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For – Profit Directors' and Officers' Liability Coverage

South Western Group offers a comprehensive program that combines innovative products and excellent service. This program is designed to meet the needs of privately owned companies, and their executives. Our product line includes D&O, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary & Crime, all with very flexible policy construction.

Our target market is privately-held companies with fewer than 250 employees and less than $50,000,000 in assets. We can write up to $20,000,000 aggregate for all lines with a $5,000,000 per line aggregate in liability, with various retentions available.

Minimum Premiums and Retentions
  D&O $2,000 premium / $2,500 retention
EPL $2,000 premium / $2,500 retention
Fiduciary $500 premium / $1,000 retention
Crime $500 premium / $1,000 retention

D&O Coverage Features
Our product line is a flexible package offering many forms of coverage, with separate limits of liability automatically provided. Coverage features include:
 
  Statutory liabilities covered
Full Entity coverage for the Assured Organization
Punitive damages coverage (most favorable venue language) included for no additional premium charge
Outside directorship coverage for both profit and not-for-profit organizations
Functional equivalent coverage for Assured Organizations domiciled or incorporated outside Canada
Broad definition of "claim" including written or oral demands
Final adjudication requirement in dishonesty exclusion
Pollution exclusion amended to cover shareholder derivative actions
Optional Extension Period includes Bi-Lateral Discovery
Coverage provided for U.S.A. exposures

For a quotation please be sure to …
 
Fully complete every question on the Application. Click HERE for the Application
Email the Application to quotes@swgins.com
or FAX it directly to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)
For further details on this class, please contact Darlene Hazzard
Phone 416-637-4137 ext. 224  Toll Free 1-800-265-9642  
Fax 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)


SWG's Tattoo & Body Piercing Program

Tattoos and body piercing are fast increasing in popularity … but not so much with insurance companies. That's why South Western Group, specialists in niche products and hard-to-place risks, drew up some cover for practitioners of Body Art. Introducing our new Professional & General Liability – Claims Made Policy.

General coverage options
  Coverage for entire shop(s)
Coverage for individual artist(s)
Coverage for landlords, if desired
Coverage for piercing of minors – two options
                  1) LIMITED option to include: ears, nose, navel
                  2) PLUS option to include: ears, nose, navel, eyebrows & tongue
Guest Artist and/or Piercer endorsement available
Limits from $100,000 up to $1,000,000 available

For a quotation please be sure to …
 
Fully complete every question on the Application. Click HERE for the Application
Email the Application to quotes@swgins.com
or FAX it directly to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)
For further details on this class, please contact Darlene Hazzard
Phone 905-637-4137 ext. 224  Toll Free 1-800-265-9642  
Fax 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)


Announcing SWG's Substandard Farm Program

There's no need to be plowed under just because you can't get coverage in the standard Farm Insurance marketplace. South Western Group is pleased to offer you and your clients a new alternative market.

Features
  Fire & E.C. Coverage, Actual Cash Value on Buildings
Machinery can be covered for Limited Named Perils
Livestock can be covered for Named Perils
Farm Liability coverage available – Maximum Limit $1,000,000
Available Canada-wide (not available in Quebec at this time)
Minimum Deductible $1,500 on Dwelling and $2,500 on Outbuildings
Minimum Premium $1,000
Can accommodate almost any type of farm operations, including but not limited to

Beef Deer Cash Crop Buffalo Hobby
Dairy Llamas Elk Goats Sheep

For a quotation please be sure to …
 
Fully complete every question on the Application. Click HERE for the Application
Email the Application to quotes@swgins.com
or FAX it directly to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)
For further details on this class, please contact Colleen Bliss
Phone 416-620-6604 ext. 227   Toll Free 1-800-668-4275   
Fax 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)

If higher Liability Limits are required, please complete our Farm Umbrella Application and submit as above.


Introducing SWG's Logging Equipment Program

South Western Group is pleased to introduce our newly developed Logging Equipment facility. This nationwide program is written exclusively through SWG.

