General Liability

Agents can help find a way to deliver comprehensive protection and streamlined service to small businesses that face unique challenges.

A pallet manufacturing company has a business auto policy that renews in November and a commercial umbrella policy that renews in April.

“Most insurance companies consider general liability the cornerstone line of business for an account,” says independent agent Brad Berrong. “Normally, if a company does not consider this type of exposure, it will not accept other lines of insurance for that account.”

Consumer litigation activity continues to impact the market adversely, with third-party funding driving additional litigation costs, higher settlements and higher premiums.

“It’s on us to understand what opportunities technology provides our industry to be more efficient and grow at a faster rate than generations before us,” says young agent Ryder Roberts.

An insured lives in Connecticut but is building a new one-family home on their property in Massachusetts.

A contractor with an ISO commercial general liability policy experienced a property damage claim. The carrier says it owes the actual cash value (ACV) for repairs but the agent believes the carrier owes the full cost to repair.

A carrier is attaching the exclusion to every contractor policy regardless of business class. How will this exclusion apply to different types of contractors?

A subcontractor called the general contractor and told him he moved a water supply line, after which a leak occurred. The sub filed a claim, but now denies he ever touched the supply line. The sub’s carrier won’t follow through with the claim.

A carrier added the endorsement to a commercial general liability form and says that the endorsement adds liquor liability to the policy, as it eliminates the liquor liability exclusion.