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This is a group policy. All agents enrolled in the policy share the policy aggregate. The policy aggregate limit is the maximum amount of money that the policy will pay out in one policy period. Each agent enrolled in the program has a $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 individual aggregate. This protects the group from having the aggregate eroded by an individual. The policy aggregate limit is $15,000,000 *The aggregate limit will increase as needed based upon enrollment. This is for your protection.
The premium is fully earned when you bind coverage. Premiums are not refunded. You will have coverage until the policy period expires.
You can choose to have your series 6 activity covered. This is coverage option 2. Coverage for series 7 activity is not offered.
Series 65 is Investment Advisory activities and that activity is NOT covered under this program.
Any Agent/Rep enrolled in the E & O Program. Any business entity that is owned or controlled by an Insured Agent/Rep, but only with respect to those operations of the business entity related to the covered Financial Services provided by an Insured Agent/Rep. Any secretarial, clerical or administrative employees of the Insured Agent/Rep while acting within their capacity as such, solely while acting by or on behalf of an Insured Agent/Rep as long as they work solely in that capacity and do not produce or sell insurance.
This policy is a 'Claims-Made and Reported' policy, which means the policy only covers those Claims against you that are both made and reported to the Insurer during the same policy period. Claims made against you must be report immediately to Everest National Insurance Company, in written form along with supporting documents, in order to be recognized by your E&O carrier. Additionally, you must report incidents or circumstances, which may result in a Claim against you, provided (1) you do so while an Insured under this policy and (2) you first become aware of the incident or circumstance during the policy period.
Sale or attempted sale or servicing of: Life Insurance Accident & Health Insurance Long Term Care Insurance Disability Insurance Fixed Annuities Employee Benefit Plans, Individual Retirement Arrangements, IRAs and KEOGH Retirement Plans (see below) Administration of Employee Benefit Plans (see below) Variable Products (optional) Mutual Funds (optional) Financial Planning incidental to the sale of the above products
You are covered for the sale and/or attempted sale of Employee Benefit Plans, IRA's and KEOGH Retirement Plans. In addition, you are covered for your administration of Employee Benefit Plans (consultation with participants in an employee benefit plan in order to explain the provisions of such plan, enrollment, record keeping and filing reports with governmental agencies). There is no coverage for the design or implementation of employee benefit plans or for third party claims administration.
The policy will cover claims against you for rendering tax advice as long as it was incidental\ advice given in conjunction with covered Financial Services.
This policy covers errors and/or omissions made by the Agent, regardless of the carrier rating however if a claim arises from insolvency, the claim would not be covered under this policy unless it was rated an B+ or higher at the time the policy was written.
You are covered for your sale and service of life products as well as the financial planning advice given in relation to these activities. If you are consulting for a fee, then this policy doesn't cover that activity. Consulting, or giving advice in conjunction with the sale of a covered product is covered; however, we do not offer a consulting endorsement. You may need to look into a separate policy for that coverage.
If an agent retires, becomes disabled or has deceased under the policy provisions can purchase a 3 year Extended Reporting Period ("tail") for 250% of their annual premium. Coverage must be requested within 30 days of the agent's retirement, disability or death.
"Data breach" means the loss, theft, accidental release or accidental publication of "personally identifiable information", or circumstances objectively giving rise to a substantial risk that such a loss, theft, release or publication has occurred. "Personally identifiable information" means an individual’s social security number, bank account number, credit and debit card account numbers, PIN numbers or transaction history, driver’s license number, medical diagnosis, patient history and medications and any other applicable private information that may be defined by state or federal law.
"Data breach" means the loss, theft, accidental release or accidental publication of "personally identifiable information", or circumstances objectively giving rise to a substantial risk that such a loss, theft, release or publication has occurred.
"Personally identifiable information" means an individual’s social security number, bank account number, credit and debit card account numbers, PIN numbers or transaction history, driver’s license number, medical diagnosis, patient history and medications and any other applicable private information that may be defined by state or federal law.
