Updated on 8 Dec 2005
     
SMPP : What is SMPP : Why SMPP : Why AIG : Policy Application

SMPP provides value-added services which can help you avoid management liability claims and mitigate losses. You will save cost, as these services are provided at no additional premium. You will automatically receive CrisisFund, an endorsement to the Directors & Officers and Company Reimbursement coverage, or Employment Practices Liability coverage. These enhancement fees for crisis communication services are related to management of a covered crisis event. 

Financial Loss Protection

SMPP includes: 

  • BusinessGuard/Directors & Officers and Corporate Liability Insurance
  • IPO Liability Insurance
  • Employment Practices Liability Insurance
  • Crimemanager (Fidelity)
  • Employed Lawyers Liability Insurance
  • Professional Liability Coverage, specific to the industry of the insured.

BusinessGuard

BusinessGuard offers executives like you ample protection from the financial consequences of acts, errors or omissions, including securities and employment practices claims, made in the course of their past, current and future business activities. Extensions are available to provide your company against securities and employment mismanagement claims. We offer coverage and capacity - up to US$50 million – the largest on the market today. This policy includes the broadest definition of claim, the most coverage for individual directors and officers and for your corporation. Entity cover for securities claims applies to your corporation, individual directors and officers, as well as your employees. 

These are the features under our BusinessGuard policy:

  • Coverage for shareholder derivative suits 
  • Advancement of defense costs
  • Employment Practices Liability Protection
  • Investigative cost, representation cost at examinations by regulators (including Securities Exchange Commission of USA)
  • Claims brought by former directors
  • Actions brought by liquidators and receivers
  • Bilateral Discovery Period
  • Coverage for future shares offerings
  • CrisisFund up to S$50,000 to hire crisis management firm to assist in public communications
  • Panel Counsel of expert domestic and international securities law firms
  • Optional-Entity coverage (pricing negotiable and subject to underwriting) 

We can offer worldwide coverage for territory and jurisdiction. The policy would include Automatic coverage for subsidiaries and outside directorships for associated companies and not -for-profit entities, subject to the following terms:

  • 15% Majority Shareholder Exclusion
  • Professional Indemnity Exclusion
  • SEC Exclusion
  • Known claims exclusion

SMPP offers you and your executives protection from the financial consequences of acts, errors or omissions made in the course of your business activities. Some activities that may provoke claims are corporate restructuring, Initial Public Offering (IPOs), improper financial reporting and negligent merger and acquisition decisions.
 
SMPP
protects your corporation and your directors and officers from claims against management brought by shareholders, creditors, employees, customers, liquidators/receivers and competitors.

It is with these new exposures in mind that we are offering comprehensive insurance to protect you and your personal assets.

IPO Liability Insurance

When your company raises capital in an initial public offering (IPO), it increases management liability exposures unlike any it has faced before. IPO Liability Insurance is an endorsement to our Director’s & Officer and Company Reimbursement policy. It offers one of the broadest coverage available for IPO securities claims and for aftermarket securities claims for up to 3 years after IPO (pricing negotiable and subject to underwriting).

a) Optional coverage for securities underwriters of the IPO
This coverage mirrors your indemnification agreements and includes defence costs.
b) Optional coverage for others commonly named as co-defendants in IPO securities suits

This coverage protects you from IPO securities suits such as selling and controlling shareholders; lawyers; accountants and experts.
Defence costs may also be covered for claims against co-defendants.

Flexible options for replenishing coverage

If a claim is filed and additional limits are needed, you can either:

  • Reinstate full coverage for individuals in claims where they are not indemnified by your corporation, or
  • Reinstate full across-the-board coverage for additional premium

With this endorsement, the policy retention is reimbursed in a securities claim upon dismissal of a suit against you, with or without prejudice. There will be no retention imposed on you for settlements or judgments in securities claims. 


