The entertainment industry has very specific requirements outlined by contracts. Our policies are designed to precisely satisfy the broadcaster's or distributor's contractual requirements, often based in the US.
The television and film industry is like no other – with distinct insurance needs, such as Additional Insured certificates containing specific clauses. Beazley’s expert underwriters specialize in this industry and deeply understand its particular characteristics.
Coverage highlights
Broad coverage including:
Optional covers
The Beazley TV and Film E&O product offers seamless cover for a variety of risk categories, including:
From London, we can offer cover in any territory subject to local regulations and Lloyd’s licenses.
We offer policies that are subject to Canada law as well as le code du Quebec.
We also have specialist cover holders in Canada, South America, China, Japan, and Australia.
TV - Defamation and breach of contract claim
An insured who publishes articles and photos on a website has a higher volume of In a defamation and breach of contract claim arising out of the plaintiffs’ portrayal on a reality show, it became clear at mediation that should the case go forward into arbitration, the only damages that would likely be awarded to the plaintiffs would arise out of the breach of contract cause of action, which would not be covered under our policy. However, even though we had great defences for the arbitration, because there was a risk that our insured would be uncovered for an arbitration judgment, we agreed to settle at the mediation for under the cost of defence.
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Email VeroniqueArtificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models have now evolved to a point where it is difficult to distinguish their output from works created by humans. An author’s style and output can now be impersonated with increasing accuracy in seconds.
Many generative-AI platforms are trained on insights from a range of data sources including pre-published information on the internet and beyond. By their nature, they are creating content, advice, and material that is likely to be generated from multiple sources.
Social media platforms like X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube have provided individuals with a publishing reach far beyond that of traditional media.
In our increasingly online world, the ease with which anyone, regardless of expertise, can publish articles, podcasts and videos, creates new risks for content creators and publishers, particularly the risk of being held liable for another’s reliance on their content, potentially regardless of whether they intended for their audience to rely on it.
