Professional services exclusion clauses in D&O insurance are construed by reference to the specific conduct alleged, not the overall character of the insured's business, and routine administrative acts in support of contractual obligations (such as making statutory declarations for progress claims) are unlikely to constitute the rendering of professional services.
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