for civil liability first made against
the insured during the policy period arising from professional services provided by the
insured (or any sub-consultant).
A2 DEFENCE COSTS
The insurer will indemnify the insured for all defence costs in:
(a) the defence, investigation and settlement of any claim which is covered by this policy;
and
(b) the investigation and settlement of any circumstance which will be covered by this
policy.
A3 DEFENDANT REIMBURSEMENT
The insurer shall reimburse the insured for actual loss of earnings and reasonable expenses
due to attendance at mediation meetings, arbitration proceedings, hearings, depositions and
trial relative to the defence of a claim, where such attendance is at the request of the insurer
at up to EUR 325 per day in the aggregate for all insureds subject to a maximum amount of
EUR 100,000 in all.
• Among the other provisions of this policy, the insured's attention is drawn to the defence and
settlement, cooperation and mitigation provisions set out in clauses 0 and F5 of this policy.
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B. SUPPLEMENTARY COVERAGES
The following Supplementary Coverages are subject to all other terms and conditions of this Policy.
Indemnity shall be provided under the following provisions as part of the limit of liability and nothing
below shall increase the limit of liability or alter any other provisions of the Policy:
B1 LOSS OF DOCUMENTS
The insurer shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the insured in replacing
and restoring documents either owned by or which are not owned by the insured but for which
the insured is responsible as part of the professional services provided by the insured
which are discovered lost or damaged during the policy period. The maximum amount
payable in the aggregate for the policy period under this clause in respect of all such costs
and expenses shall not exceed the sub limit specified for loss of documents and each claim
under this clause shall be subject to the excess specified for loss of documents.
B2 LIBEL AND SLANDER
The insurer shall pay all sums which the insured shall become legally liable to pay in
satisfaction of any claim(s) first made upon them during the policy period arising out of any
alleged libel, slander or slander of title slander of goods or other injurious falsehood published
by the insured in their professional capacity but excluding publication made in any journal
magazine or newspaper or by means of radio and/or television. The maximum amount
payable for the policy period in respect of all claim(s) and defence costs in the aggregate
under this clause shall not exceed the sub limit specified for libel and slander and each claim
under this clause shall be subject to the excess specified for libel and slander to each such
claim.
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C. EXCLUSIONS
The insurer shall not have any liability (regardless of any other cause or event contributing
concurrently or in any sequence) for any claim or matter, or directly or indirectly arising out of, or in
any way involving:
C1 Asbestos
Asbestos in any form.
C2 Bodily injury
Bodily injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of his employment with the
insured; and
any other bodily injury, unless arising from any actual or alleged negligent act, error or
omission in the performance of professional services.
C3 Construction
Any claim that arises from actual construction performed by the insured, its agent, or its
subcontractor, including, but not limited to, performing construction, erection, fabrication,
installation, assembly, manufacture, demolition, dismantling, drilling, excavation, dredging,
remediation, or supplying any materials, parts, or equipment, except for supplying furnishings
as a part of interior design services.
This exclusion does not apply to drilling, excavation, or other sampling or testing procedures
necessary to perform the insured’s professional services.
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C4 Contractual liability
Any duty, obligation or liability assumed by the insured under any contract or agreement.
This exclusion does not apply to any liability that the insured would have in the absence of
such contract or agreement.
C5 Cost estimates
Financial estimates for construction costs unless provided by a quantity surveyor.
C6 Directors and officers
Liability as a Director, Officer, and/or Trustee in their respective capacities.
C7 Discrimination
Discrimination, humiliation, harassment, or misconduct because of age, colour, race, sex,
creed, national origin, marital status, sexual preference or orientation, religion or disability.
Employer liability
The insured’s employment obligations, decisions, practices or policies as an employer,
including but not limited to, any claim(s) based upon or arising out of actual or alleged
unlawful discrimination by the insured against the insured’s personnel or employment
applicants.
C8 Express warranties, guarantees and penalty clauses
Express warranties (including collateral warranties) and guarantees or penalty clauses or
liquidated damages clauses. However, this exclusion does not apply to a warranty or
guarantee by the insured that the insured’s professional services are in conformity with the
normal standard of care applicable to those professional services.
