2018/19 Cyber Liability Program - Memorandum of CoverageEFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018 - JULY 1, 2019
Issued to the City of La Quinta
MEMORANDUM OF COVERAGE
CYBER LIABILITY
MEMORANDUM OF COVERAGE
CYBER LIABILITY
ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE
MEMBER: La Quinta
MAILING ADDRESS:
PROTECTION LIMITS:
RETENTION:
PROTECTION PERIOD:
78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253
$1,000,000 Per Occurrence Limit of Coverage
$1,000,000 Aggregate Limit of Coverage per
Policy Period per Member for all categories of
Coverage combined including Claims Expenses
$10,000,000 Aggregate Limit of Coverage for all
Members per Policy Period for all categories of
Coverage combined including Claims Expenses
$50,000 (including Claims Expenses)
From July 1, 2018 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time until
July 1, 2019 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time.
This Memorandum is a description of the terms and conditions of the Program
through which certain specified and limited self -insured risks of liability are
administered by the Authority and shared by its Members. This Memorandum is
not an insurance policy. As provided in Section 990.8 of the California Government
Code and appellate court cases of Orange County Water District v. Association of
California Water Agencies JPIA (1997) and City of South El Monte v. Southern
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (1995), the pooling of self-insured
claims or losses among the Members of the Authority shall not be considered
insurance nor be subject to regulation under the Insurance C ode.
California JPIA
President
MEMORANDUM COVERAGE – CYBER LIABILITY
CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY
1. INTRODUCTION
This Memorandum is a description of the terms and conditions of the
Program through which certain self-insured risks of liability are
administered by the Authority and shared by its Members pursuant to the
Joint Powers Agreement creating the Authority under the provisions of
Section 6500 et seq. of the Government Code.
As provided in Section 990.8 of the Government Code, pooling of losses
in this Program is not insurance. The sole duty of the Authority is to
administer the Program adopted by the Members. The Authority can
indemnify only Claims or losses, which are pooled under the terms of this
Memorandum and the Joint Powers Agreement. There is no transfer of
risk from the Member or any Protected Party to the Authority, nor
assumption of risk by the Authority.
The provisions of the Program are subject to and subordinated to the
Joint Powers Agreement or any action taken by the Executive Committee
or the Board of Directors in connection with the Program. This Program
has been adopted pursuant to action taken by the Executive Committee,
and is subject to any amendment, modification or extension by the
Executive Committee or the Board of Directors.
The terms of this Memorandum shall be construed in an evenhanded
fashion in accordance with the principles of California contract law. If the
language of this Memorandum is alleged to be ambiguous or unclear, the
issue of how the protection should apply shall be resolved in a manner
most consistent with the relevant terms of this Memorandum without
regard to authorship of the language and without any presumption of
arbitrary interpretation or construction in favor of either the Protected
Party or the Authority. Any controversy or dispute arising out of or
related to an interpretation or breach of this Memorandum shall be settled
in accordance with the appeals procedures as set forth in this
Memorandum.
2. PROTECTION PROVIDED
Subject to all provisions of this Memorandum, the Authority will cause
the Program to pay on behalf of the Protected Party all sums for which
coverage is provided within the terms of the attached “Policy Form.”
As used in the Policy Form, the term “you” or “your” or “your
organization” shall refer to the Protected Party, which is a Member of
the Authority and participant in the Program. The term “we” shall refer
to the Authority.
3. NON-CONCURRENT CONDITIONS
Section IX – Terms and Conditions of the attached Policy Form are
hereby amended as follows:
Section D, “Other Insurance”, Section E, “Action Against Us”, Section I,
“Cancellation”, and Section M, “Service of Suit Clause” are deleted. They
are replaced with the following:
The terms of the Authority’s Memorandum of Liability Coverage are
incorporated here by reference as through fully set forth herein, at
Section 5, Conditions and Responsibilities, Sections D “Other Protection,”
E “Termination or Amendment,” F “Changes”, I “Joint Powers Agreement”,
J “Appeal of Disputes”, and K “Arbitration.” These provisions of the
Memorandum of Liability Coverage shall apply to coverage furnished
under this Memorandum of Privacy Protection Coverage as well.