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Clinical Trials

Global market solutions for clinical trials

Our Clinical Trials policy provides companies in the clinical trials space, such as those involved in sponsorship, research, trial programmes and studies, with broad risk coverage leveraging our market-leading knowledge base and global network.


What we offer

Markel offers clinical trials insurance for many different markets,
including but not limited to:

  • Clinical trials sponsors
  • Clinical research organisations
  • University clinical trial programmes
  • Clinical trial sites
  • Annual master clinical trial programmes
  • Charities’ clinical trial exposures
  • Investigator-led studies

Experienced and knowledgeable team


Utilising Lloyd’s licences, we provide a fully compliant global solution for clinical trial exposures in over 100 territories. As one of the most experienced and renowned underwriting teams in the space, we are able to provide underwriting expertise, breadth of coverage and service standards to match the ‘just-in-time’ requirements of the industry.

Global presence


We have underwriting presence in London and APAC, providing customers with global expertise that is delivered locally, aligned with our flexible but competitive underwriting ethos.

Worldwide distribution


Our policy is distributed worldwide via brokers through open market (direct and facultative reinsurance) and binders on a primary and excess of loss basis.

Coverage


  • No fault compensation coverage
  • Legal liability coverage
  • Fully compliant local language documentation provided as and where required
  • Ability to offer product enhancements that coincide with clinical trials exposures including Medical Malpractice, Errors & Omissions and Medical Expenses
  • Ability to package with the Life Science policy

Line size


  • USD 35M
  • GBP 25M
  • EUR 35M
  • AUD 50M
  • CAD 35M

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