C9 Fees
The return or reduction of fees, or charges for services rendered or expenses incurred by the
insured
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C 10 Fines and penalties
Any:
fine or penalty or any multiple damages, exemplary, penal, punitive, restitution, non-
compensatory or aggregated damages;
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C11 Fraud, recklessness and dishonesty
Any dishonest, fraudulent, reckless, criminal, malicious or knowingly wrongful act or omission.
However, this exclusion shall not apply with respect to each and every insured who is an
individual and who did not personally commit or participate in committing or acquiesce in or
remain passive after they knew or should have known of any of the dishonest, fraudulent,
criminal, malicious or knowingly wrongful act or omission described above.
C12 Implied terms
Allegations of breach of implied fitness for purpose in any design and/or specification, unless:
(a) the claim or matter does not arise from process engineering or unforeseen ground
conditions; and
(b) the insured was informed of the intended purpose before undertaking the design
and/or specification and the relevant contract sets out the intended purpose; and
(c) the relevant contract provides that the insured shall not be liable on the basis that
the design and/or specification is in accordance with practice conventionally
accepted as appropriate at the time of the execution of the design and/or
specification having regard to the size, scope and complexity of the project; and
(d) the insured’s right of recourse against any specialist designer, consultant and/or
sub- contractor and/or sub-consultant are not waived or in any way impaired
by the insured.
C13 Insolvency
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The insolvency of the insured.
C14 Insurance and suretyship
The insured’s ownership, rental, lease, maintenance, operation, use, repair, voluntary or
involuntary sale, transfer, exchange, gift, abandonment or condemnation of any real or
personal property. Personal property includes, but is not limited, automobiles, aircraft,
watercraft and other kinds of conveyances.
C15 Insured’s claim jurisdiction and territorial limits
Any:
legal proceedings brought in a court of law outside the jurisdiction stated or brought in a
court of law within the jurisdiction stated at to enforce a judgment or order made in
any court of law outside the jurisdiction stated at item 5 of the schedule; or
Professional services undertaken outside the territorial limits stated at item 5 of the
schedule.
C16 Insured v Insured and Ownership
Any claim brought or likely to be brought, by or on behalf of:
any insured; or
any entity in which that insured maintains a cumulative ownership interest of twenty-five
percent (25%) or more; or
an entity that maintains any ownership in that insured;
unless such claim emanates from an independent third party.
C17 Known circumstances
Any circumstance which was known or ought to have been known to the insured prior to the
policy period.
C18 Network Security Acts
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Any network security act.
C19 Nuclear hazard
The actual, alleged or threatened exposure to nuclear source material, nuclear by-product
materials, nuclear waste activities, nuclear incident, or extraordinary nuclear occurrence.
C20 Other insurance
Any claim or matter for which the insured is an insured on any other insurance policy
including any project policy. This exclusion applies to those claim(s) and matters any project
policy excess, deductible or self-insured retention for those claim(s) and matters, even if
those claim(s) or matters are not covered in whole or in part by that policy for any reason,
including, but not limited to, an exclusion, a reduction or exhaustion of the limits of liability, or
insolvency or bankruptcy of the carrier for the other policy.
C21 Pollution
Pollution in any form.
C22 Product liability
The sale or distribution of any product developed by the insured or by others under license or
trade name from the insured for multiple sale or mass distribution, including, but not limited
to, computer programs and software. This exclusion does not apply to software designed or
modified for an individual client of the insured in connection with the insured’s rendering of
professional services for that individual client.
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C23 Property damage
Any damage to or destruction or loss of any property, unless arising from any actual or alleged
negligent act, error or omission in the performance of professional services.
C24 Property liability
The insured’s ownership, rental, lease, maintenance, operation, use, repair, voluntary or
involuntary sale, transfer, exchange, gift, abandonment or condemnation of any real or
personal property. Personal property includes, but is not limited to, automobiles, aircraft,
watercraft and other kinds of conveyances.
C25 Retroactive date
Any negligent act, negligent error or negligent omission by the insured (or by any employee)
prior to the retroactive date at item 16 of the schedule, or, if no such date is specified, the
date of inception of this policy.
