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General Liability
What is General Liability Insurance? Why do I need it?
- Proper insurance including General Liability is a mark of a well-run, professional company
- Shows prospective clients you care about their protection, helps you get more jobs
- California law requires you to state on your bids whether you have General Liability or not
- Protects your home and finances in the case of a claim against you
- Policies include the cost to defend you in the case of a claim
What does it cover?
- Coverage protects you from claims of property damage, losses from your work both ongoing and once the work is completed, bodily injury.
- It does not include the cost to redo faulty work, only the damage from it
- Includes coverage against slander, libel, invasion of privacy, advertising of services
- Includes protection for services you render or products you sell.
- Protection against claims at your offices, such as “slip and fall” claims
- Medical expenses
- Coverage can include judgments, attorney fees, court costs, or other related expenses.
What do the limits on a policy mean?
- All policies include two numbers which show the maximum amounts the insurance company is liable to pay out in damages.
- The OCCURRENCE limit is normally the first number listed or stated. A common limit is $1,000,000. This represents the maximum amount that could be paid out in the case of a claim or incident.
- The AGGREGATE limit is often twice the amount of the Occurrence, for example $2,000,000. This limit shows the total amount the policy will pay for all claims that arise during the policy year.
- Example: Under a $1,000,000/$2,000,000 policy you could have two $1,000,000 losses paid under the policy.
- This is a very important part of your GL policy. If you are asked to have a $1,000,000 policy this is normally the Occurrence limit one is asking for. Make sure you are not sold a $500,000/$1,000,000 policy. This will not meet your needs. Some unscrupulous brokers will try and sell this to lower the price slightly.
- The aggregate is important if you have a large loss, e.g. $1,000,000. Your policy limits will not be used up. Even though you are involved in a large claim you can still keep working.