Professional and Management Liability for Schools (School Leaders Risk Protector®)

School Leaders Risk Protector® provides reliable, customized protection school leaders need. Our policy is designed to protect the school entity, its administration, management, board members and others during the course of their duties for the school entity from claims arising out of any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement or omission. The policy covers defense costs and legal expenses—even when allegations are ultimately proven groundless, false or fraudulent. Plus, coverage extends to eleven employment practices violations, including retaliation claims.

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  • The policy offers a broad definition of “insured” that includes: the school entity and its subsidiaries (if any), the Board of Education, trustees, directors, and members of the Board of Regents (past, present, and future) and school employees – including volunteers, student teachers and student interns
  • Sexual harassment coverage - including student-on-student and teacher-on-student
  • Full Prior Acts coverage
  • Payment of defense costs in addition to the limit of liability
  • Limits up to $25 million
  • Claims expenses coverage for the following: suits involving breach of fiduciary duty<sup>1</sup>, suits seeking non-monetary relief, suits involving failure to maintain insurance, Individual Education Plan (IEP) hearings<sup>2</sup> and suits involving breach of contract<sup>3</sup>
 

We have assembled a seasoned team of claims professionals who are experienced in managing some of the highest-profile D&O, E&O, employment practices, fiduciary, crime and technology cases in the industry, for entities of all sizes and across most industries-from Fortune 500® companies to not-for-profit organizations; multinational corporations to privately-held enterprises.
 
Our centralized in-house operation, positioned adjacent to our underwriting colleagues, allows us to facilitate prompt case resolution and the best possible claim outcomes. We offer access to some of the nation's leading law firms specializing in the defense of securities, employment practices, fiduciary and technology claims. And in the toughest environment, policyholders can count on our aggressive litigation strategies to defeat even the most formidable plaintiff's attorneys.

To report a claim please contact us:
Tel: 888-602-5246
Fax: 866-227-1750

Mail: Domestic Claims
c-Claim for Financial Lines
175 Water Street, 9 Fl.
New York, NY 10038

To follow up on an existing claim:
Tel: 888-602-5246

To request loss runs, contact Broker Services at 877-867-3783

Download a claim form for submission.