C26 Surveys
Any survey or valuation carried out by and/or on behalf of the insured unless:
(a) the report is made in writing or if oral, confirmed in writing; and
(b) the survey and/or valuation is made by
a partner/director/principal of the insured; or
a member of the insured’s staff who is a Fellow or Professional Associate or Member
of the Institution of Civil Engineers or the Institution of Structural Engineers
who has not less than one year’s experience in undertaking structural surveys
and/or valuation work as the nature of the report may require; or
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any member of the insured’s staff who has not less than five years’ experience in
undertaking structural and/or valuation work as the nature of the report may
require; and
(c) except in the case of a valuation report in which no reference is made to the structural
or decorative condition of the property or where that report is provided to a Building
Society Insurance Company Bank or other such institutional lender upon a standard
report form provided to the insured for that purpose the insured has incorporated in
the report the following reservation:-
“We have not inspected woodwork or other parts of the structure which are covered
unexposed or inaccessible and we are therefore unable to report that any such part of
the property is free from defect”.
C27 Toxic mould
Fungi in any form.
C28 Trading losses
Any trading loss or trading liability incurred by any business managed by or carried on by or c”
C29 War and terror
Any:
War, invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities, or any similar act, condition or warlike
operation (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution,
insurrection, military or usurped power or confiscation or nationalisation or requisition
or destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or
public or local authority;
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Discharge, explosion, or use of a weapon of mass destruction, whether or not employing
nuclear fission or fusion, or chemical, biological, radioactive or similar agents, by any
party at any time for any reason;
Terrorism (regardless of any other cause or event contributing concurrently or in any other
sequence to the liability); or
Any action taken in controlling, preventing or supressing in any way the events in exclusion
0 and/or 0 and/or 0 above.
If the insurer alleges that by reason of this exclusion any liability is excluded the burden of
proving to the contrary shall be on the insured.
C30 Workers’ Compensation
Any worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation or disability benefits law or similar law.
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D. LIMIT OF LIABILITY AND EXCESS
D1 Limit of liability
Save for liability for defence costs, the limit of liability is the total sum payable by the
insurer under this policy in respect of all insureds and all insuring clauses in this
policy (including any endorsements).
Any sum paid by the insurer shall erode the limit of liability.
Where any sub-limit is specified, the insurer shall have no liability in excess of that sub-
limit. Any sub-limit will be part of and not in addition to the limit of liability.
D2 Excess
The insurer shall be liable only for covered claims, covered claims under clauses B1 or B3
and defence costs which exceed the excess. The excess shall be borne by the
insured. A separate excess shall apply to each claim or each claim under clauses
B1 or B3.
The excess shall not form part of the limit of liability.
If the insured fails to pay the excess then the insurer shall have no liability under this
policy in connection with the particular claim for which the insured seeks indemnity
under this policy.
The insured shall confirm its ability and agreement to pay the excess if reasonably
requested by the insurer.
If the insurer makes any payment at their election which is the responsibility of the insured
under this clause 0 then the insured shall immediately repay such sum to the insurer
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and, if the insured fails to repay such sum, the insurer shall have the right to set off
such sum against any other monies due from the insurer under this policy.
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E. DEFENCE AND SETTLEMENT
E1 Defence and settlement
Each insured shall have the right and duty to defend and contest any claim or proceeding
made against it. The insurer shall be entitled to be consulted in the conduct of the
defence of any claim or representation at any proceeding and, at their sole option, to
take over conduct of the defence or instruction of any party, including any settlement
negotiations, contribution and/or indemnification proceedings.
Where the insurer takes over conduct of the defence or instruction of any party as provided
under clause 0 the insurer shall have full discretion in the handling thereof
(notwithstanding that a dispute may have arisen between the insured and the
insurer) provided that the insured shall not be required to contest any legal
proceedings unless a Queen's Counsel of the English bar (to be mutually agreed upon
by the insured and the insurer or failing agreement to be appointed by the Chairman
for the time being of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)) shall advise that
such proceedings can be contested with a reasonable prospect of success. The cost
of the Queen’s Counsel’s opinion under this clause 0 will erode the limit of liability.
If any insured (or any employee or any person, firm or company acting for or on behalf of
the insured) compromises or settles any claim or anticipated or potential claim
without the insurer's prior written consent, this policy shall afford no cover in
connection with that claim or potential claim.
E2 Defence costs
The insurer shall not be obliged to pay defence costs unless the insurer has
provided prior written consent to the defence costs being incurred.
