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Minimum Insurance Requirements

Canon 7: Sec. 1 (g) of The Episcopal Church states: “All buildings and their contents shall be kept adequately insured.” As all property is held in trust for the diocese; using the Church Insurance coverage as a model, the minimum insurance requirements as determined by the Diocesan Council of The Diocese of West Missouri are as follows:

Commercial Package Policy

  • Buildings, Organs & Contents — Insured to Replacement Value
  • Fine Arts / Stained Glass — $1,000,000
  • Flood Coverage — $1,000,000
  • Comprehensive General Liability — Occurrence: $1,000,000 — Aggregate: $5,000,000
  • Pastoral Counseling Liability — Occurrence: $1,000,000 — Aggregate: $5,000,000
  • Employee Benefits Liability (EBL) — Occurrence: $1,000,000 — Aggregate: $5,000,000
  • Medical Payments — Each person: $30,000
  • Sexual Misconduct Liability — Occurrence: $1,000,000 — Aggregate: $2,000,000
  • Crime/Employee Dishonesty — Occurrence: $50,000 (minimum)

Directors & Officers (D&O) Policy

  • Directors’ & Officers — $1,000,000
  • Employment Practices Liability (EPL) — $1,000,000 (including Sexual Harassment)

Workers’ Compensation Policy

  • Bodily Injury by Accident — Each accident: $1,000,000
  • Bodily Injury by Disease — Policy limit: $1,000,000

Umbrella Policy (Excess Liability)

As excess over Commercial General Liability, Pastoral Counseling, Sexual Misconduct, Directors’ & Officers, Owned Auto, Hired and Non-Owned Auto and Workers Compensation.

  • Occurrence: $1,000,000 — Aggregate: $1,000,000

Cyber Liability and Cyber Crime

  • Cyber Liability — $250,000
  • Cyber Crime — $25,000

Malicious Attack

  • $10,000,000 as a shared limit