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Clearance, privacy & defamation · Core

Errors and omissions insurance

Also called: E&O, E&O insurance, E and O insurance, errors & omissions insurance

ELI5

Insurance covering certain legal risks such as defamation, privacy or copyright claims.

Used in conversation

“The distributor requires errors and omissions insurance before release.”

Definition

Insurance covering specified legal risks in audiovisual distribution, subject to policy terms and exclusions.

Here “Errors and omissions insurance” means: Insurance covering specified legal risks in audiovisual distribution, subject to policy terms and exclusions.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Errors and omissions insurance” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Legal reviewLegal review and records often support E&O underwriting.
  • Chain of titleE&O underwriting commonly examines chain-of-title and clearance evidence.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.