F. GENERAL CONDITIONS
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F1 Notification of claims
The insured must give to the insurer immediate notice in writing during the policy period or
within seven (7) days after the end of the policy period of:
any claim first made against the insured; or
an event referred to in clauses B1 or B3;
during the policy period. If the insured does not give notice to the insurer in compliance
with this clause, the insurer shall have no liability under this policy in respect of that claim.
F2 Notification of circumstances
The insured must give to the insurer immediate notice in writing during the policy period
or within seven (7) days after the end of the policy period, of any circumstance of
which the insured becomes aware during the policy period. If the insured does not
give notice to the insurer in compliance with this clause 0, the insurer shall have no
liability under this policy in respect of that circumstance.
Any notice given under clause 0 must include the reasons why the insured reasonably
anticipates that the circumstance is likely to give rise to a claim and, where
available, full particulars of the dates, acts and persons involved.
Any claim made after expiry of the policy period which arises out of the circumstance
which has been notified to the insurer in accordance with clause 0 above will be
treated by the insurer as having been notified during the policy period.
F3 Address for notifications
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All notices must be sent by
certified mail or the equivalent to the address set out in item 1(a) of the schedule; or
email to the address set out in item 1(b) of the schedule.
F4 Examination, Audit and Inspection
In the event of a claim, notification of a circumstance, or other matter to which this Policy
may apply, the insured shall permit the Insurer to examine, audit and inspect the insured's
books, records, services and activities at any time during the policy period and up to six (6)
years afterward, as far as they relate to the subject matter of the policy.
The insurer shall, without prejudice to any other rights, have the right to modify, amend or
delete any of the terms and conditions of the policy including the right to charge additional
premium, if its examination, audit or inspection reveals any material risk, hazard or condition
that was not previously disclosed by the insured in the proposal form or supplemental
material, or which deviated from the information disclosed in the proposal form or
supplemental material.
F5 Cooperation and mitigation
Each insured shall:
take all reasonable steps to prevent any claim or claim under clauses B1 or B3, or
minimise the amount of any claim or other matter covered by this policy;
render all reasonable assistance to and cooperate with the insurer in the defence of any
claim or proceedings under clause B3 and the assertion of indemnification and
contribution rights; and give all information and assistance to the insurer as it may
reasonably require to enable it to investigate any matter for which the insured seeks
cover under this policy or determine the insurer's liability under the policy.
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Unless expressly provided for in this policy or otherwise agreed in writing by the insurer,
these steps shall be at the insured's own cost and the insured shall not admit or assume any
liability or settle any claim without the prior written consent of the insurer.
If the insured fails to comply with its obligations under this clause, the insurer shall have no
liability under this policy in connection with the particular claim, circumstance or matter
otherwise covered by this policy.
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F6 Subrogation and recoveries
If the insurer becomes liable for any payment under this policy, the insurer shall be
subrogated to all rights and remedies available to any insured in connection with that
liability and shall be entitled to bring proceedings in the name of that insured.
The insured shall take all steps necessary or required by the insurer whether before or
after payment by the insurer to preserve the rights and remedies which the insured
may have to recover any amounts from any third party.
Both before and after any payment under this policy, each insured shall provide to the
insurer any assistance in their power as the insurer may require to secure those
rights and remedies set out in clause 0 and 0 above and shall take all steps required
by the insurer.
The insurer shall be entitled to take control of all steps which are taken to recover any
covered amount from any third party whether or not a portion of the loss the insured
has suffered is uninsured.
The costs of those proceedings shall be borne by the insured and the insurer in the same
proportion that the covered amount bears to any uninsured element of the claim
against the third party, but only to the extent that those costs are incurred after the
insurer has accepted liability. In the event that there is no uninsured loss, the costs
shall be borne entirely by the insurer.
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Any amounts recovered from third parties shall be applied in the following order:
to recompense the insured and the insurer for the costs incurred in bringing
proceedings against the third party (which payments shall be allocated
between the insured and the insurer in the same proportions as they have
borne those costs);
then to the insured for the amount, if any, of the recovery which exceeds the limit of
liability;
then to the insurer up to the amount paid by the insurer under this policy; and
then to the insured in respect of any uninsured element of the claim against the third
party (including the excess).
