Government indemnity is a type of insurance policy, with clauses similar to the protective clauses in fine arts insurance policies, but is rather unknown to most museums that are handling incoming or outgoing temporary exhibitions. With fine arts insurance, a company provides compensation for damage to a covered loaned object, but with government indemnity it is a government that assumes responsibility. This article introduces the government indemnity policy of France as an example, including legislated regulations, content clauses, application qualifications, examination system and the circumstances under which it is put to use.