PROFESSIONAL AUDITORS
The purpose of this contract is to cover the insured, subject to the limits and exclusions set out in Articles 2 and 3, against the pecuniary consequences of civil liability as defined in Article L. 822-17 and in the second paragraph of article L. 823-13 which he may incur.
Article 2
The following are excluded from the cover provided for in Article 1:
1° Damage caused :
a) To the insured’s spouses, ascendants and descendants;
b) To his partners in a joint professional activity;
c) To his employees and agents in the performance of his duties;
d) Where the insured is a legal entity, its chairmen, managing directors and managers and their spouses, descendants and ascendants.
2° Damage resulting from the insured’s wilful and intentional misconduct.
3° Damage resulting from an activity that is foreign to or prohibited by the profession of statutory auditor.
4° The consequences of particular commitments insofar as they exceed those to which the insured is bound under the legal texts on liability.
5° Tax fines and other penalties imposed on the insured personally.
6° Damage referred to in article L. 121-8 of the Insurance Code.
7° Damage resulting from an accident, i.e. any unforeseen event external to the victim and the thing damaged, constituting the cause of bodily injury to a living being or deterioration, destruction or loss of a thing or substance.
Article 3
The cover provided by this contract applies up to the limit per year per claim and per insured party set out in the Declarations.
Litigation costs, receipts and other settlement costs are not deducted from the amount of cover. However, in the event of a judgment exceeding this amount, they shall be borne by the insurer and the insured in the proportion of their respective shares in the judgment.
Article 4
The insured is obliged to notify the insurer of any claim likely to constitute a loss within one month of becoming aware of it.
Article 5
Forfeitures due to a breach by the insured committed after the loss may not be set up against the victims or their beneficiaries.
It is the insurer’s duty to inform the victims of any claim likely to constitute a loss within one month of the date on which it becomes aware of the claim.