The Fifth Circuit construed a contract requiring indemnity and an obligation to provide insurance coverage as creating separate duties. ExxonMobil Corp. v. Elec. Reliability Services, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16031 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2017).

Exxon contracted with Electrical Reliability Services (ERS) to perform electrical work and services at Exxon's chemical facility in Beaumont, Texas. The contract included indemnity and insurance provisions. The indemnity provision required that each party indemnify the other from third party claims resulting from the first party's negligence. The insurance provisions required ERS to purchase CGL and other types of insurance, and to name Exxon as an additional insured.