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March 1, 2002
QIA board covered
The board of directors
of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association has voted to purchase liability insurance.
At their board meeting
in Qikiqtarjuaq last week, the directors voted to buy about $1 million worth
of coverage for $3,500.
The coverage will act as
a safety net, said the associations comptroller John French, to protect
directors from any lawsuits that could be laid naming individual directors personally
liable for such things as breach of fiduciary duties, wrongful dismissal or
employee discrimination.
French said the possibility
of such lawsuits is slim, but legal costs from even frivolous suits can add
up.
QIA board members did not
have liability insurance before the meeting, and board members of its parent
association Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated also hold no liability insurance
on directors.
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