Answer:
- What commercial general liability insurance covers
- Purchasing commercial general liability insurance
- Additional li
- A Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy protects your
business from financial loss should you be liable for property
damage or personal and advertising injury caused by your services,
business operations or your employees. It covers
non-professional negligent acts. Understanding this
coverage is an important first step in managing CGL risks.
Here are just a few examples of situations in which your
business could be responsible for paying various costs, such as
medical and legal expenses, as well as compensatory and punitive
damages:
- While visiting your business, a customer trips on loose
flooring and is injured.
- An employee in your painting or construction business
accidentally leaves water running, causing substantial damage to a
customer’s home.
- A class action lawsuit is filed against your business, alleging
advertisements constituted misleading information.
- A CGL insurance policy will usually cover the costs of your
legal defense and will pay on your behalf all damages if you are
found liable—up to the limits of your policy. CGL coverage is one
of the most important insurance products, due to the negative
impact that a lawsuit can have on a business and because such
liability suits happen so frequently. Standard CGL includes: