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Chubb understands that the challenges facing the media industry are ever changing. The increased use of interactive media has not only magnified standard risks facing the industry, such as defamation and intellectual property infringement, but opened the industry up to a number of new and ever-changing threats. In response Chubb has developed a suite of 4 new wordings specifically tailored to media professionals and designed for the digital age:
Broadcasters
Media
Publishers
Producers
Example professions
Advertising agents
Marketing and digital marketing consultants
Market research
Graphic design
Public relations
Brand development and corporate identity consultants
Copywriters
Publishers
Broadcasters
Producers
Highlights
Any once claim cover available
Bespoke wordings available
Able to respond to global professional indemnity/errors & omissions requirements with worldwide jurisdiction.
Chubb’s distribution network allows global issuance of local policies
Able to deploy £/€/$ 10 million per risk
Primary, excess layer and quota share options available
Cover
The suite of products for media professionals includes coverage for:
Civil Liability as a consequence of:
Breach of professional duty
Breach of contract (including breach of licence and breach of authority)
Libel or slander (including but not limited to torts relating to defamation, reputational injury and emotional distress)
Product disparagement or breach of comparative advertising regulations
Negligent misstatement
Unintentional breach of confidentiality
Unintentional interference with privacy rights
Unintentional infringement of intellectual property rights including cybersquatting (including but not limited to plagiarism and passing off, infringement of trademark or slogan, breach of licence to use copyrighted material.)
Fidelity
Loss of or damage to documents
Transmission of a computer virus, denial of service, malicious cyber attack
The policies also extend to cover the insured’s:
Public relations and crisis management costs
Costs to withdraw content as a result of a complaint to any official regulatory or self-regulatory body
Costs to mitigate a claim
Subpoena defence costs
Costs to defend an investigation brought under the Data Protection Act, payment for court attendance and representation costs
Costs for prosecuting someone who has infringed your intellectual property
Our Producers’ wording also benefits from cover for financially interested parties.
Please note that the above is purely a highlight of the heads of cover offered in the wordings. For full terms and conditions and limitations please refer to the policy wording.