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CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY Information Webinar
Stephanie Myers/Kate El-Asmar
IAG PRI Underwriting
21 January 2016
Version No. 1.0
YOUR FACILITATORS FOR TODAY
Kate El-Asmar
Team Leader, Connect PI & Affinity
CGU Insurance
Stephanie Myers
National Portfolio Solutions Mgr
CGU Insurance
AGENDA
Professional Risks
CGU Connect Management Liability
CGU Business Protection Management Liability
What is Management Liability? Coverage’s available under a Management Liability policy Claims examples – Notification Overview Potential policy pitfalls
Product Offering & Overview Proposition Target Market Risk Appetite Decline Risks Benefits & Selling Points Cyber Update
Professional Risks Team
Key Contacts
CGU Connect Management Liability Overview
MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
What is it?
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Management liability is a bundled product which protects directors and officers and the company itself from exposure’s relating to the management of the company. A company and its Directors & Officers can face both personal and corporate liabilities from: Shareholders Employees Regulators Customers Creditors Competitors Administrators
MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Coverage’s Available Under a Management Liability Policy
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Directors and Officers Employment Practices Statutory Liability Company/ Entity
Fidelity/Crime Tax Audit Trustees Liability
Optional
Internet/Cyber Liability
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY
Covers directors and officers for their liability for any Wrongful Act.
A Wrongful Act is usually defined as any actual or alleged neglect, error, misstatement, omission or breach of authority.
What is it?
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS LIABILITY Where do claims come from?
Shareholders Mismanagement of company assets, insolvency, mergers & acquisitions etc.
Employees Harassment, discrimination,
failure to promote etc.
Regulatory Bodies ASIC, ACCC, ATO etc.
Creditors Action to recover debts. Liquidators / Receivers Wrongful trading etc.
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY
Covers claims alleging an employment breach such as: discrimination harassment bullying wrongful dismissal failure to promote breach of contract
brought by employees, volunteers or potential employees
What is it?
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY
A small retailer forced to make some redundancies due to a downturn in revenue. All appropriate procedures were followed but 3 employees felt they were being discriminated against due to their mature age.
Claims were made for discrimination and the company ended up settling with each employee at a cost of $20,000 each.
In 2006, a young woman committed suicide after enduring ongoing bullying by her co-workers at a café.
Each offender and the company were convicted and fined under provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Total fines were $335,000
Claims Examples
STATUTORY LIABILITY
Provides cover for the Company for any formal investigation by a regulatory, governmental, professional or other authorised institution for a breach of an Act of Parliament.
Includes defence costs incurred and resulting Statutory Fine (subject to policy terms).
Significant increase in claim activity over the last few years.
Over 5,000 individual legislative provisions that can result in fines or penalties.
700 provisions can find a Director personally liable.
Work Health & Safety is cited as a key area of cover, however there are many other statutes e.g. Food Act, Liquor Act, Privacy Act, Pollution legislation etc.
What is it?
STATUTORY LIABILITY
Health & Safety
A 35-year-old employee suffered fatal injuries when the fabric sling supporting a 1.8 tonne monorail beam snapped and the beam fell on him. The construction company was convicted and fined $200,000 plus costs. The Director was also convicted and fined $200,000 plus costs plus compensation of $20,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of s61 of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986.
Claims Example
COMPANY LIABILITY
Provides cover for the Company for costs incurred in defending and settling claims bought by third parties.
Claims could come from: Competitors Creditors Customers
What is it?
COMPANY LIABILITY Claims Example
A small café was sued by a competitor for misleading advertising which was alleged to have caused a considerable downturn in business for its competitor. Whilst the Insured successfully defended the allegations, defence costs totalled $30k.
CRIME
Indemnifies the Company for employee dishonesty and third party dishonesty
Crime loss is on the increase and can significantly impact Company’s financials
Crime loss is sub-limited
Automatically covered under CGU BPML Policy
What is it?
INTERNET LIABILITY
Protects the Company against third party claims for:
Unintentional defamatory statements posted on the company's internet, intranet or in emails sent
by employees
Accidental plagiarism, infringement of copyright, trade mark etc
Accidental breach of privacy or unauthorised collection of customers data
Negligent transmission of a computer virus, worm, logic bomb
or Trojan Horse.
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What is it?
