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1 s ADF Insurance s Ltd Summary of services/products as provided by the supplier Website: Tel No: Opinion Only Policy; IP Legal Expenses Cover (for both Pursuit and Defence); Comprehensive IP Package Solution (for both Pursuit and Defence costs, and Damages Awards). Aon Risk Solutions Helen Fink Direct Line + 44(0) helen.c.fink@aon.co.uk Michael Parrant Direct Line + 44(0) michael.j.parrant@aon.co.uk Aon provides insurance broker and risk management services to businesses. The products and services are built around the clients' needs and provided by professionals with extensive expertise in both their industries and local markets. The client-focused approach leverages a global network of resources, industryleading data and analytics and specialised expertise. Cass-Stephens Insurances Ltd James Cass James.cass@cass-stephens.co.uk Website Cass-Stephens offer advice on a wide range of insurance products, our IP policy covers: Defence costs and/or damages for intellectual property actions brought against you. Assertion costs for intellectual property actions brought by you. Assertion & defence costs may include expert s fees. Extensions of cover may include contractual disputes Crendon Insurance Website: Tel No: : Natalee Bennett natalee.bennett@crendoninsurance.co.uk Crendon Insurance are able to provide insurance on all elements of IP including: Pursuit & Defence Pursuit Only Opinion Only Premiums very much reflect scope of cover required all enquiries welcome. 6

2 Inventive Step Consultancy Ltd Website: Tel No: Intermediary The product is available for the company s IP including patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets. The policy covers damages or settlement awards. The policy also provides cover for counterclaims, product recall and other loss mitigating measures (product underwritten by CFC Underwriting Ltd.) La Playa Website: do/science-technology/intellectualproperty- insurance.htm Contact: Elaine Lamb elaine.lamb@laplayainsurance.com Tel No: +44 (0) Intermediary IP insurance available to cover: Legal costs of defending against infringement claims (patent, copyright, trademark, design, image, database, trade secret ). Cost of pursuing an infringer of your IP Protection wherever your IP is registered, including North America Backed by expert underwriters with rock-solid financial strength La Playa's PatentEnforcer is a cost effective insurance solution designed specifically for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to fund the substantial costs involved when enforcing their patent rights when they are being infringed. Leading Edge Broking Ltd Website: Steve Pugh, ACII Chartered Insurer Direct Line: steve.pugh@leadingedgebroking.co.uk Emphasis on understanding your business needs Access to specialist underwriters with global expertise and capacity Comprehensive IP solutions including Defence, Pursuit and Business Interruption including Product Recall. Stephen Pugh has completed the IPO s Master Class Course 7

3 Miller Insurance Services LLP Website: Tel No: Miller can source insurance policies to protect IP owners and users from litigation costs, infringement liabilities and revenue loss related to their IP rights. Asset Protection: IP asset protection insurance compliments the cover provided by litigation policies, but focuses on the revenue streams generated by IP rights. Nsure Chartered Insurance s Phil Bristow, Nsure Chartered Insurance brokers offer commercial and business insurance services covering a wide range of industries. Products include Intellectual Property for: Trade Marks Registered Designs Patents Copyright SafeGuard IP Website: David Bloom dbloom@safeguardip.com Tel No: Safeguard ip can advise on insuring all risks associated with intellectual property including: The legal costs of enforcement and defence actions; Damages; Exposures under warranties and indemnities; and Lost profits following revocation of rights. Policies are available for businesses of all sizes from micro to multinationals. Sagar Insurances Simon Whittaker Direct Line + 44(0) sjwhittaker@sagarinsurances.co.uk John Meadows Direct Line + 44(0) jmeadows@sagarinsurances.co.uk In any business, intellectual property is one of your most valuable assets and protecting those assets can be both complex and expensive. Sagar Insurances provide tailored cover to protect against the costs of enforcing or defending an infringement of your Intellectual Property rights. Simon Whittaker has completed the IPO s Master Class Course 8

