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Self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City. Attorneys have declared to the City that they have a $250,000 self-insured retention for professional liability insurance and City has approved that level. Acceptability of Insurers Insurance is to be placed with insurers authorized to conduct business in the State of California with a current A.M. Best rating of no less than A:VII,unless otherwise acceptable to City. Verification of Coverage Attorneys shall furnish City with original Certificates of Insurance including all required amendatory endorsements (or copies of the applicable policy language effecting coverage required by this clause) and a copy of the Declarations and Endorsement Page of the CGL policy listing all policy endorsements before work begins. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive Attorneys' obligation to provide them. City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements required by these specifications, at any time. Attorneys may provide redacted policies or specimen forms in order to prevent the disclosure of material Attorneys deem confidential,privileged, or trade secret information. Special Risks or Circumstances City reserves the right to modify these requirements, including limits,based on the nature of the risk,prior experience, insurer, coverage, or other special circumstances. 9. INDEMNIFICATION Attorneys agree to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, employees, and representatives from liability for personal injury, damages, restitution,judicial or equitable relief to the extent caused by Attorneys' negligent or wrongful performance or conduct related to this Agreement. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY All information and documents shared with Attorneys as well as all work performed by Attorneys in connection with this Agreement should be treated as strictly confidential. Moreover, all communications between Attorneys and City shall be treated as protected by the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. Accordingly, information received by Attorneys from City should be kept in a secure place, and no information about this work may be disclosed to any third party without City's prior written approval. Attorneys shall provide materials directly to the City Attorney, Sonia Carvalho, or selected members of her office, as directed by the City Attorney. All such information and any written product in connection with Attorneys` retention under this Agreement, shall be marked as "PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL / ATTORNEY-WORK PRODUCT" and shall be the property of the City Attorney's Office, and shall be returned/provided to the Office of the City Attorney with all copies upon the request of the City Attorney. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that(a)has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b)is,through no fault of the Attorneys, disclosed in 5