CLAIMS NOTIFICATIONS
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EPL Claims 30%
Crime/Fidelity 25%
Stat Liability 15%
D&O/Company 20%
Tax Audit 10%
POTENTIAL POLICY PITFALLS
Statutory Liability cover • Limited to just WH&S and Pollution legislation
• No Pollution cover
• No cover for Consumer Protection legislation or Copyright legislation
• Inadequate sub-limit
• No cover for Statutory fines relating to Employment Practices Liability claims
Fidelity/Crime cover
• Definition of Fidelity/Crime Loss inadequate
• Retroactive Date applies
• Shareholder exclusion
• No cover for theft by a director
• Exclusion relating to discovery of the alleged Fidelity/Crime Loss
Tax Audit cover • No cover for individuals or self managed super funds
• No cover for compliance reviews
CGU’S MANAGEMENT LIABILITY PROPOSITION
An SME proposition
Transacted via Sunrise – ML Connect
Targeting SME’s with turnover up to $25m
Stand alone policy
Most sole traders and partnerships can be covered
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Combined limits from $1m - $10m available Separate limits from $250k - $5m (except Stat $2m) No financials required unless insolvency is requested Standard excesses Directors & Officers/Company Reimbursement $Nil Statutory Liability $2,500 Employment Practices Liability $5,000 Company Liability $2,500 Tax Audit $1,000 Crime $5,000
* Some industries may attract higher excesses
Premiums from $750.00 + charges Standard commission online is 22.5%
(BPML)
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BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
The target market of BPML is SME (Private Companies, sole traders, most partnerships and non-profit entities):
With turnover under $10m up to a max turnover of $25m
Who have been operating for more than 12 months
Who have not had any claims or investigations.
Target Market
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
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Coverage Part 1 Directors & Officers / Company
Reimbursement
Includes Company Reimbursement
Statutory Liability Claims made
against Directors & Officers
Employment Practices Liability
claims brought against Directors
& Officers
Trustees Liability for employer
sponsored super fund
Coverage Part 2 Employment
Practices Liability
Employment Practices Liability
claims brought against the
Company/Entity
Coverage Part 3 Statutory Liability
Statutory Liability claims brought
against Company/Entity
Coverage Part 4 Company Liability
Covers third party claims –
defence costs & compensation
Breach of Contract Defence
Costs $100k
Crime Loss $250k
Identity Theft $100k
Internet Liability $100k
Tax Audit Costs $250k
Coverage Parts
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY Risk Appetite
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Construction (builders, project
managers, property developers)
Mining risks Transport risks
Financial risks (financial planners)
Publicly listed companies
Lawyers / Solicitors / Barristers /Law
Societies
Unions & Protest Lobby Groups
Trusts
(where no corporate trustee)
Financially distressed companies
Local Government entities
Start ups Strata’s
Decline Risks
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
Full lifecycle process
Real time response, no ARNs
Targeted question base
Multiple limit options
Dedicated Connect team, specialised
U/W
No manual propositions,
uploading, scanning, closings
Straightforward to use
Transacting via CGU Connect Management Liability
Choose your own commission up to
30%
Improved response times
A well-known and respected
Australian brand
Broad cover and competitive premiums
BPML Product
Specialist in-house claims team
Tax Audit automatically
covered $250k sub-limit
Crime and Internet Liability
automatically covered
Pollution cover is automatic under
D&O and Statutory Liability
Statutory Liability for entity is sub-
limited to $2m or the LOI which is less
Stat Liability sub-limit for Directors &
Officers is $1m or the LOI whichever
is less
Benefits & Selling Points
POLL QUESTION 1
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
CGU Connect Management Liability is designed to deliver an e-Commerce solution for Management Liability Insurance that will allow CGU to compete more effectively with other major insurers in the SME Management Liability market. The introduction of this system : Provides a quick and easy distribution channel for intermediaries Is a solution that intermediaries can use to quote and bind Management Liability in real time
through the Sunrise Channel Is a solution that can be utilised throughout the policy lifecycle Reduces admin and costs of doing business
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
•All questions to be completed – then referred
Landing Page
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY General Information Page
• Triggers for:
• Annual Gross t/o is greater than $10m
• ‘Overseas’ for the Percentage split of t/o by state/territory
• FTE > 99
• Various Entity Types for which BPML cannot be written
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
• Fixed excesses
• Commission adjustments
• Quick Premium = Combined Cover only.
• Aggregate Limit of Indemnity up to $10m under Combined coverage
Quick Premium Page
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
• Separate coverage requires minimum of 2 coverage types
• Numerous referral triggers • Retrenchment considerations
Coverage Type Page
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
• A referral will be triggered if YES is answered to any question
Claims Information Page
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
• BPML has the concept of minimum premium • Premium breakdown is displayed • If a referral has been triggered the Premium screen will not show a premium
Premium Page
CGU CONNECT MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
• CGU will now ask for Intermediary Details at all times • Broker comments are posted to the i90 Blackboard (similar to PI Connect)
Declaration Page
POLL QUESTION 2
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY Support collateral
BUSINESS PROTECTION MANAGEMENT LIABILITY
CGU is currently piloting a Cyber Liability offering
2 different offerings will be made available
- CGU Cyber Defence (stand alone offering)
- Cyber Extension Cover (for qualifying PI & ICT policies)
The offering will be made available to the market after successful completion of the pilot
Cyber Update
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KEY CONTACTS
Professional Risk VIC & TAS Branch:
Connect Team:
Professional Indemnity Business Protection Management Liability
T: 1800 128 376 and Option 1 T: 1800 128 376 and Option 2
QUESTIONS
POLL QUESTIONS
Q1: On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being very little and 5 being large, what appetite does
your company have for Management Liability cover?
Q2: How likely are you to promote the CGU Connect Management Liability
product to your customers? On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being very unlikely and 10 be
extremely likely Scale 1 to 10
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