Features
  higher level of commission for brokers
low service fees
extremely competitive rates
limits of Liability $500,000 any one item (higher limit may be available in special circumstances)
exceptional turn around time for quotes and policy issuance

To qualify for this program

The equipment owner must have at least 3 years experience in the logging industry and operators must have 3 years experience or a certificate of completion of a logging course of 940 hours

For a quotation within 48 hours please be sure to …
 
fully complete every question on this Application
Email the Application to quotes@swgins.com
or FAX it directly to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)
Click HERE for the Logging Application
For more information email Barb Phillips

And don't forget to also ask Barb about our Logging Liability Program. It's still going strong, and available across Canada to round out the insurance portfolio you can offer to your clients in the logging industry.


Announcing SWG's New PROWL Program

For some time now we have been receiving a substantial number of inquires for liability for small processors, manufacturers, wholesalers and some difficult to place retailer's operations.

In response to this demand, we are pleased to announce a new nationwide facility we have put in place.

PROWL
Processors Retailers Or Wholesalers Liability

Criteria
  Maximum of $500,000.00 in annual receipts
Canadian Sales Only
In business for 3 years or experienced in this class of business for 5 years
Acceptable loss experience (as determined by SWG Underwriter) with maximum of 2 liability claims over the past 5 years

Features
  Minimum Deductible $2,500.00
Minimum Premium $3,000.00 for $1,000,000 limit
$3,750.00 for $2,000,000 limit
Limits $1,000,000.00 or $2,000,000.00
Maximum Line $2,000,000.00

For a quotation within 48 hours please be sure to …
 
fully complete every question on this Application.
Email the Application to quotes@swgins.com
or FAX it directly to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)
Click HERE for the PROWL Application

We wish to stress this facility has been developed to handle small operations that do not fit in today's standard market.


CHURCH INSURANCE

Recently we have had numerous inquiries regarding our church insurance so we felt it was appropriate to review the coverages offered under our program with the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group.

Our Basic Broad Form Building and Contents coverage includes;

  • Architects, Consultant Engineers & Surveyors Professional Fees, for up to 10% of the amount of agreed loss on building & contents
  • Church Legal Liability, including liability for bodily injury to a person in the insured's employ
  • Business Interruption - loss of collections and income, up to $20,000 any one occurrence
  • Valuable Papers and Records
  • Extra Expense
  • Lock and Key coverage
  • Crime -- including loss of money from within the home of any church official
  • Optional Coverages: D & O, Counselling Liability and Physical And Sexual Abuse

Special Instructions

Click HERE to Download our Church Application now, or go to the Applications Page. Once completed, please FAX to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794) toll free from anywhere in Canada.

For questions please contact...

British Columbia
Greg Hawksley greg.hawksley@swgins.com 604-681-5474 1-800-665-4500 ext. 202
Alberta
Bill Villet bill.villet@swgins.com 780-443-1483 1-866-443-1483 ext. 3
Saskatchewan or Manitoba
Terry Gudmundson terry.gudmundson@swgins.com 204-989-1370 1-888-846-7841
Toronto/Niagara, Eastern Ontario or Atlantic Canada
Connie Lastoria connie.lastoria@swgins.com 416-620-6604 1-800-668-4275 ext. 241
London & Southwestern Ontario
Shirley Evers shirley.evers@swgins.com 519-668-5334 1-800-265-7659 ext. 223
Quebec
Raymond De Villers raymond.devillers@swgins.com 418-522-2391 1-800-843-3456 ext. 224


Newsflash ... SWG is now writing Roofers!

Date: January 6th, 2004

We are now writing Roofing Contractors who are engaged in hot work (tar boilers), excluding membrane operations applied by torch.

For a Quotation we require a fully completed application, including all loss information as well as a breakdown of Receipts by each type of operation.

To obtain our Roofing Application go to the APPLICATIONS page of this site and select ""Roofing Contractors"" from the list.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Please fax the completed Application to 1-877-FAX2SWG (1-877-329-2794)


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