Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of their legal rights. It is important for corporates to secure themselves against claims which may put financial strain on the manufacturer/supplier.
IRDAI License Number: IRDAI/INT/ISNP/2022/250
Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of their legal rights. It is important for corporates to secure themselves against claims which may put financial strain on the manufacturer/supplier.
The Policy can be taken by anyone having a physical property such as House, Commercial Property, Machines, any other assets for which they are liable for any third party bodily injury and property damage.
The policy jointly covers against legal liability for accidental death or bodily injury/ disease and/or loss to Third Party property and legal liability arising for manufacturing or supplying defective products. Legal costs are included in the indemnity limits.
Add ons under CGL Policy are as follows:
Limit of Liability should be decided on the basis of Turnover of the Business, Employee strength, Industry Benchmarking etc.
Main exclusions under this policy are:
A heavy tank full of water fell on the person passing on the road.
The tank was not mounted and fixed properly due to which it fell on the head which caused severe injury on the head. Since it was the responsibility of the owner hence the entire liability fell on the owner.
Third party death, disability, injury and even third party property damage is covered in a motor policy. For third party risk caused by any other reason a Public Liability policy is must.
Liability policy should always be a part of corporates Insurance portfolio.
A Customer who goes to a restaurant with his family for a dinner slips on the wet floor of the restaurant and fractured his leg. There was no signage of " WET FLOOR BE CAUTION".
Customer claimed compensation form the restaurant on the ground that the duty of care was missing from the restaurant.
It was a chain of restaurant, a liability policy was taken by the corporate office. The claim made by the customer was paid from the liability policy.
All sign of CAUTION must be mentioned in the premises so that such claim can be avoided.
1. The policy consists of two Sections:
Section 1 - Public Liability
Section 2 - Product Liability.
2. The policy can be issued covering both the sections together or either of the two sections.
3. On payment of additional premium, additional covers can be opted
Commercial general liability is a package liability policy which provides cover ...
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