Personal and Advertising Injury coverage is contained within most General Liability insurance contracts. The main question I receive usually is about the advertising component of coverage. The typical General Liability limit format looks something like: Occurrence Limit $1,000,000 Personal & Advertising Limit $1,000,000 General Aggregate Limit $2,000,000 Products & Completed Operations Aggregate $2,000,000 Definitions: Personal and Advertising Injury Liability Personal … Read More
Blog Articles Related To: Liability Insurance
We offer liability insurance for all types of food and beverage businesses. Whether you’re a manufacturer, copacker, importer, or retailer, we can provide liability insurance for your food or beverage business. Contact us to learn more or get a quote.
Worldwide Liability
Crossing Borders Goods cross many borders. Even small brands can find themselves on shelves in different parts of the world and need worldwide liability protection. Brands from foreign nations look to enter and stay in the US Market all the time. The common theme, expansion of markets to sell more product but is your insurance keeping up with your expansion? … Read More
Certificates of Insurance
Certificates of Insurance: Geek Stuff Specialty food and beverage manufacturers, importers and distributors are well aware of the need for the all important “COI”. A company called Acord produces The Certificate of Liability Insurance (technical name) as a standardized form used by the insurance industry. If you really want to geek out the form is the Acord 25 which you … Read More
Insurance Deductibles
Types of Insurance Deductibles Insurance deductibles all serve one function, the insured shares in a portion of a covered loss. Deductibles help weed out small claims and force an insured to have some “skin in the game”. Most insurance buyers think of deductibles in property insurance. We are all used to having a deducible for home or car insurance. A … Read More
Buying US Insurance
Starts with a US entity We often get requests from companies domiciled in other countries about buying US insurance. Typically it involves purchasing General Liability insurance required by retailers and distributors here in the US. Insurance companies in the United States typically require the insured on the policy be a US entity in order to buy US insurance. Ownership by … Read More
Additional Insured Vendors
Distributor and retail relationships change all the time. Adding distribution partners to your insurance is common practice. Additional Insured-Vendors is the technical terminology. When ending a vendor relationship, beware of clauses that impact your insurance. After terminating a vendor agreement, does that mean the additional insured status no longer applies? If the distributor/retailer no longer sells your product and you … Read More
Insurance for Supplements
Buyer Beware Insurance for supplements requires more knowledge. If you have purchased, or are thinking of purchasing, insurance for supplement products, read on. Especially if your purchase or quote did not include an explanation. Insurance purchases for supplement companies seem to fall into two categories: Proper insurance product but no understanding of key policy features. Inexpensive insurance that will likely … Read More
What is a premium audit?
Premium audit: What is it? Insurance companies conduct premium audits on certain types of policies. Not all policies go through an audit so policies rated on sales, payroll, square footage and units produced go through this process. Policies that have a premium audit? Common policies include General Liability, Product Liability and Workers Compensation. General and product liability use gross sales … Read More
Non-Owned Autos in Your Food & Beverage Business
Use of a non-owned autos in food and beverage businesses is common. Most of the time these vehicles are owned by employees or owners of the business itself because it makes sense. The cost to purchase, maintain and insure commercial vehicles is expensive. In addition to cost, the use of vehicles is secondary to most business models. Consequently, non-owned autos … Read More
Product Liability Insurance and Exported Products
Product Export The world is getting smaller and smaller. Product export by food and beverage companies is common. Local, state and federal agencies are helping expand borders. If you export products now or are thinking about it be aware of how insurance responds. Below are some essential policy terms to keep in mind. Need insurance for exporting food or beverage … Read More
- Page 1 of 2
- 1
- 2