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Important Message on Club Insurance
Date: June 2005
To: Board of Directors of All ClubsFrom: Skip Gilbert, USA Triathlon Executive Director
Subject: Club Directors and Officers Coverage (a.k.a. Directors & Officers Liability)
This is to recommend that you explore securing Directors' & Officers' Liability for your individual Club. This coverage is often confused with General Liability or Business Liability Insurance, in spite of the coverage differences between the two policies.
As you may know, there exists potential personal liability against directors, officers, employees and volunteers of your non-profit organization for activities, responsibilities and decisions associated with your Club. Unlike General Liability insurance, Club Directors and Officers Coverage provides protection for your personal assets in the event you are held personally liable for any wrongful act, error or omission in your capacity as a director, officer, employee or volunteer. It also provides protection for Non-profit Clubs if named as a defendant in a lawsuit.
Our general observation is that many of our Clubs may not be properly insured for these potential exposures. In order to address this issue, our insurance broker, ESIX has negotiated a program that offers broad protection for this exposure at very competitive rates. We endorse and sponsor this program and have negotiated coverage that is customized for our local and regional organizations. An electronic platform has been created to make application and payment process easy and quick. Briefly, a $1 million limit of protection may be purchased by each individual Club to protect all directors, officers, employees and volunteers of that Club for $600 annually if your gross annual receipts are under $100,000, or $975 annually if your gross annual receipts are between $100,000 and $250,000 (assuming no pending or prior loss activity).
Unlike previous plans, this coverage will be effective for 12 months from when you purchase this coverage; regardless of the date coverage is purchased.
We highly encourage each Club to purchase this insurance protection. You can do so by accessing the web site and following the link entitled, "Club Directors and Officers Coverage" or by visiting http://www.amsportsinsurance.com. You will find extensive information regarding your personal risks; hypothetical claims scenarios, a coverage description, and other information regarding this important protection there as well.
Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
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