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7. INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION. <br />7.1 The Consultant shall not commence work on this Agreement until it has <br />obtained all insurance required under this Agreement and such insurance has been <br />approved by the County's Risk Manager. <br />7.2 Consultant's insurance coverage shall be primary. <br />7.3 All required insurance policies shall be placed with insurers licensed to do <br />business in Florida and with a Best's rating of A VII or better. <br />7.4 The insurance policies procured shall be occurrence forms, not claims <br />made policies with the exception of professional liability. <br />7.5 A certificate of insurance shall be provided to the County's Risk Manager <br />for review and approval, ten (10) days prior to commencement of any work under this <br />Agreement. The COUNTY shall be named as an additional insured on all policies except <br />workers' compensation and professional liability. <br />7.6 The Consultant's insurance companies shall send written verification to the <br />County Risk Manager that they will provide 30 days prior written notice to the County Risk <br />Manager of its intent to cancel or modify any required policies of insurance. <br />7.7 Consultant shall include all sub -consultants as insured under its policies or <br />shall furnish separate certificates and endorsements for each sub -consultant. All <br />coverages for sub -consultants shall be subject to all of the requirements stated herein. <br />7.8 The COUNTY, by and through its Risk Manager, reserves the right <br />periodically to review any and all policies of insurance and reasonably to adjust the limits <br />of coverage required hereunder, from time to time throughout the term of this Agreement. <br />In such event, the COUNTY shall provide the Consultant with separate written notice of <br />such adjusted limits and Consultant shall comply within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof. <br />The failure by Consultant to provide such additional coverage shall constitute a default by <br />Consultant and shall be grounds for termination of this Agreement by the COUNTY. <br />7.9 The Consultant shall indemnify and hold harmless the COUNTY, and its <br />officers and employees, from liabilities, damages, losses, and costs, including, but not <br />limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent caused by the negligence, <br />recklessness, or intentionally wrongful conduct of the Consultant and other persons <br />employed or utilized by the Consultant in the performance of this Agreement. <br />8. TERMINATION. <br />8.1 This Agreement may be terminated: (a) by the COUNTY, for any reason, <br />upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Consultant; or (b) by the Consultant, for <br />any reason, upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the COUNTY; or (c) by the mutual <br />7 <br />F:\Marketing\_Proposals\Florida Counties\Indian River\2017 Indian River County\Proposals\Sector 3 Wabasso <br />Beach\_Contracting\2017-12-21 FEMA Beach Consulting Agreement Sector 3_FINAL.docx <br />