4 Sybaris Legal & IP Website: Ian Wishart - iwishart@cobralm.com Tel No: The Abbey Legal/Sybaris Legal and IP Opinion Only Policy; The Cigna/Sybaris Legal & IP Key Markets Protection IPEC Policy; and The QBE Europe/Sybaris Legal and IP Pursuit and Defence Policy. The Judge James Blick Tel No info@thejudge.co.uk We arrange bespoke litigation finance and ATE insurance for commercial disputes based solely on the client s specific requirements. ATE insurance broking and litigation funding Willis Limited Website: Contact: Howard Phillips Tel No: Willis arrange insurance policies for all types of Intellectual Property Rights: Trade Marks Registered Designs Patents Copyright Our clients range from small businesses to large corporations located across the world including pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, telecom organisations and companies involved in engineering and the oil and gas industry 9

5 Insurers and underwriters Summary of services/products as provided by the supplier Abbey Legal Protection IP Insurance Product info: Website: Before the Event Intellectual Property Legal Expenses Insurance Tel No: +44 (0) After the Event Intellectual Property Legal Expenses Insurance Tel No: Insurance Intermediary Policy is designed to pay the legal expenses of businesses that are in dispute about the ownership or infringement of their own registered Intellectual Property rights. The policy is intended for small to medium sized businesses with patents, and/or trademarks and/or registered designs. It will enable them to pursue infringers or defend invalidity actions about their own Intellectual Property. CFC Underwriting Ltd IP Insurance Product info: Website: IP blog: IP Inbox: Office phone: Underwriters: Erik Alsegard, IP Practice Leader Maddi Brown, IP Underwriter Carys Rumney, IP Underwriter Matthew Muggeridge, IP Underwriter Underwriting Managing General Agency CFC s standard IP insurance product, backed by Lloyd s of London, targets SMEs across most sectors and offers worldwide cover for the defence and pursuit of infringement actions for all IP. It includes the legal costs of defending or pursuing a claim as well as damages or settlement awards. It includes cover for any contractual indemnities to third parties, directors and officers cover, some cover for IPrelated breach of contracts and employee disputes and cover for loss of profit or loss of IP rights as a consequence of IP infringement disputes. 10

6 Liberty Specialty Markets Website: Underwriting Contact: Matthew Hogg Tel No: +44 (0) Underwriting Agent IP Infringement Insurance (modular policy) - Intellectual Property Defence, Intellectual Property Contractual Liability, Contractual Intellectual Property Disputes, D&O Intellectual Property Liability; Intellectual Property Value Insurance (1st Party IP cover). OPUS Underwriting Limited Website: Tel No: Underwriting Agent OPUS Sentry - aimed at all businesses, this product provides Infringement Liability cover. OPUS Sabre - aimed at all businesses, this product provides Infringement Assertion cover. OPUS Value - aimed at all businesses, this product provides Revenue Protection cover. From June 2016 a Lloyds-backed, web-based policy called Opus100 is available for companies with a turnover of less than 5m. Quotes are provided instantaneously and the scope of cover and premiums are fixed. Cover includes (as standard): the costs of worldwide enforcement and defence actions, disputes under IP agreements, product recall costs and damages. QBE European Operations Website: Tel No: Insurer QBE Sybaris Legal and IP Policy - developed in conjunction with Sybaris insurance brokers - covers defence and pursuit costs for IP, including patents, trademarks, copyright and registered deigns. Damages can be considered on referral. QBE Professional Indemnity policies for Technology and Media companies - cover for claims made against our insureds by third parties losses arising out of IP in the course of the Insured's ordinary business practices. 11

7 Tokio Marine Kiln Website: 20 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BY T: +44 (0) Ian Lewis Tel: +44 (0) Insurer o o o Our intellectual property insurance is designed to protect an enterprise from the financial consequences of business interruption following an adverse court order, or an out of court settlement, and in particular: Loss of profit from the inability to sell products or license IP Extra costs and expenses to work around to avoid a loss of net profit or licensing fees Various contractual liabilities relating to business interruption We have a focus on an expanding range of assureds including, but not limited to, banks, pharmaceuticals, software companies, and technology companies. Our maximum line size is USD25m./GBP15m In addition some associations have arranged group schemes including ACID IP INSURED Website: Contact: info@acid.uk.com Tel No: ACID IP Insured for ACID Members works in conjunction with the ACID Design Databank. Provides the means to enforce design rights through the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in the English and Welsh Courts. The limit of indemnity is 100,000 for any one claim, and in total per annum (The standard premium is only 899 plus Insurance Premium Tax). This list does not form any endorsement or recommendation. The absence of a name from this list equally does not imply any lack of competence or endorsement. Acknowledgement is due to the companies listed above for their assistance in compiling this information. 12