Professional_Services_Insurance_Rider.pdf
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- APX026251
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- Fairfield County, Connecticut
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The Professional Services Insurance Rider is a document from the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, outlining comprehensive insurance requirements for consultants performing professional services. The document specifies mandatory insurance coverage types and minimum limits for potential contractors, including Workers' Compensation, Commercial General Liability, Automobile Liability, and Professional Liability insurance. These requirements apply to consultants performing services for the city, with specific attention to coverage amounts, policy duration, and additional insured provisions.
The insurance requirements mandate that consultants obtain insurance policies from carriers licensed in Connecticut with an AM Best rating of A-VII or better, subject to city approval. The rider details specific coverage limits, such as $1 million per occurrence for Commercial General Liability, $1 million for Professional Liability, and $1 million for Automobile Liability. Notably, Professional Liability coverage must remain in place for seven years after project completion. The document also requires subcontractors to meet the same insurance standards, and includes provisions for certificate submissions, notice of cancellation, and waiver of governmental immunity, demonstrating the city's comprehensive approach to risk management and contractor accountability.
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Professional Services Insurance Rider
As a provider of Professional Services, the Consultant shall provide and maintain insurance coverage related to its services in connection with the Project in compliance with the following requirements.
The insurance required shall be written for not less than the term of the project, scope and limits of insurance specified hereunder, or required by applicable federal, state and/or municipal law, regulation or requirement, whichever coverage requirement is greater. It is agreed and understood that the scope and limits of insurance specified hereunder are minimum requirements and shall in no way limit or preclude the City from requiring additional limits and coverage to be provided under the Consultant's policies.
The insurance obligations under this agreement shall be (1) all the insurance coverage and/or limits carried by or available to the Consultant; or (2) the minimum insurance coverage requirements and/or limits shown in this agreement, whichever is greater.
Minimum Scope and Limits of Insurance:
Workers' Compensation: With respect to all operations the Consultant performs, it shall carry workers' compensation insurance in accordance with the requirements of the laws of the State of Connecticut, and Employer's Liability limits of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) coverage for each accident, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) coverage for each employee by disease, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) policy limit coverage for disease.
Commercial General Liability: With respect to all operations the Consultant performs it shall carry Commercial General Liability insurance providing for a total limit of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) coverage per occurrence for all damages arising out of bodily injury, personal injury, property damage, products/completed operations, and contractual liability coverage for the indemnification obligations arising under this Agreement. The Annual Aggregate limit shall not be less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).
Automobile Liability: With respect to each owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles the Consultant shall carry Automobile Liability insurance providing One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) coverage per accident for bodily injury and property damage.
Professional Liability: The Consultant shall provide Professional Liability Insurance covering errors and omissions. Such insurance shall be in an amount no less than $1,000,000 for each claim and $1,000,000 Aggregate. Such insurance coverage shall remain in place for seven years after City’s acceptance of Consultant’s work, and if Consultant’s insurance coverage is written on a “claims made” basis, such seven-year requirement can be satisfied through a combination of an extended reporting period and tail coverage.
Acceptability of Insurers: The Consultant's policies shall be written by insurance companies licensed to do business in the State of Connecticut, with an AM Best rating of
A-VII, or better. Additionally, all carriers are subject to approval by the City of Bridgeport.
Subcontractors: The Consultant shall require all subcontractors to provide the same "minimum scope and limits of insurance" as required herein. All Certificates of Insurance shall be provided to the City's Office of the City Attorney and to the City’s Purchasing Department required herein
Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal: Each insurance policy required shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be suspended, voided, cancelled, or reduced in coverage or in limits before the expiration date except after thirty (30) days prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City. Notwithstanding this requirement, the Consultant is primarily responsible for providing such written notice to the City thirty (30) days prior to any policy change or cancellation that would result in a change of the amount or type of coverage provided. In the event of any such change the Consultant shall provide comparable substitute coverage so that there is no lapse in applicable coverage or reduction in the amount of coverage available to the City related to the Consultant’s Services.
Waiver of Governmental Immunity: Unless requested otherwise by the City, the Consultant and its insurer shall waive governmental immunity as defense and shall not use the defense of governmental immunity in the adjustment of claims or in the defense of any suit brought against the City.
Additional Insured: The liability insurance coverage, (excluding Workers' Compensation & Professional Liability, if included) required for the performance of the Services shall include the City as an Additional Insured with respect to the Consultant's activities to be performed under this Agreement. Consultant’s insurance shall be primary and shall not seek contribution from any other insurance carried by the additional insured in the payment of a claim.
Waiver of Subrogation: Consultant hereby waives the right to subrogate or seek recovery from City of Bridgeport and its insurance carriers. This waiver of subrogation does not apply to Professional Liability coverage.
Certificate of Insurance: Prior to the commencement of services under this Contract, the Consultant shall furnish Certificate(s) of Insurance to the City. The Certificate(s) will specify all parties who are endorsed on the policy as Additional Insureds (or Loss Payees). The Certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by the insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. Renewals of expiring Certificates shall be provided prior to expiration but no more than fifteen (15) days after policy renewal.
Certificates shall designate the City in the following form and manner:
“City of Bridgeport, its elected officials, officers, department heads, employees, agents, servants, successors and assigns ATIMA Margaret E. Morton Government Center 999 Broad Street, 2nd Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604”
Waiver of requirements: The City Attorney may vary these insurance requirements at her sole discretion if it determines that the City's interests will be adequately protected by the provision of different types or other amounts of coverage.
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