Interest on amounts recovered from third parties shall be allocated proportionally to the
amounts paid in clause 0, 0, 0 and 0 above.
The insurer agrees not to exercise its rights of recovery against any employee, former
employee or named consultant unless the claim is brought about or contributed to
by dishonest, fraudulent or malicious acts, errors or omissions of the employee,
former employee or named consultant.
If the insured fails to comply with any of its obligations as set out in this clause 0 then the
insurer shall have no liability under this policy in connection with the particular claim
for which the insured seeks indemnity under this policy.
F7 Other insurance
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If any claim or defence costs or other matter covered by this policy is also covered by any
other insurance collectible by the insured, this policy shall only pay the sum (not exceeding
the limit of liability) in excess of the amount of that other insurance. As excess insurance
this policy shall not apply or contribute to the payment of any claim or defence costs or other
matter until the amounts of that other insurance have been exhausted.
F8 Fraudulent claims
If any insured shall give notice of a claim or circumstance or other matter under this policy
knowing that notice to be false or fraudulent in any respect, that claim or circumstance or
other matter shall be excluded from cover under this policy and the insurer shall have the
right to avoid this policy.
F9 Non-disclosure, misrepresentation
Except as provided for in clause F8, the insurer will not seek damages, nor seek to avoid or
repudiate this policy, for any non-disclosure, misrepresentation, breach of warranty or untrue
statement, provided that the insured shall establish to the insurer's reasonable satisfaction
that any alleged non-disclosure, misrepresentation, breach of warranty or untrue statement
was free of any fraudulent conduct or intent to deceive.
F10 Confidentiality
The insurer will treat as confidential all information provided to it by the insured in
connection with this policy or any claim or potential claim under this policy and will
not disclose that information to any third party. However, the insurer shall be entitled
to disclose confidential information to:
any director, officer, employee, reinsurer or professional adviser of the insurer and/or
its group companies or Xchanging Claims Services Limited or any loss
adjuster appointed by the insurer in dealing with the insurance of the
insured;
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any person in order to comply with any legal or regulatory requirement; or
a court, mediator, or arbitrator to whom matters are referred in connection with this
policy or with any reinsurance of this policy.
The insurer will not be required to treat as confidential any information provided to it by the
insured if that information:
is in the public domain, other than by means of the insurer having disclosed it; or
was in the insurer's possession prior to it being provided by the insured.
The insurer will cooperate with the insured in preserving the confidentiality of the
confidential information and will inform the insured in the event that the insurer is
asked by a third party other than the parties listed in clause 0 to 0 to produce any
confidential information.
It is agreed that, if the insured is advised by its lawyers in respect of any claim or potential
claim under this policy that a separate confidentiality agreement is required to
preserve common interest privilege between the insurer and any insured, the
provisions of that confidentiality agreement, once agreed, will supersede the
provisions of this clause 0.
F11 Policy interpretation
Any interpretation of this policy relating to its construction, validity or operation shall be
determined in accordance with the laws of Estonia.
This policy, its schedule and any endorsements are one contract in which, unless the
context otherwise requires:
headings are descriptive only, not an aid to interpretation;
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references to specific legislation include amendments to and re-enactments of that
legislation and equivalent legislation in the relevant jurisdiction; and
references to positions, offices or titles shall include their equivalents in any
jurisdiction.
F12 Mediation, law
The jurisdiction of the High Court of Estonia will apply to any dispute between the insurer
and any insured under this policy.
If the parties so agree, they may refer the matter at any time for resolution through
mediation before a mutually agreed mediator.
F13 Single policy
This policy is a single contract of insurance and even if more than one insured is covered, this
policy is a single contract of insurance for the benefit of the insured as a joint insured.
F14 Assignment and amendment
Neither this policy nor any right under it may be assigned without the prior written consent
of the insurer.
No amendment to this policy will be effective unless it is in writing.
F15 Non-Payment of Premium
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If the premium due under this policy has not been paid to the insurer by the sixtieth (60th)
day from the inception of this policy or, where premium is due to be paid by
instalments, by the date on which an instalment is due, the insurer shall have the
right to cancel this policy from inception by notifying the named insured in writing
direct or via the insurance broker as appropriate.
