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                  Brant County Branch
SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY AGREEMENT
Article 11 - Limitation of Liability, Indemnity & Insurance

11.1

Limitation of Liability.  The Indemnified Parties will not be liable to the HSP or any of the HSP’s personnel for costs, losses, claims, liabilities and damages howsoever caused (including any incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, injury or any loss of use or profit of the HSP) arising out of or in any way related to the Services or otherwise in connection with the Agreement, unless caused by the gross negligence or willful act of the Indemnified Parties’ officers, employees and agents.
11.2 Ibid.  For greater certainty and without limiting subsection 11.1, the LHIN is not liable for how the HSP and its personnel carry out the Services and is therefore not responsible to the HSP for such Services.  Moreover the LHIN is not contracting with or employing people for the HSP to carry out the terms of this Agreement.  As such, it is not liable for contracting with, employing or terminating a contract or the employment of any personnel of the HSP required to carry out this Agreement, nor for the withholding, collection or payment of any taxes, premiums, contributions or any other remittances due to government for the HSP's Personnel required by the HSP to carry out this Agreement
11.3 Indemnification. The HSP hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all liability, loss, costs, damages and expenses (including legal, expert and consultant fees), causes of action, actions, claims, demands, lawsuits or other proceedings, (collectively "Claims"), by whomever made, sustained, brought or prosecuted, including for third party bodily injury  (including death), personal injury and property damage, in any way based upon, occasioned by or attributable to anything done or omitted to be done by the HSP's Personnel in the course of performance of the HSP’s obligations under, or otherwise in connection with, the Agreement unless solely caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of an Indemnified Party . The HSP further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties for any incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, or any loss of use, revenue or profit, by any person, entity or organization, including without limitation the LHIN, claimed or
resulting from such Claims.
11.4 Commercial General Liability Insurance.
  1. Generally  The HSP shall protect itself from and against all claims that might  arise from anything done or omitted to be done by the HSP and the HSP's Personnel under this Agreement and more specifically all claims that might arise from anything done or omitted to be done under this Agreement where bodily injury (including personal injury), death or property damage, including loss of property is caused
     
  2. Required Insurance.  The HSP will put into effect and maintain, with insurers having a secure A.M. Best rating of B+ or greater, or the equivalent, for the period during which the Agreement is in effect, at its own expense Commercial General Liability Insurance, for third party bodily injury, personal injury and property damage to an inclusive limit of not less than two million dollars per occurrence and not less than two million dollars products and completed operations aggregate. The policy will include the following clauses:
     
    1. The Indemnified Parties as additional insureds;
       
    2. Contractual Liability;
       
    3. Products and Completed Operations Liability;
       
    4. A valid WSIB Clearance Certificate, or Employers Liability and Voluntary Compensation, which ever applies;
       
    5. Tenants Legal Liability; (for premises/building leases only);
       
    6. Non-Owned automobile coverage with blanket contractual and physical damage coverage for hired automobiles; and,
       
    7.  A thirty Day written notice of cancellation.
       
  3. Certificates of Insurance. The HSP will provide the LHIN with proof of the
    insurance required by the Agreement in the form of a valid certificate of insurance that references the Agreement and confirms the required coverage, on or before the commencement of the Agreement, and renewal replacements on or before the expiry of any such insurance.
 
 
   
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