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Unless otherwise provided in a franchise, each Grantee shall, as a condition of the grant, secure and maintain the following liability insurance policies insuring both the Grantee and the County, and its elected and appointed officers, officials, agents, representatives and employees as additional insureds for both ongoing and completed operations using Insurance Services Office forms CG 2010 and CG 2037 or the equivalent:

A. Commercial general liability insurance – including premises, contractual liability, products, and completed operations.

1. Bodily injury or death to each person and property damage liability with limits not less than $2,000,000 each occurrence; $10,000,000 annual aggregate;

2. Personal injury – $2,000,000 each occurrence;

3. Such insurance shall be primary and non-contributory over any insurance or self-insurance maintained by Pierce County;

4. Such insurance shall contain a Waiver of Subrogation in favor of Pierce County.

B. Commercial automobile liability including owned, non-owned and hired vehicles with bodily injury liability and property damage limits not less than $1,000,000 for each person and $3,000,000 for each accident.

C. Workers' Compensation within statutory limits or be a qualified self-insurer and employer's liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000 each employee and $10,000,000 aggregate.

D. Comprehensive form premises-operations, explosions and collapse hazard, underground hazard and products completed operation hazard policies with limits of not less than $2,000,000.

E. The liability insurance policies required by this Section shall be maintained at all times by the Grantee. Each such insurance policy shall contain the following endorsement:

"It is hereby understood and agreed that this policy may not be canceled nor the intention not to renew be stated until 90 days after receipt by the County, by registered mail, of a written notice addressed to the County Risk Manager of such intent to cancel or not to renew."

F. Within 60 days after receipt by the County of said notice, and in no event later than 30 days prior to said cancellation, the Grantee shall obtain and furnish to the County replacement insurance policies meeting the requirements of this Chapter.

G. If Grantee can show to the County Risk Manager's satisfaction that an entity is financially able to self-insure the exposures, a substitution for insurance will be considered.

H. Excess or Umbrella Liability insurance with limits adequate to satisfy the requirements of the underlying liability insurance. Excess or Umbrella Liability policies shall provide coverage in excess of Commercial General Liability, Commercial Automobile Liability, and Employer's Liability, where the underlying coverage requirements are not met otherwise.

I. General. With respect to the above-required insurance contracts, related certificates will contain the following required provisions:

1. The County shall be included as additional insured to the applicants Commercial General Liability, Automobile Liability, and Excess or Umbrella coverage;

2. Policy Conditions. "Cross Liability," "severability of interest" or "separation of insureds" clauses shall be made a part of the Commercial General Liability and business Automobile Liability policies;

3. Mailing of Insurance Certificate. The certificate(s) of insurance reflecting the above requirements and notices shall be mailed to: Risk Manager, Pierce County Risk Management Department, 955 Tacoma Avenue So., Suite 303, Tacoma, WA 98402-2160;

4. Insurance Provider. Any insurance provider of Grantee shall be admitted and authorized to do business in the State of Washington and shall be rated at least A:X in A.M. Best and Company's Insurance Guide.

(Ord. 2022-11s § 2, 2022; Ord. 2019-62s § 1, 2019; Ord. 2000-57s § 2 (part), 2001; Ord. 96-124 § 1 (part), 1997)