It is agreed that the insurer shall give not less than fifteen (15) days prior notice of
cancellation under this clause F16 to the named insured in writing, directly or via the
insurance broker. If the premium due is paid in full to the insurer before the notice
period expires, notice of cancellation shall automatically be revoked.
If any additional premium due under the terms of this policy or in respect of any amendment
to the terms of this policy is not paid within fifteen (15) days of the date on which it is
due to be paid, the insurer will not have any liability in respect of the additional rights
which were to have been purchased by the insured by payment of the additional
premium.
F16 Sole Agent
Only the first named insured stated in the schedule shall act on behalf of all insureds for the
payment or return of premium, receipt and acceptance of any endorsement issued to form a
part of this Policy, notifying the insurer of claim circumstance, or other matter covered under
this policy, giving and receiving notice of cancellation or non-renewal, the payment of any
excess.
F17 Cancellation
The named insured may cancel this policy at any time by notifying the insurer in writing. On
cancellation by the named insured, the insurer agrees to refund the named insured a pro
rata proportion of the premium less twenty-five percent (25%), based upon the unexpired
portion of the policy period unless any notification of a claim or circumstance or any other
matter has been notified under this policy, in which case the premium will be deemed fully
earned and no refund will be due.
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This policy may be cancelled at any time by or on behalf of the insurer by thirty (30) days
notice given in writing to the named insured at their last known address or registered office
and the premium shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis.
This policy will immediately and automatically be cancelled with no refund of premium to the
insured in the event of any of the following:
the presentation of a petition seeking the appointment of a receiver or the making of a
winding up order or the appointment of an administrator over the insured or the
making of any court order to that effect;
the passing of a resolution for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver or administrator or
on the appointment of a liquidator, receiver or administrator over any of the insured's
assets; or
the suspension by the insured of payment of its debts or any threat by the insured to do
so or the entering into of a voluntary arrangement or other scheme of composition
with its creditors by the insured;
or the equivalent court application, order, appointment or arrangement in any jurisdiction in
which the insured may be domiciled.
F18 Sanction Clause
No (re)insurer shall be deemed to provide cover and no (re)insurer shall be liable to pay any
claim or provide any benefit hereunder to the extent that the provision of such cover, payment
of such claim or provision of such benefit would expose that (re)insurer to any sanction,
prohibition or restriction under United Nations resolutions or the trade or economic sanctions,
laws or regulations of Switzerland, the European Union, United Kingdom or United States of
America.
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F19 Data Protection Act 1998
It is agreed by the insured that any information provided to the insurer regarding the insured
will be processed by the insurer, in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act
1998, for the purpose of providing insurance and handling claims, if any, which may
necessitate providing such information to third parties.
F20 Several Liability
The obligations of each company insurer and Lloyd’s syndicate shall be several and not joint
and shall be solely to the extent of that insurer’s or syndicate’s individual subscription. No
such insurer or syndicate shall be responsible for the subscription of any other such insurer
or syndicate who for any reason does not satisfy all or part of its obligations hereunder.
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G. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions are applicable to all sections of this policy:
G1 “bodily injury” means bodily injury, sickness, disease, mental injury, mental anguish, shock,
or emotional distress sustained by any person, including death resulting therefrom.
G2 "circumstance" means an incident, occurrence, dispute, fact, matter, act or omission which is
likely to give rise to a claim.
G3 “claim” means any written demand from a third party for damages, compensation or non-
monetary relief from the insured, including, but not limited to, a writ, lawsuit, statement of
claim, summons, application or arbitral process, cross-claim, counterclaim or third or similar
party notice filed or made against the insured.
G4 "computer system" means computer hardware, software, networks, networking equipment,
applications, associated electronic devices, electronic data storage devices, input and output
devices, and back up facilities operated by and either owned by or leased to the insured by
written agreement for such purposes.
G5 “data breach” means the unauthorised taking, acquisition, obtaining, use or disclosure of
information on a computer system.
G6 "defence costs" means the reasonable costs and expenses necessarily incurred with the
insurer's prior written consent, by or on behalf of the insured, in connection with the
investigation, defence, settlement or appeal of a claim.
Defence costs does not include:
the costs or overheads of the insured (including but not limited to the costs of the
insured’s in-house counsel); or
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any Value Added Tax insofar as this can be recovered by the insured.