The carrier will pay for “data breach expenses” that you incur as a result of a “data breach” of “personally identifiable information”, subject to the limit of insurance, if the following conditions are met: The “data breach” occurs after the “retroactive date” and before the end of the policy period; The insured first becomes aware of the “data breach” during the policy period; At the time you applied for this insurance you had no knowledge of the “data breach”. The “data breach” is reported to the carrier as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after it is first discovered by the insured. The “data breach” must involve “personally identifiable information” that was held by you or on your behalf in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. "Data breach expenses" includes reasonable: Notification expenses to notify a person whose "personally identifiable information" was the subject of a breach in compliance of "data breach" statutes or regulations; Crisis management expenses to perform services by any public relations firm, crisis management firm or law firm to minimize potential harm to the Insured; Monitoring service expenses to provide victims with credit, fraud, public records or other monitoring alerts for up to one year, if determined to be warranted by us or the service provider. "Good faith advertising services" to assist in organizing the insured’s media responses. "Legal and forensic services" to provide reimbursement for the verification of compliance with data breach notification laws. This also provides coverage for the investigation of computer hacking incidents, lost and stolen property, cyber extortion, database fraud and determinations as to whether or not data was accessed. "Personally identifiable information" means an individual’s social security number, bank account number, credit and debit card account numbers, PIN numbers or transaction history, driver’s license number, medical diagnosis, patient history and medications and any other applicable private information that may be defined by state or federal law.
The carrier will pay for “data breach expenses” that you incur as a result of a “data breach” of “personally identifiable information”, subject to the limit of insurance, if the following conditions are met:
"Data breach expenses" includes reasonable:
Yes, this is called Retroactive Coverage. Please note that E&O coverage is claims-made and reported. That means that the policy enforce at the time the claim is made is the policy that will respond to the claim. This policy will cover claims made and reported during the policy period for wrongful acts (or alleged wrongful acts) that occurred after the retroactive date, or the effective date of coverage in the current policy year. An insured’s retroactive date shall be the earliest date that he/she/it has been continuously insured, up to his/her/its Coverage Inception Date under this policy, for professional liability coverage (errors and omissions coverage) for the type(s) of coverage provided to said insured by this policy, provided an insured’s retroactive date for a particular type of financial service shall not be earlier than the date he/she/it became authorized, pursuant to license or required registration, to provide that service. For example, if this policy provides coverage for an insured’s acts both as a life insurance agent and registered representative and the insured has had professional liability insurance coverage for his acts as a life insurance agent continuously since September 1, 1991, but only since June 1, 1996 for his acts as a registered representative, that insured would have the following retroactive dates under this policy: (1) September 1, 1991 for coverage for wrongful acts committed as a life insurance agent; and (2) June 1, 1996 for coverage for wrongful acts committed as a registered representative.
Yes, this is called Retroactive Coverage.
Please note that E&O coverage is claims-made and reported. That means that the policy enforce at the time the claim is made is the policy that will respond to the claim. This policy will cover claims made and reported during the policy period for wrongful acts (or alleged wrongful acts) that occurred after the retroactive date, or the effective date of coverage in the current policy year.
An insured’s retroactive date shall be the earliest date that he/she/it has been continuously insured, up to his/her/its Coverage Inception Date under this policy, for professional liability coverage (errors and omissions coverage) for the type(s) of coverage provided to said insured by this policy, provided an insured’s retroactive date for a particular type of financial service shall not be earlier than the date he/she/it became authorized, pursuant to license or required registration, to provide that service.
For example, if this policy provides coverage for an insured’s acts both as a life insurance agent and registered representative and the insured has had professional liability insurance coverage for his acts as a life insurance agent continuously since September 1, 1991, but only since June 1, 1996 for his acts as a registered representative, that insured would have the following retroactive dates under this policy: (1) September 1, 1991 for coverage for wrongful acts committed as a life insurance agent; and (2) June 1, 1996 for coverage for wrongful acts committed as a registered representative.
Please refer to page 16 of the policy form. Fiduciary Under ERISA Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by endorsement, the Insurer will not cover claims which arise out of actual or alleged services an Insured performs as a trustee, plan administrator or fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Pension Benefits Act and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA), including any amendment, regulation or enabling statue pursuant thereto, or any other similar federal, state, or provincial statute, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto. But this exclusion does not apply to retirement plan design, investment advice and related Securities or insurance purchases or sales by the Insured within the normal