Underwriter - Media & Entertainment
London, UK
+44 (0)20 7667 0525
angela.weaver@beazley.com
Angela Weaver is the Focus Group Leader for the Media & Entertainment offering and has over 30 years of insurance industry experience in both the carrier and broker industries. Angela manages a global team of underwriters focused on the insurance of content, regardless of how it is disseminated, and whether it is promotional or not. The products categories that fall within Angela’s Media & Entertainment team include: professional indemnity/media liability for the advertising, communications, digital and creative sector; media liability for publishers, broadcasters and all kinds of content creators; TV & Film producers E&O; and music liability insurance for songwriters, artists and music publishers. Angela’s specific areas of expertise include negligence and breach of contract, copyright and trademark, music rights and music copyright, trademark, libel/slander.
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