G7 "employee" means any natural person other than a partner, member, principal or director of
the insured who is under a contract of service or apprenticeship, supplied to, hired or
borrowed by the insured, or under any work experience or similar scheme, whilst employed or
engaged by and under the control of the insured in connection with the professional
services of the insured.
G8 "excess" means the amount specified in item 10 of the schedule.
G9 “fungi” means any fungus or mycota or any by product or type of infestation produced by such
fungus or mycota, including but not limited to, mould, mildew, mycotoxins, spores, or any
biogenic aerosols.
G10 "insured" means the named insured and:
(a) a partner, principal, or director, of an insured, but only for professional services
performed for a named insured; or
(b) any named insured with regard to its participation in a legal entity including a joint
venture, but solely for the named insured’s legal liability for its own performance of
professional services under the respective legal entity or joint venture. Insured does
not include the legal entity itself, the joint venture itself or any other entity that is part
of either the legal entity or joint venture.
G11 "limit of liability" means the amount specified in item 9 of the schedule.
G12 “malicious code” means any unauthorised, corrupting, or harmful virus, Trojan Horse, worm,
logic bomb, or other similar software program, code or script designed to insert itself onto a
computer disk or into computer memory and migrate from one computer to another.
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G13 "named insured" means the individual, partnership, trust, corporation, or other entity named
as such in item 1 the schedule.
G14 “network breach” means alleged or actual unauthorised access to a computer system
that results in:
the destruction, deletion or corruption of electronic data on a computer system; or
a data breach from a computer system; or
denial of service attacks against internet sites or computers; or
transmission of malicious code from a computer system to third party computers and
systems.
G15 “network security acts” means acts, errors or omissions by the insured in managing the
security of a computer system that either:
causes a network breach; or
prevents a third party that is authorised to do so from gaining access to a computer
system.
G16 "policy period" means the period specified in item 4 of the schedule.
G17 "pollution" means the discharge, disposal, dispersal, release or escape of any solid, liquid,
gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant including, but not limited to, smoke, vapours, soot,
dust, fibres, viruses, bacteria, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals and waste (including, but not
limited to material to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed).
G18 "premium" means the total amount stated at item 11 of the schedule.
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G19 "professional services" means only those services undertaken for others, and performed by,
or under the supervision of, suitably qualified staff, as described in the schedule and declared
in the proposal form, or as specifically defined by endorsement to the policy.
G20 "schedule" means the document entitled “Schedule” that relates to this policy.
G21 “sub-consultant” means any specialist sub-consultant acting on behalf of the insured, under
a written agreement with the insured and for whom the insured is legally liable, provided
always that any such sub-consultant is appropriately qualified to perform the service and
maintains its own Professional Indemnity insurance.
G22 "terrorism" means any act, including but not limited to the use of force or violence and/or the
threat thereof, of any person or groups of persons, whether acting alone or on behalf of or in
connection with any organisations or governments committed for political, religious, ideological
or similar purposes including the intention to influence any government and/or business and/or
to put the public, or any section of the public, in fear.
G23 “unauthorised access” means the use of or access to a computer system by a person
unauthorised by the insured to do so, or the authorised use of or access to a computer
system in a manner not authorised by the insured.
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H. COMPLAINTS
In the case of enquiries and complaints, please first contact XL Catlin Services SE-
Zweigniederlassung für Österreich (Wien).
You may address your request either to your regular contact person or to the neutral
complaints office
[email protected]. Complaints made via this e-mail
address will be retrieved by the responsible employee on each working day during
business hours.
Your complaint, which may be made by telephone, by other e-mail address, through the
Head Office of XL Insurance Company SE, Dublin, an outside insurance intermediary or in
another way, will be forwarded immediately to the appropriate employee, who will then
look into your concerns.
Upon receipt of a complaint for which another body is responsible, the responsible
employee will inform you accordingly and forward the complaint to the competent
authority, as far as this can be determined.
Each complaint will be dealt with in a fair and objective manner, in compliance with the
applicable legal provisions, in particular the Insurance Supervision Act, the Trade
Regulations and the Data Protection Regulations (as amended).
