by Guest » Tue Dec 01, 2009 08:39 am
Liability insurance comes into play when someone hurts himself inside your premises. Premises could mean your business area or even your home. With liability insurance you do not have to worry about bearing the entire cost of compensating someone who gets hurt, out of your own pocket on the spot. You can save for such a situation and when it does occur can take help from your liability insurance.
What is liability insurance?
Liability insurance is that insurance that provides coverage when a third party gets hurt in your premises. If a legal liability is established, the claimant will be compensated for the damages incurred. Liability insurance is developed in order to protect you and your business (in case you own a business) against such expenditures.
What does liability insurance cover?
Do you deal with clients? Do you come in contact with the public in the course of your business? If your answer is 'yes', then public liability should be the insurance to opt for. If you have employees in your business, you may want to go for employer's liability insurance.
- Public liability insurance:
Public liability insurance is meant to provide coverage for damages and compensation payouts along with legal fees for an injury or death caused to a member of the public or even damage to their property. Public liability claims can be really expensive and if you are running a business and don't have liability insurance, you could be in for trouble. Know more.... - Employer's Liability Insurance: This insurance pays for damages caused to employees in a business as a result of the fault of the employer. If an employee gets injured due to the negligence of the employer, he can seek compensation. This insurance also covers you for the cost of fighting legal cases that your employees hold against you. Having employer's liability means that the company is able to compensate the claims made by its employees without compromising its financial stability. Even if your company goes into liquidation or receivership, holding the cover would mean that your employee can make a liability claim and still be paid for the damage.
Employer's liability covers the following:- If an employee falls seriously ill, gets injured or even killed while working for you, your business could be liable to provide compensation.
- If there is a legal cost of a claim made by an employee, liability insurance covers the same too, including the legal fees of the company as well as the claimant.
- If you happen to be involved in a case that concerns the welfare of any employee like maybe a breach of health or safety regulations, your liability insurance coverage could provide for the expenditure that would be made to defend such a case.
- Product Liability:
With product liability insurance you can cover damage or injury to another business or person as a result of failure of any of your products or the product that you have put on sale. Whether, you sell, supply or simply deliver goods, you may need liability insurance protection for any claim to a damaged good.
Property Owner's Liability Insurance
If you have property owner's liability insurance then you will be able to meet any cost to cover the damages caused to a member of the public. Such insurance includes the cost of hospital treatment, ambulance and the like. Property liability is usually found with a homeowner's policy for private property owners. However, if you are involved in running a business, any claim for liability would be covered under your public liability insurance.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Indemnity insurance is for those who are involved in the business of selling their knowledge or skills. This insurance provides protection for your business if any client or third party makes a claim for loss or damage as a result of your negligence in some or all services that you provide. Your legal costs will also be covered. There are many professions that require indemnity insurance due to their professional authorization. These include accountants, architects, insurance brokers, solicitors, financial advisors and mortgage intermediaries. Consultants, PR agencies, advertising agencies and designers also sometimes choose to have this type of insurance.
If you receive liability insurance benefits, you can protect yourself when any of your clients or any third party makes a claim for any damage caused by you to them or their property. Liability insurance covers you not just for the claim that a third party makes but also for the legal proceedings that are involved. No matter whether you are running a business or not, you may opt for liability insurance to protect yourself from third party claims.
If you receive liability insurance benefits, you can protect yourself when any of your clients or any third party makes a claim for any damage caused by you to them or their property. Liability insurance covers you not just for the claim that a third party makes but also for the legal proceedings that are involved. No matter whether you are running a business or not, you may opt for liability insurance to protect yourself from third party claims.
Professional liability coverage is a real need these days. I'm not sure if there's any professional liability insurance for the health care industry professionals.
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 07:22 pm Post Subject: third party testers
I need comercial general liability for 1,000,000 each occurence, general aggregate and 50,000 any one fire. I give third party test for motorcycles forf CO.
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:06 pm Post Subject: insurance for a homeschool co- op group
Hello. We are starting a homeschool co-op. To be able to use the church and go on field trips we need insurance, but can not find what kind of insurance we need. We are not a business. We don't have a license, we haven't needed one. Any information would be great!
Thank you.
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 07:17 pm Post Subject:
Whether you are a "business" in the classical sense or not, you are conducting yourself in the manner of a business. The type of coverage you need, at a minimum, is commercial general liability. But be sure that the policy will cover activities away from your "place of business" such as taking the kids on a field trip. You may need some additional endorsements to provide that protection.
Your cost of coverage will depend on the insurance company's assessment of the risk of loss it is being exposed to. The higher the risk, the higher the premium. Your should not be excessive, but expect it to cost at least $500-$1000 for a 12-month policy. The typical CGL policy provides a minimum of $1,000,000 liability, usually with a $2,000,000 "aggregate" (payment for all claims in one policy year).
Work with a local insurance broker/agent familiar with commercial liability insurance and you'll get what you need. Make sure you know what all the EXCLUSIONS are -- there will be several pages of them in the policy.
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 05:12 pm Post Subject: childcare
Would this be something that would benefit me for when I babysit? I watch several of my friends kids throughout the week but no more than 5 because a License is required for that many. Its hard to find any type of insurance to covers this particular subject without you having to be Licensed! Don't most policies have a "liability to others?" & if so, in my case would that apply to the kids I watch!?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 02:13 am Post Subject:
Is there any other professional liability insurance that covers that only for medical professionals?
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