Contracts for sale of food or housing. Travel contracts for athletic events. Under the State's self-insurance program, we are only protected against negligent acts of our employees. We cannot agree to hold the other party harmless from any and all claims or losses, whether or not caused by any fault of one of our employees. The Chancellor will not approve contracts with hold harmless clauses that do not comply with General Counsel's language, and persons who have been delegated signature authority are not authorized to sign such contracts.
Many contracts carry a clause that requires a specified amount of liability insurance coverage.
However, the College is covered by the State's self-insurance program for all liability coverage and therefore cannot comply with the terms of these clauses. If no agreement can be reached on deleting or modifying an insurance requirement, special coverage may be purchased if the contract is of sufficient benefit to the College to warrant the cost of the special coverage AND a carrier can be located who will provide the coverage.