In addition, the responsible employee will immediately confirm that the complaint has
been received. This confirmation will again provide you with information regarding the
further complaint handling process.
The responsible employee will then inform you about the ongoing processing of your
complaint and, if necessary, request from you the evidence and information relevant to the
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processing of the complaint. Documents about complaints received are filed and retained
securely for an appropriate period of time.
Your complaint will then be answered within a period of 15 working days from receiving the
complaint. If this deadline cannot be met, you will be notified of the delay, the reasons for
the delay and the date of the probable completion of the review within the deadline. The
complaint should be finalised within 8 weeks at the latest.
If your complaint is not fully met, AXA XL’s position will be presented to you and other
options for upholding the complaint will be communicated to you.
If you are not satisfied with the handling of your complaint, you may write to the following
address:
The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman („FSPO“)
Lincoln House
Lincoln Place
Dublin D02VH29
Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 567 7000
www.fspo.ie
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3.2 Complaints may also be directed to the Irish or Austrian regulatory authorities at the
following addresses:
Central Bank of Ireland
New Wapping Street
North Wall Quay
Dublin D01F7X3
Ireland
https://www. Centralbank.ie/regulation
Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)
Otto-Wagner-Platz 5
1090 Wien
Austria
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XL Insurance Company SE
Tuchlauben 3, 1010 Wien, Österreich
Telephone: +43 1 50602 102 Fax: +43 1 50602 111 axaxl.com
XL Insurance Company SE, Zweigniederlassung für Österreich
Handelsgericht Wien, FirmenbuchNr: FN 176093k, DVR: 0977659, Bank: Citibank, Swift Code: CITIATWX, IBAN: AT07 1814 0000 0194 3006, UID-#: AT U4626 7908
Hauptsitz der Gesellschaft: 8 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
XL Insurance Company SE
A European public limited liability company registered in Ireland
Registered in Ireland No. 641686 I Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland | Directors: P.R.Bradbrook (UK), B.R.P.Joseph (UK), Y.Slattery, P. Wilson (UK), D. Palici-Chehab (FR), J. O’Neill, H. Browne, P.H. Rastoul (FR)
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Insured Company:
Järelpinge Inseneribüroo OÜ
reg. code 10949691
Liivaoja 6-ÄP1, 10115 Tallinn,
Estonia
Certificate of Insurance
This certificate is issued for information purposes only and confers no rights upon the certificate holder. This
certificate does not alter the mentioned policy in any way.
Insurance object: Insured object is the civil liability of the insured person arising from
damage caused to a third person with regard to professional
activities provided in the insurance contract, including liability for
all persons used by the insured person in the insured professional
activities
Insured professional activity: constructional engineering of facilities and buildings, bridges,
viaducts and tunnels included
Insurance period: 1 year 14.12.2020 – 14.12.2021
Insurance territory: Worldwide, USA and Canada excluded
Jurisdiction: Estonia
Type of policy: Claims made
Sum insured: 1 000 000€ (per claim and period)
Deductible: 25 000€ per claim
XL Insurance Company SE
Tuchlauben 3, 1010 Wien, Österreich
Telephone: +43 1 50602 102 Fax: +43 1 50602 111 axaxl.com
XL Insurance Company SE, Zweigniederlassung für Österreich
Handelsgericht Wien, FirmenbuchNr: FN 176093k, DVR: 0977659, Bank: Citibank, Swift Code: CITIATWX, IBAN: AT07 1814 0000 0194 3006, UID-#: AT U4626 7908
Hauptsitz der Gesellschaft: 8 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
XL Insurance Company SE
A European public limited liability company registered in Ireland
Registered in Ireland No. 641686 I Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland | Directors: P.R.Bradbrook (UK), B.R.P.Joseph (UK), Y.Slattery, P. Wilson (UK), D. Palici-Chehab (FR), J. O’Neill, H.
Browne, P.H. Rastoul (FR)
Extensions:
1. Covered are bodily injury and property damage in connection with insured professional activities which
have been or are being performed, undertaken or provided by or on behalf of the Insured
2. Covered are costs for legal advice, expertise and trial
3. Covered are claims arising from subcontractors activities
XL Insurance Company SE
Zweigniederlassung für Österreich
Eduard Billovits
Country Manager
Austria & Central Eastern Europe
Vienna, 14.12.2020
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