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If Attorneys maintain broader coverage and/or higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and shall be entitled to the broader coverage and/or the higher limits maintained by Attorneys. . e. Acceptability of Insurers - Insurance is to be placed with insurers authorized to conduct business in the state with a current A.M. Best's rating of no less than A:VII, unless otherwise acceptable to the City. made basis: Claims Made Policies - If any of the required policies provide coverage on a claims - The Retroactive Date must be shown and must be before the date of the contract or the beginning of contract work. ii. Insurance must be maintained and evidence of insurance must be provided. for at least five (5) years after completion of the contract of work. j. Verification. of Coverage Attorneys shall furnish the City with original Certificates of Insurance including all required amendatory endorsements to Entity before work begins. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive the Attorney's obligation to provide them. k. Subcontractors - Attorneys shall require and verify that all subcontractors maintain insurance meeting all the requirements stated herein. 1. 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 the City from liability for damages, restitution, judicial or equitable relief to the extent caused by Attorneys' acts or omissions under this Agreement. This indemnification provision shall be considered null and void in the event that its application would limit or preclude Attorneys' applicable insurance coverage. 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. Attorney is permitted to keep one copy of such information pursuant to its standard document retention procedures, as outlined in