CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the recommendation by Alliant Insurance to award Property, Cyber Liability, and Pollution Liability insurance coverage through the Alliant Property Insurance Program for an amount not to exceed $1,125,106 and for a one-year term
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
SUBMITTED BY: Rachel Mayer, Finance Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
In 2022, the City awarded RFP 22-072, Insurance Brokerage and Professional Consulting Services, to Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. As the City's insurance broker, Alliant works on behalf of the City to procure options on various insurance policies before providing a final recommendation to the City for approval.
The City's current property insurance and related policies will expire on July 1, 2023. As an Alliant client, the City has access to the Alliant Property Insurance Program (APIP), which is a comprehensive policy structured through a group purchase program providing coverage for the following:
1. All-risk, flood and earthquake insurance for the City's buildings, infrastructure, and vehicles
2. Boiler and machinery insurance
3. Cyber liability insurance
4. Pollution liability insurance
APIP covers up to $1 billion under a layered and shared framework, which combines the services of more than 20 property insurance carriers to reduce costs while maintaining a sufficient level of protection.
As part of APIP, Alliant also provides the City with two additional policies for cyber liability and pollution liability as an underwritten component. Beazley Group (Lloyd's) will serve as the cyber liability carrier and Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company will serve as a pollution liability carrier.
DISCUSSION:
Over the past several years, very challenging market conditions have persisted across the insurance industry resulting in significant increases in insurance premiums. Insurers continue to experience significant losses because of catastrophic weather...
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