Employment Practices Liability Insurance

This policy speaks for itself. It features the broadest definition of “Employment Practices Violation”. As an employer, you are covered from claims regarding sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination brought by your customers, clients or other third parties. We can enhance the coverage by including claims against scheduled independent contractors, and to cover punitive as well as exemplary and multiple damages awards.

Among other highlights, the policy provides an extended three-year reporting provision, full prior acts coverage, and limits of liability up to US$10 million.

   

Other Distinctive Coverages 

CrimeManager

This is a sophisticated worldwide protection for white-collar crime and related financial loss. CrimeManager covers more types of claims than typical fidelity coverage. It responds to a diverse range of Crime-related losses of corporate assets. 


Employed Lawyers Liability Insurance

This policy covers your legal department for on the job professional errors, pro-bono and “moonlighting” services.


Professional Liability Coverage

AIG can provide various errors and omissions insurance policies according to your type of industry. Some examples include computer consultants, investment advisors, property managers, accountants and other services that contain the element of third party risk as a result of negligence.

  • Bank Insurance
    This is a combination of coverages catered to a broad spectrum of liability claims that can be brought against your bank, management and/or employees as a result of management and employee-related actions:
    • Directors & Officers Liability Insurance
    • Employment Practices Liability Insurance with Entity Coverage
    • Banker’s Professional Liability Insurance
    • Lender’s Liability Insurance with Entity Coverage
    • Fiduciary Liability Insurance

    We also offer Banker’s Blanket Bond with Computer Crime Extensions to provide financial protection in the event of theft or other financial dishonesty by your bank’s employees. A single application lets you apply for all five coverage or select the individual coverage you want. One policy also means the convenience of a smoother renewal process.

  • Computer Services & Software Developers Errors & Omissions
    AIG tends to the needs of computer professionals in every possible aspect. We provide a full-fledged Professional Liability policy for companies providing system analysis, software design, computer programming, data processing, systems integration, consulting or information retrieval. 
  • MultiMedia Professional Liability
    AIG provides a comprehensive MultiMedia Professional Liability for companies providing any form of media. We address the needs of publishing, broadcast or advertising professionals.
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
    We can customise policy coverage to provide broad coverage for errors & omissions to meet your company’s needs.

Claims Handling

At AIG, we work with you in partnership during every step of the claims process. Regardless of the strategy you decide to pursue - litigation or settlement - we offer you every advantage in achieving the best possible outcome.

 


Panel Counsel

We put top defence lawyers on your side to handle complex securities class action lawsuits, ERISA-related lawsuits, and employment practice claims, to work closely with you, your broker and AIG Companies. As part of SMPP we have created a Panel Counsel catering to the unique needs of companies here in Singapore. For SMPP clients with multi-national exposures, we offer Panel Counsel services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.

 


CrisisFund Crisis Communications Management Coverage

CrisisFund is available to you up to S$50,000 – with no retention. It puts pre-eminent public relations consultants to work, mitigating the negative impact of certain business events on your company’s stock price. CrisisFund is particularly effective in helping your company avoid D&O lawsuits, or to reduce potential damages.

CrisisFund is provided to SMPP participants at no additional premium.


Employment CrisisFund

Employment CrisisFund is an endorsement, at no additional premium, to our EPLI policy. It is available to you up to S$25,000 – with no retention – to hire an employment crisis management firm to help prevent or mitigate severe employment practices claims. Coverage is triggered by your General Counsel when an “employment crisis” incident is reported in the media, discovered by senior management, or alleged by a potential claimant. No claim against the underlying policy is required.

This is a sophisticated worldwide protection for white-collar crime and related financial loss. CrimeManager covers more types of claims than typical fidelity coverage. It responds to a diverse range of Crime-related losses of corporate assets.

   

For more information

Contact:

Commercial Lines Contact Centre
Hotline: (65)6419-1800
Fax: (65)6835-7413
Email: CLServices.ahasgp@aig.com

   
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